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 DiscoveryContent Pack 27.00 (CP27)

Use > Discovery Modules > Cloud and Virtualization > Virtualization > VMware > VMware Infrastructure Discovery > VMware ESX Topology by VIM Job

VMware ESX Topology by VIM Job

This job connects to ESX servers and discovers their topology using the VIM protocol.

This section includes:

Adapter

This job uses the VMware_ESX_Topology_by_VIM adapter.

credentialsId	The credentials ID of the VMware Infrastructure (VIM) protocol, saved in the ESX server attribute.
server_url	The URL for connection, taken from the ESX server connection_url attribute.
ip_address	The IP address of the ESX server.

Used Scripts
- vendors.py
- 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_esx_topology_by_vim.py
Adapter Parameters

Parameter	Description
discoverUnknownIPs	Determines whether to discover IP addresses that are out of the probe range. Default: true.
remoteJVMArgs	The JVM parameters that should be passed to the remote process.
remoteJVMClasspath	The class path used by the external Java process.
reportBasicTopology	Determines whether to report the basic topology (true) or full topology (false). Default: false.
reportLastBootTime	Determines whether to report the last boot time of virtual machines. Default: true.
reportLayer2connection	Determines whether to report Layer2 connections. Default: false. Note When true, the job will take more time to do the discovery.
reportPoweredOffVMs	Determines whether to report powered off virtual machines (true) or not (false). Default: false.
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.