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2. For VMware vCenter discovery, provide the following system properties:
• Name—Required. Unique key or name for VMware vCenter which is used to
import or identify vCenter in the Active System Manager.
• Username—Required. Username to access and manage the vCenter. This
user must have full administrator rights to the vCenter. If the vCenter
Server is part of a Windows Domain, then enter the username as
username@domain.
• Password—Required. Password to access and manage the vCenter.
• IP Address—Required. IP address for the vCenter application. This must be
IP reachable from the Active System Manager server.
Starting the Discovery Process
To start the Discovery process, perform the following steps:
1. Connect to the Active System Manager Client using user credentials with
Administrator privileges.
2. On the menu bar, click Tools >Discovery >Start, which initiates the discovery
process for components that were set up during the discovery configuration setup.
You can view the discovery progress indication at the task bar shown in the bottom
of the client.
In case discovery process is initiated again when a discovery process is already in
progress, the Active System Manager user is prompted with a message, indicating
the same.