Specifications

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To discover physical systems in your datacenter
1IntheVIClienttoolbar,clickConsolidationtodisplaytheConsolidationview.
2IntheGettingStartedtabclickAnalyzephysicalcomputersforconsolidation,or
intheAnalysistab,clickAddtoAnalysis.
TheAddtoAnalysisdialogboxisdisplayed.Ifthisisthefirsttimeyouareusing
thisfeature,see“FirstTimeUse”onpage 131.
3 Selectthesystemsyouwanttoanalyze.See“SpecifyingScope”onpage 133for
detailsaboutusingtheAddtoAnalysisdialogbox.
4ClickAddtoAnalysis.TheSetAuthenticationdialogboxisdisplayed.See
“SupplyingSystem‐levelAdministratorCredentials”onpage 134fordetails
about
usingtheSetAuthenticationdialogbox.
5EnterauthenticationcredentialsandclickOK.Theselectedsystemsareanalyzed
andresultsaredisplayedintheAnalysistab.Proceedto“ViewingAnalysis
Results”onpage 134.
Specifying Scope
TheAddtoAnalysisdialogboxletsyoudiscoversystemsonyournetworkandselect
systemstoanalyze.Thisdialogboxliststhesystemsfoundonthenetworkforthe
domainselectedintheShowDomaindrop‐downmenu.Thefirsttimeadomainis
selected,itmighttakesometime
forVirtualCentertodiscoverandlistthesystemsit
finds.Afterthat,thelistiscachedsothatsubsequentsearchestakelesstime.Thelist
canbesorted.
To search for and select systems for analysis
1 SelectadomainfromtheShowDomaindrop‐downmenu.
2Optionallysortthelistbyclickingonacolumnheading.
3 Selectthesystems
youwanttoanalyze.
4ClickAddtoAnalysis.Youmightbeaskedforadministratorauthentication
credentials(see“SupplyingSystem‐levelAdministratorCredentials”on
page 134).
Torefreshthelist,clicktherefreshbutton.Refreshthelistwhensystemshavebeen
newlyaddedtothedomainandarenotyetcached.
N
OTEUpto100systemscanbesimultaneouslyanalyzed.See“A n a l y s i s Limit”on
page 137.