VMware vCenter Connection by VIM Job

This job discovers vCenter or VirtualCenter Servers.

This section includes:

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Adapter

This job uses the VMware_VirtualCenter_Connection_by_VIM adapter.

Triggered CI Data

Name	Description
connection_url	The connection URL of the vCenter server.
credentialsId	The credentials ID of the WMI agent CI.
ip_addresses	List of all IPs connected to Host.
rs_id	The CMDB ID of the vCenter server, reported as RunningSoftware.
vc_id	The CMDB ID of the vCenter server.

Used Scripts
- memory.py
- shared_resources_util.py
- _vmware_vim_base.py
- _vmware_vim_20.py
- host_discoverer.py
- _vmware_vim_25.py
- _vmware_vim_40.py
- _vmware_vim_41.py
- vmware_vim.py
- vmware_virtualcenter_connection_by_vim.py

Adapter Parameters

Parameter	Description
remoteJVMArgs	The JVM parameters that should be passed to the remote process.
remoteJVMClasspath	The class path used by the external Java process.
runInSeparateProcess	When true, this enables the execution of the job in the external java virtual machine. Default: true. Note Do not change this parameter from the default.

Parameter

Description

remoteJVMArgs

The JVM parameters that should be passed to the remote process.

remoteJVMClasspath

The class path used by the external Java process.

runInSeparateProcess

When true, this enables the execution of the job in the external java virtual machine.

Default: true.

Note Do not change this parameter from the default.

Troubleshooting

Problem. The following error message is displayed when an operation cannot be performed due to lack of permissions:
```
User does not have required '<permission>' permission
```
Solution. Check that the user has permissions for all entities being discovered: In the VMware Infrastructure Client, access the Permissions tab of each entity (host, cluster, VM, and so on). Verify that the user has been assigned at least a Read-Only role.

Note You can view necessary permissions in the Discovery Job Details pane (Universal Discovery > Discovery Modules/Jobs tab > select <job> > Details tab).
Problem. The following error message is displayed when credentials are not correct:

Invalid user name or password

Problem. The VMware vCenter Connection by VIM job fails to connect to remote process and the job cannot run in FIPS mode or in non-FIPS mode.

Solution.
- If you re-installed the probe, then no further manual modification is required.
- If you upgraded the probe from an older version (for example, from 10.20 to 10.21), then you need to add the following values into the basic_discovery_minimal_classpath setting in the DataFlowProbe.properties file:
  
  ../lib/cryptojce.jar;../lib/cryptojcommon.jar;../lib/jcmFIPS.jar;