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diff --git a/docs/release/userguide/collectd.ves.userguide.rst b/docs/release/userguide/collectd.ves.userguide.rst
index 3cf26004..7ed6be9e 100644
--- a/docs/release/userguide/collectd.ves.userguide.rst
+++ b/docs/release/userguide/collectd.ves.userguide.rst
@@ -61,36 +61,42 @@ REST resources are of the form:
{ServerRoot}/eventListener/v{apiVersion}/{topicName}`
{ServerRoot}/eventListener/v{apiVersion}/eventBatch`
-
**Domain** *"host"*
-* VES domain name. It can be IP address or hostname of VES collector
-(default: `127.0.0.1`)
+ VES domain name. It can be IP address or hostname of VES collector
+ (default: `127.0.0.1`)
**Port** *port*
-* VES port (default: `30000`)
+ VES port (default: `30000`)
**Path** *"path"*
-* Used as the "optionalRoutingPath" element in the REST path (default: `empty`)
+ Used as the "optionalRoutingPath" element in the REST path (default: `empty`)
**Topic** *"path"*
-* Used as the "topicName" element in the REST path (default: `empty`)
+ Used as the "topicName" element in the REST path (default: `empty`)
**UseHttps** *true|false*
-* Allow plugin to use HTTPS instead of HTTP (default: `false`)
+ Allow plugin to use HTTPS instead of HTTP (default: `false`)
**Username** *"username"*
-* VES collector user name (default: `empty`)
+ VES collector user name (default: `empty`)
**Password** *"passwd"*
-* VES collector password (default: `empty`)
+ VES collector password (default: `empty`)
**FunctionalRole** *"role"*
-* Used as the 'functionalRole' field of 'commonEventHeader' event (default:
-`Collectd VES Agent`)
+ Used as the 'functionalRole' field of 'commonEventHeader' event (default:
+ `Collectd VES Agent`)
**GuestRunning** *true|false*
-* This option is used if the collectd is running on a guest machine, e.g this
-option should be set to `true` in this case. Defaults to `false`.
+ This option is used if the collectd is running on a guest machine, e.g this
+ option should be set to `true` in this case. Defaults to `false`.
+
+**SendEventInterval** *interval*
+ This configuration option controls how often (sec) collectd data is sent to
+ Vendor Event Listener (default: `20`)
+
+**ApiVersion** *version*
+ Used as the "apiVersion" element in the REST path (default: `1`)
Other collectd.conf configurations
----------------------------------
@@ -100,7 +106,6 @@ Please ensure that FQDNLookup is set to false
FQDNLookup false
-
Please ensure that the virt plugin is enabled and configured as follows. This configuration
is is required only on a host side ('GuestRunning' = false).
@@ -125,7 +130,11 @@ Please ensure that the cpu plugin is enabled and configured as follows
ValuesPercentage true
</Plugin>
+**Note**: The `ReportByCpu` option should be set to `true` (default) if VES pugin
+is running on guest machine ('GuestRunning' = true).
+
Please ensure that the aggregation plugin is enabled and configured as follows
+(required if 'GuestRunning' = true)
.. code:: bash
@@ -146,7 +155,9 @@ If plugin is running on a guest side, it is important to enable uuid plugin
too. In this case the hostname in event message will be represented as UUID
instead of system host name.
-LoadPlugin uuid
+.. code:: bash
+
+ LoadPlugin uuid
If custom UUID needs to be provided, the following configuration is required in collectd.conf
file: