VMware TAM Data Manager (TDM) Docker image

This Docker version is not affiliated with or endorsed by the VMware Professional Services Tools team, who maintain and builds the official version. Only to to be used at your own risk. The intent is to have a Docker alternative to the official Java and OVA builds.

Latest official TDM release is 2.1.7 and this Docker image is based on that TDM version.

TDM Introduction

The TAM Data Manager / TAM Data Collector gathers key statistics, deployed product licenses and usage information from VMware virtual infrastructure and VMware Horizon View deployments to be sent to and analyzed by the VMware TAM team as well as the VMware Phone Home Customer Intelligence team.

Customers can install the TAM Data Collector to collect usage data. Customers collect data, export the project file, and provide it to VMware Technical Account Managers (TAMs) in person or by email. If the customer agrees to send data to VMware in the initial customer agreement, then data is sent to the VMware Phone Home network by the TAM at a later stage of the TDM process.

Intended users

This product is solely intended for:

• VMware Technical Account Managers (TAM)
• VMware System Enineers (SE) for DICE Customer Models
• VMware customers who have a current TAM service subscription (TDM in Collector mode) Are you not a VMware TAM customer or VMware TAM or SE there is no way for you to get any use out of this tool

Click here to read more about what a VMware Technical Account Manager can bring to your organization

Security

Port	Protocol	Discription
22	SSH	Inbound TCP port that is used by an administrator to log in to the TAM Data Collector virtual appliance to perform maintenance tasks. This port is not used by the TAM Data Manager application.	Not applicable for the Docker version
433	HTTPS	Outbound TCP port that is used by TAM Data Collector to retrieve data from the vCenter Server and the Horizon View Connection broker. This port is specified when configuring TAM Data Collector to retrieve data and might be different depending on the environment.
8080	HTTP	Inbound TCP port that is used by the TAM Data Collector user interface.
80 and 8080	HTTP	Both inbound TCP ports are used by the TAM Data Collector virtual appliance user interface.
8443	HTTPS	Inbound TCP Port to access the TAM Data Collector virtual appliance user interface	Only this need to be exposed in Docker version
41984		Port used for the TAM Data Collector database.	Internal use only. Not default exposed in the Docker version
41985		Port used for TAM Data Collector database event service.	Internal use only. Not default exposed in the Docker version
5480	HTTPS	Inbound TCP port used to access the TAM Data Collector virtual appliance management Web interface from a browser.	Not applicable for the Docker version

Working with TAM Data Collector

See section 3 in the TDM Collector Install and User Guide on how to collect and export data.

Docker image

Available on Docker Hub at kimtholstorf/tdm

docker pull kimtholstorf/tdm

or

docker run -d -p 8443:8443 kimtholstorf/tdm:latest

If you insist you can build the image yourself:

git pull git@github.com:KimTholstorf/docker-tdm-alpine.git
cd docker-tdm-alpine
docker build -t kimtholstorf/tdm .

then run the image with port 8443 exposed

docker run -d -p 8443:8443 kimtholstorf/tdm

Verify the deployment by navigating to your server address in your preferred browser.

https://$(docker_host):8443/web/index.html
https://localhost:8443/web/index.html

Official VMware version

Downloads

• TDM 2.1.7 OVA Build
• TDM 2.1.7 JAVA Build
• TDM 2.1.7 upgrade tool

Documentation

• TDM 2.1.7 Collector Install and User Guide