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This documentation relates to the latest released version of BMC Atrium Discovery (other versions).

VMware ESX and ESXi ssh discovery

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VMware ESX and ESXi ssh discovery is used as a fallback when the other methods of discovering VMware ESX and ESXi hosts outlined in Discovering VMware ESX and ESXi hosts fail.

If the vSphere API is not contacted then discovery falls back to an ssh login as used in previous BMC Atrium Discovery versions. and the discovery methods detailed in Administration => Discovery Platforms => VMware ESX or VMware ESXi are used to discover the system. If ssh access has not been enabled, the ESX or ESXi system is not discovered.

Shows the discovery methods used to discover the vSphere based system in the case that the API was not accessed.

VMware ESX and ESXi ssh discovery must be done as the root user

VMware ESX and ESXi ssh discovery must be done as the root user. You should login directly as the root user. It is possible to login as a non-root user but such a user cannot close its sessions properly. This results in sessions hanging and inactive sessions building up on the ESXi host.

VMware ESX and ESXi discovery limitation

VMware ESX and ESXi ssh discovery cannot determine any network connection details as there is no equivalent to the netstat command.
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