Specifications
Basic System Administration
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Supplying System-level Administrator Credentials
VirtualCenterrequiresadministratoraccesstothesystemsselectedforanalysisbefore
itcanbegintoanalyzethem.Youcanspecifycredentialsonasystem‐by‐systembasis,
andyoucanspecifydefaultcredentialsthatVirtualCentercanusewhencredentials
havenotbeenexplicitlyspecified.Defaultcredentialscanbespecifiedatany
time
throughConsolidationSettings(“SpecifyingConsolidationSettings”onpage 132)or
duringthediscoveryphasethroughtheSetAuthenticationdialogbox.Onlythelatter
methodisdiscussedinthissection.
To specify default credentials during the discovery phase
1IntheAddtoAnalysisdialogbox,selectsystemstoaddtoanalysis.
2ClickAddtoAnalysis.
3IntheSetAuthentication
dialogbox,enteradomain‐qualifiedusername(for
example,DOMAIN\username)andpassword.
YoucanchoosetosetcredentialsatalatertimebyselectingSpecifyLater.This
optionisusefulifsomeoftheselectedsystemsrequiredifferentcredentials.See
“Tospecifycredentialsforaspecificsystem”onpage 134.
4ConfirmthepasswordandclickOK.
To specify credentials for a specific system
1IntheAnalysistab,selectasystem.Youcanselectmultiplesystems.The
credentialsyouspecifywillbeusedforallselectedsystems.
2ClickSetAuthentication.
3Enteradomain‐qualifiedusername(forexample,DOMAIN\username)and
password.
4ClickOK.
Viewing Analysis Results
AnalysisresultsaredisplayedintheAnalysistab.Whenanalysisiscomplete,the
followinginformationisdisplayed:
MachineName–Displaysthehostnameofthephysicalsystembeinganalyzedor
imported.
MemoryInfo–DisplaystheamountofRAMonthesystem.
Status–Displaystheprogressoftheanalysis.