Configuring the discovery profile

By default, the VMware Virtual Center server sensor is enabled for a Level 3 discovery. The sensor discovers all guests including guest systems that are powered off. To discover only guest systems that are running, create a Level 3 discovery profile for the VMware Virtual Center server sensor, and customize the sensor settings.

Properties

You can modify the following properties:

ordinalESXviaVCserialDiscovery: It discovers a serial number by using VMware API. This is a standard way to discover the serial number, it is faster than by using CIM API, it requires fewer privileges, but is also more prone to errors.; The default value is false.

directESXserialDiscovery

It discovers a serial number by using CIM API. This method always discovers the serial number, but is slower and the following requirements apply:

The discovery user must have the Host > CIM > CIMInteraction privilege.
The connection between Agile Service Manager and the ESX server is required.

For more information, see also a technote at http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21638454.

Important: If you run the ESX server on virtualized hardware like Cisco UCS, you must discover the serial number by using CIM API, not VMware API, because otherwise over merges might occur.

The default value is false.

shallowVMdiscovery: It discovers limited data for Virtual Machine.; The default value is false.

discoverNonRunningGuests: It discovers not running Virtual Machines.; The default value is true.

strictCertificateCheck: It forces the sensor to connect to VirtualCenter servers that are secured with valid, CA signed certificates.; The default value is false.

enableVMDiscovery: It enables the discovery of Virtual Machines.; The default value is true.

shallowESXDiscovery: It enables shallow ESX discovery. ESX servers are discovered only with a name, datastore information, and relations to datacenter. It can be used with ESXi sensor for faster discovery of the whole environment.; The default value is false.

portList: It contains a comma-separated list of ports that are used by VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6 for Web Services communication. Modify the value of this property if your VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6 uses non-standard ports.; The default value is 80,443.