How to Run the Manual VMware VIM Connection Job

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)`

You can use this job when the regular connection job (VMware ESX Connection by VIM or VMware vCenter Connection by VIM) cannot run because there is no shell access for the ESX server or the vCenter server.

This task contains the following steps:

Prerequisites

Go to Modeling Studio and create a new query. For details on creating a new query, see the How to Define a TQL Query section in the HPE Universal CMDB Modeling Guide.

Note:

Select the IpAddress CIs that belong to the vCenter servers (or individual VMware ESX/ESXi hosts) against which the VMware discovery is supposed to be run.
When setting the query properties, in the Query Definition Properties dialog box that appears, select Discovery in the Type field, and then click OK.
Save the query to the Root directory > the Discovery folder, and then click OK.

Go to Data Flow Management > Universal Discovery > Discovery Modules/Jobs > Discovery Modules > Cloud and Virtualization > Virtualization > VMware.

Select Manual VMware VIM Connection.

In the Properties tab > Trigger Queries pane, click the