Under certain circumstances it may become necessary to perform a manual collection of an Adapter Instance within vROps.
This could be for troubleshooting purposes or you may want to verify collection is functioning properly without having to wait.
To perform a manual collection follow the steps below.
1. Navigate to Administration > Configuration > Inventory Explorer.
2. Expand Adapter Instances within the navigation tree.
3. Select the Management Pack you wish to perform a manual collection on.
4. In the window to the right of the navigational tree select the adapter instance you wish to perform the manual collection on.
5. Select Discover Objects in the top menu represented by binoculars.
6. Select the Collector, Adapter Type, Adapter Instance, Discovery info and the Resource kinds from the drop-down menu.
7. Click OK.