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)`

Universal CMDB

Discovery > Discovery Modules > Cloud and Virtualization > Virtualization > VMware > VMware Prerequisites

VMware Prerequisites

Before running any VMware jobs, you must complete the following prerequisites:

Credentials and Permissions

vCenter Server and ESX server require credentials (username and password) for login. In addition, you must have permissions for all entities being discovered to allow retrieval from the server. You should verify that you (and each authorized user) appear in the Permissions tab of each entity (host, cluster, virtual machine etc) in the VMware vSphere Client with, at least, a Read-Only role.
Installation of JAR Files

You must ensure the appropriate JAR file are installed on the Data Flow Probe machines. You may do this using Management Zones.
How to Install the JAR Files Using Management Zones
This task consists of the following steps:
1. Download the vSphere Web Client SDK from:
  
  http://developercenter.vmware.com/web/sdk/65/web-client
  
  The required version is 5.1 or later.
2. Extract the files to a local folder. For example: C:\vsphere-client-sdk.
  
  You install the jar files through an Inventory Discovery Activity. You may either create a new Inventory Discovery Activity, or edit an existing one.
1. Create a new Inventory Discovery Activity:
  1. Go to Data Flow Management > Universal Discovery > Zone Based Discovery > Management Zones.
  2. Select the appropriate Management Zone.
  3. Click the button and select New Discovery Activity > Inventory.
    
    The New Inventory Discovery Activity dialog box appears.
  4. Create the activity and activate it by following the online prompts through the activity wizard.
    
    On the Virtualization page, you must:
    
    Select Include virtualization topology.
    
    Under Discovery Options, select VMware SDK libraries.
    
    Click Import file The Import file dialog box appears.
    
    Select the vim25.jar file from the vsphere-client-sdk folder.
  To edit an existing Inventory Discovery Activity:
  
  Go to Data Flow Management > Universal Discovery > Zone Based Discovery > Management Zones.
  
  Select the appropriate Management Zone.
  
  Select the existing Inventory Discovery Activity.
  
  Click the button.
  
  The Edit Inventory Discovery Activity dialog box appears.
  
  On the Virtualization page, complete the steps as described in step iv above.
How to Manually Install the JAR Files
1. Download the vSphere Web Client SDK from:
  
  http://developercenter.vmware.com/web/sdk/65/web-client
  
  The required version is 5.1 or later.
2. Extract the files to a local folder. For example: C:\vsphere-client-sdk.
3. Get the vim25.jar file from the vsphere-client-sdk folder.
4. Put the vim25.jar file under:
  
  <DataFlowProbe_Home>/runtime/probeManager/discoveryResources/vmware.
  
  Note You must do this for each Data Flow Probe where VMware discovery is to run.
5. Restart the Data Flow Probe.