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Accessing the VMware ESX Web Service

To access the VMware ESX Web Service, you must supply the following logon credentials for a user of a VMware ESX host machine:

Hostname

Specifies the name of the ESX host for which asset management inventory is to be collected. An IP address can also be supplied.

Web Service Username

Specifies the name of a VMware ESX user who has the VMware system role of Administrator or Read-only.

Web Service Password

Requires the password for the specified VMware ESX user.

Web Service URL

Indicates the Web Service URL, which takes the following form:

https://ESXHostFQDNservername/sdk

ESXHostFQDNservername represents the fully qualified host name of the ESX server. Alternatively, an IP address can be given instead of the host name.

ESX inventory collection is done using the Web Service (SOAP) engine. By default, the Web Service runs on port 443 as a secure web service that can be accessed using SSL over HTTPS.