Adjusting the hardware support inventory task frequency from SDDC

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

In VCF 5.2.1.1 the SDDC manager performs a hardware inventory sync every 5-6 minutes.  

####-##-##T##:##:##.###+0000 DEBUG [vcf_lcm,68f8fece9ec6917c93393d9035f77320,b9ad] [c.v.e.s.l.a.i.i.HardwareSupportSyncServiceImpl,vac-scheduler-1] Run hardware support inventory task
####-##-##T##:##:##.###+0000 INFO  [vcf_lcm,68f8fece9ec6917c93393d9035f77320,b9ad] [c.v.e.s.l.a.i.i.HardwareSupportSyncServiceImpl,vac-scheduler-1] Loading hardware support inventory....

This frequency can be adjusted by modifying the /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-app/conf/application-prod.properties on the SDDC manager accordingly. 

Environment

VCF 5.2.1.1
 

Resolution

1. Backup the /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-app/conf/application-prod.properties
 # cp /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-app/conf/application-prod.properties /home/vcf/application-prod.properties-backup
 
2. Edit file using "vi" 
 # vi /opt/vmware/vcf/lcm/lcm-app/conf/application-prod.properties
 
3. Add the following entry at the bottom of the file: 
 
 lcm.hardware.support.inventory.sync.interval=####
 
Set the value for this key equal to the number of milliseconds you wish to wait between API calls.  
 
30 min = 1800000
60 min = 3600000
 
4. Restart services and confirm.
 # /opt/vmware/vcf/operationsmanager/scripts/cli/sddcmanager_restart_services.sh