How do I add a VM platform?

Entuity supports management of the following types of VM platform:

• Amazon Web Services
• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• Nutanix Prism
• VMware vCenter or ESXi

The management of VM platforms is through their VM platform API, which necessitates a different set of connection attributes to other device types.

Some products have specific URL requirements:

• The connection URL for VMware vCenter or ESXi hypervisors will require the format:
  • https://{hostname or IP of vCenter or ESXi}/sdk/
• The polled hostname/IP address for Nutanix must be to the Nutanix Prism Element interface.

Cloud-based VM platforms cannot be added by Auto Discovery, and can only be added manually. Please see this article for help and information on manually adding a VM platform to your network via Asset Management. Locally-hosted VM platforms can be discovered using Auto Discovery but are initially identified as Ping-Only (Basic) devices - after discovery, you will need to modify their Asset Category to 'VM platform'.

There are product-specific requirements:

• AWS is not discoverable by Auto Discovery, because it is not available to either ICMP Ping or SNMP polling. AWS connection attributes include an access key and secret access key.
• Entuity manages Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors by remote Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). From Entuity v19.0 through v22.0 P06, only Entuity servers installed on Windows can manage Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors. As of v22.0 P07, Entuity servers installed on Linux can also manage Microsoft Hyper-V hyperviors.
• For Nutanix platforms, connecting to the Nutanix Prism Central endpoint will not allow monitoring of virtual machines, and is not supported. The Nutanix Prism Element endpoint must be used instead.

After adding VM platforms, Entuity can discover their hypervisors and virtual machines. To allow this discovery, you must ensure Entuity can communicate with the platform. For example, with Microsoft Hyper-V you should configure its firewall to allow remote Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) from the Entuity server.

Note, due to a limitation with VMware, there is no method to retrieve and display individual in and out traffic rates when monitoring a VM via a vCenter. These metrics are available when monitoring an ESXi host directly, however.