VMware discoveries

VMware vSphere discoveries list the resources in a VMware infrastructure through the vSphere API.

There exist in Cyberwatch two kinds of VMware discoveries :

Prerequisites

  • Consultation account with read-only access to virtual machines

Create a hypervisors discovery

VMware ESXi discoveries use the vSphere API to list hypervisors by their path in the VMware inventory.

  1. From Discoveries, click Add. Click VMware ESXi 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 vSphere account registered in previous steps
  6. Choose a recurrence. The default value 0 days means the scan will be launched only once
  7. Click Confirm

Register discovered hypervisors

Discovered hypervisors may be registered as agentless connections as follows:

  1. From menu Discoveries, access to the list of assets discovered by clicking on the Display discovered assets link
  2. Select the hypervisors to register
  3. Click on Bulk actions > Scan with agentless connections
  4. Select a set of VMware vSphere credentials. This type of connection must be authorized in the Administration > Connectors menu by selecting the VMware vSphere checkbox

Notes:

  • The address field of the agentless connection will be pre-populated with the path of the asset in the used vSphere inventory
  • The connection is made through the vSphere API used by the discovery. Therefore, the credentials used for this connection must be the same as those used by the discovery (not ESXi specific credentials)
  • It is also possible to perform the discovery on the ESXi API, especially in a configuration without vCenter

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