Setting up the Agentless Collector data collection module for VMware vCenter - AWS Application Discovery Service

Setting up the Agentless Collector data collection module for VMware vCenter

This section describes how to set up the Agentless Collector VMware vCenter data collection module to collect server inventory, profile, and utilization data from your VMware VMs.

Note

Before starting vCenter setup, make sure you can provide vCenter credentials with Read and View permissions set for the System group.

To set up the VMware vCenter data collection module

  1. On the Agentless Collector dashboard page, under Data collection, choose Set up in the VMware vCenter section.

  2. On the Set up VMware vCenter data collection page, perform the following:

    1. Under vCenter credentials:

      1. For vCenter URL/IP, enter the IP address of your VMware vCenter Server host.

      2. For vCenter Username, enter the name of a local or domain user that the collector uses to communicate with vCenter. For domain users, use the form domain\username or username@domain.

      3. For vCenter Password, enter the local or domain user password.

    2. Under Data collection preferences:

      1. To automatically start collecting data immediately following a successful setup, select Start data collection automatically.

    3. Choose Set up.

Next, you'll see the VMware data collection details page, which is described in the next topic.