How to Synchronize a Virtual Machine Manager Connector

 

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Service Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager, System Center 2012 - Service Manager

To ensure that the Service Manager database is up to date, the Virtual Machine Manager connector synchronizes with Service Manager on a daily basis. You can use the following procedures in System Center 2012 – Service Manager to synchronize the connector manually and validate that the connector synchronized.

To manually synchronize a Virtual Machine Manager connector

  1. In the Service Manager console, click Administration.

  2. In the Administration pane, expand Administration, and then click Connectors.

  3. In the Connectors pane, select the Virtual Machine Manager connector that you want to synchronize.

  4. In the Tasks pane, under the name of the connector, click Synchronize Now.

To validate that a Virtual Machine Manager connector synchronized

  1. In the Service Manager console, click Connectors.

  2. In the Connectors pane, examine the start time and finish time to determine when the synchronization process started and finished.

    Note


    Synchronization events are also written to the Event log in the Applications and Services Logs/Operations Manager folder.