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Table 6‑1. Choosing an Agent Scenario (Continued)
Integration Scenario Agent Requirements and Procedures
Collect data from the provisioned Windows machines, for
example the Active Directory status of the owner of a machine.
Installing the WMI Agent for Remote WMI Requests
Provision virtual machines by integrating with any other
supported virtual platform.
You do not need to install an agent.
Agent Installation Location and Requirements
A system administrator typically installs the agents on the vRealize Automation server that hosts the
active Manager Service component.
If an agent is installed on another host, the network configuration must allow communication between the
agent and Manager Services installation machine.
Each agent is installed under a unique name in its own directory, Agents\agentname, under the
vRealize Automation installation directory (typically Program Files(x86)\VMware\vCAC), with its
configuration stored in the file VRMAgent.exe.config in that directory.
Installing and Configuring the Proxy Agent for vSphere
A system administrator installs proxy agents to communicate with vSphere server instances. The agents
discover available work, retrieve host information, and report completed work items and other host status
changes.
vSphere Agent Requirements
vSphere endpoint credentials, or the credentials under which the agent service runs, must have
administrative access to the installation host. Multiple vSphere agents must meet vRealize Automation
configuration requirements.
Credentials
When creating an endpoint representing the vCenter Server instance to be managed by a vSphere agent,
the agent can use the credentials that the service is running under to interact with the vCenter Server or
specify separate endpoint credentials.
The following table lists the permissions that the vSphere endpoint credentials must have to manage a
vCenter Server instance. The permissions must be enabled for all clusters in vCenter Server, not just
clusters that will host endpoints.
Table 6‑2. Permissions Required for vSphere Agent to Manage vCenter Server Instance
Attribute Value Permission
Datastore Allocate Space
Browse Datastore
Folder Create Folder
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