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OMNM 6.5.2 User Guide 109
VMWare ESX and KVM Controller Support
Basic support for management of VMWare ESX and KVM Controller devices has been added. The
controllers are discovered/managed via WBEM protocol and require WBEM and SSH
authentication protocol at discovery time. VMs will appear in the controller's reference tree, but
can also be discovered standalone.
Example Reference tree for a KVM Controller showing three hosted VMs
Supported Functionality for VMWare ESX and KVM Controllers
VMWare ESX and KVM Controller devices support the following functionality:
•Discovery/Resync
• Limited KPI Support
• Direct Access/Terminal
• ACLI Support
•VM Management Actions
VM Management Actions
VMWare ESX and KVM Controller devices have specialized VM Management Actions that are
available to them. These actions are accessible via the Actions menu that is available on a Managed
Resource.
The following actions are supported for managing hosted VMS:
•Start
•Stop
• Suspend