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Configure Virtual Host Inventory Collect Task

You can configure the virtual host inventory collect task to collect RVI data from virtualization servers.

Note: You must have installed Tools on the Hypervisors to collect the complete guest operating system inventory. Also, note that RVI data cannot be collected from Linux virtual machines that are running on Microsoft Hyper-V servers.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the DSM Explorer and navigate to Computers and Users, All Computers, AM remote agent, Configuration, Collect Tasks.
2. Right-click Collect Tasks and select New.

   The Select new Collect Task type dialog opens.

3. Select Virtual Host Inventory and click OK.

   Note: The Virtual Host Inventory type is available only for assets that have the AMRemoteAgent installed.

   The Schedule New Collect Task dialog opens.

4. Enter the name of the collect task in the General tab and click Set Scheduling. Specify the scheduling options for the collect task and click OK.
5. Click Add from the Virtualization Servers tab.

   The Add the Virtual Host to Configure dialog opens.

   Note: You can add only five virtualization servers to a collect task. If the same agent must collect data from more than five virtualization servers, you can define additional collect tasks for the same agent.

6. Select the virtualization server type, enter the necessary information in the following fields for the selected virtualization server type, and click OK.

   Note: Some of the fields are disabled, if the information is not applicable for the selected server type.

   Host Name

   Specifies the FQDN of the virtual host you want to inventory.

   User Name

   Specifies the user name of any user on the virtual host. The AM remote agent uses this credential for logging in to the system and collecting inventory.

   Password

   Specifies the password of the specified user.

   Note: You can either use the password and SSH key for authentication. We recommend using SSH keys because they are more secure than plain text passwords.

   Host Serial

   (IBM HMC) Specifies the host serial number.

   Web Service URL

   Specifies the URL of the Web Service.

   The URL takes the following form for VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESX/ESXi) and VMware vCenter Server:

   https://ESXHostFQDNservername/sdk
   

   The URL takes the following form Citrix XenServer

   https://XenMasterFQDNservername
   

   The variable in each instance represents the fully qualified host name of the server. Alternatively, an IP address can be given instead of the host name.

   By default, this field is auto-populated unless you have changed the RVI Edit URL configuration policy. For more information about this policy, see Asset Management (Administration Console) Policy Group.

   SSH key location

   Specifies the location of the Secure Shell (SSH) private key. Provide an SSH key location for a Linux/UNIX host only if the key is not in the default location.

   Note: Provide an empty passphrase when generating the SSH key.

   Enabled for remote inventory collection

   Specifies whether remote inventory collection is enabled. Verify that this option is selected.

7. (Optional) Click the Filter tab and select the hosts belonging to a specific data center or cluster. Perform this step only when you want to limit the hosts from which the inventory is collected. For more information, see Limit the Virtual Hosts to be Inventoried.

   Note: The Filter tab is displayed only for VMware vCenter Server and Citrix XenServer.

   The filter is added to the collect task.

8. Click OK.

   The collect task runs at the agent computer at the next scheduled runtime and collects the RVI data from the selected servers.

   Note: You can link the virtual host inventory collect task only to other agents of the same OS class. For example, a virtual host inventory collect task that is created for a Windows agent can be linked only to other Windows agents.

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