Hyper-V discoveries

Hyper-V discoveries list the virtual machines in an Hyper-V host through a WinRM connection.

Prerequisites

  • WinRM set-up and activated on the Hyper-V host
  • Matching WinRM credentials in Cyberwatch

Configure WinRM access

For information about how to setup a WinRM connection, please read the dedicated section of the documentation.

The account accessing the host via WinRM must at least be Hyper-V Administrator for the discovery to run smoothly. If the account’s permissions are insufficient, the discovery will generate an empty or incomplete list, and might even throw an error.

To register your WinRM credentials into Cyberwatch:

  1. Go to Stored credentials, and click Add
  2. Depending on your need, select one of the WinRM credential types
  3. Fill in the name of the credential set
  4. Fill in the username, password, and the other pieces of information that might be requested
  5. Fill in the remaining fields and confirm

Create a virtual machines discovery

Hyper-V discoveries use a WinRM connection to list virtual machines located on the host.

  1. From Discoveries, click Add. Click Hyper-V in the Local infrastructure category
  2. Enter the name of the scan
  3. Select optional groups that will be affected to the scan
  4. Choose the source of the scan (the Cyberwatch machine that will run the operation)
  5. Using the Credentials selector, select the WinRM access registered in previous steps
  6. Select the discovery mode in order to choose which information will be used to list the discovered assets
  7. Fill in the WinRM address and port to access the host
  8. Choose a recurrence. The default value 0 days means the scan will be launched only once
  9. Click Confirm

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