How do I add a VM platform?

To add a VMware vCenter or ESXi

To add an Oracle VM Manager

To add a Microsoft Hyper-V platform

To add an Amazon Web Service

To add an Azure VM platform

Adding a VM platform to management follows the same process as when adding a single device to management, with VM Platform selected in the Device Type field.

The management of VM platforms is through their VM platform SDK. Apart from AWS, Entuity can discover VM platforms using autoDiscovery, but it identifies them as Ping Only devices. To take these devices under full management, you must modify their discovered attributes and specify their connection details.

There are product-specific requirements:

• AWS is not discoverable by autoDiscovery, 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 servers by remote Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Therefore, only Entuity servers installed to Windows can manage Microsoft Hyper-V servers.
• for Oracle VMs, you have to specify security credentials.

After discovering 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.

To add a VMware vCenter or ESXi:

1. In the Main Menu, click Administration.
2. Click Device Inventory.
3. Click Add in the bottom left of the browser.
4. The Add Devices window will open. In the Management Level dropdown field, select Full. This will change the fields available below.
5. In the Device Type field, select VM Platform. This will change the fields available below.
6. Select VMware vCenter or ESXi in the VM Platform dropdown field.
7. Enter the name of the VM Platform (which must be resolvable on the Entuity server) or IP address that Entuity uses to poll the VM platform in the Polled Name/IP Address field.
8. Specify the zone to which the VM platform will be added in the Zone field.
9. Specify the display name that Entuity displays within the product in the Display Name dropdown field. Select from one of the following:
   • Polled Name / IP Address
   • Resolved Name
   • Resolved Name (fully qualified)
   • IP Address
   • Custom
   • System Name
10. Select which IP protocol you want to use from the IP Protocol options, either IPv4 or IPv6.
11. Enter a valid username for the account Entuity will use to connect to the VM platform in the Connection User field.
12. Enter a valid password for the connection user account in the Connection Password field.
13. Enter the URL that Entuity will use when connecting to the VM's web API to manage the device in the Connection URL field. Ensure your URL does specify the VM platform's SDK, e.g. https://blade/sdk
14. Click Add to add the VM platform, otherwise click Cancel.

To add an Oracle VM Manager:

1. In the Main Menu, click Administration.
2. Click Device Inventory.
3. Click Add in the bottom left of the browser.
4. The Add Devices window will open. In the Management Level dropdown field, select Full. This will change the fields available below.
5. In the Device Type field, select VM Platform.
6. Select Oracle VM Manager in the VM Platform dropdown field.
7. Enter the name of the VM Platform (which must be resolvable on the Entuity server) or IP address that Entuity uses to poll the VM platform in the Polled Name/IP Address field.
8. Specify the zone to which the VM platform will be added in the Zone field.
9. Specify the display name that Entuity displays within the product in the Display Name dropdown field. Select from one of the following:
   • Polled Name / IP Address
   • Resolved Name
   • Resolved Name (fully qualified)
   • IP Address
   • Custom
   • System Name
10. Select which IP protocol you want to use from the IP Protocol options, either IPv4 or IPv6.
11. Enter a valid username for the account Entuity will use to connect to the VM platform in the Connection User field.
12. Enter a valid password for the connection user account in the Connection Password field.
13. Enter the URL that Entuity will use when connecting to the VM's web API to manage the device in the Connection URL field. Ensure your URL does specify the VM platform's SDK, e.g. https://blade/sdk
14. Click Add to add the VM platform, otherwise click Cancel.

To add a Microsoft Hyper-V platform:

1. In the Main Menu, click Administration.
2. Click Device Inventory.
3. Click Add in the bottom left of the browser.
4. The Add Devices window will open. In the Management Level dropdown field, select Full. This will change the fields available below.
5. In the Device Type field, select VM Platform.
6. Select Hyper-V in the VM Platform dropdown field.
7. Enter the name of the VM Platform (which must be resolvable on the Entuity server) or IP address that Entuity uses to poll the VM platform in the Polled Name/IP Address field.
8. Specify the zone to which the VM platform will be added in the Zone field.
9. Specify the display name that Entuity displays within the product in the Display Name dropdown field. Select from one of the following:
   • Polled Name / IP Address
   • Resolved Name
   • Resolved Name (fully qualified)
   • IP Address
   • Custom
   • System Name
10. Select which IP protocol you want to use from the IP Protocol options, either IPv4 or IPv6.
11. Enter a valid username for the account Entuity will use to connect to the VM platform in the Connection User field.
12. Enter a valid password for the connection user account in the Connection Password field.
13. Enter the hostname that Entuity will use when connecting to the VM's web API to manage the device in the Hostname field. Entuity uses Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) for Hyper-V. Note, if you are using a version of Entuity earlier than Entuity v20.0 P02, this field is the Connection URL field.
14. Click Add to add the VM platform, otherwise click Cancel.

To add an Amazon Web Service: 

1. In the Main Menu, click Administration.
2. Click Device Inventory.
3. Click Add in the bottom left of the browser.
4. The Add Devices window will open. In the Device Type field, select VM Platform. This will change the fields available below.
5. Select Amazon Web Service in the VM Platform dropdown field.
6. Enter the name of the AWS VM platform in the Display Name field.
7. Specify the zone to which the VM platform will be added in the Zone field.
8. Enter the access key identifier in the Access Key field.
9. Enter the secret access key in the Secret Access Key field. Together, the access key and the secret access key are the security credentials used to check the sender of the API request and determine if the user making the request has the required permission level.
10. Click Add to add the VM platform, otherwise click Cancel.

To add an Azure VM platform:

1. In the Main Menu, click Administration.
2. Click Device Inventory.
3. Click Add in the bottom left of the browser.
4. The Add Devices window will open. In the Device Type field, select VM Platform. This will change the fields available below.
5. Select Azure in the VM Platform dropdown field.
6. Enter the name of the AWS VM platform in the Display Name field.
7. Specify the zone to which the VM platform will be added in the Zone field.
8. Enter the Client ID (also known as the Application ID) in the Client ID field.
9. Enter the Client Secret Key (also known as the authentication key string) in the Client Secret field.
10. Enter the Tenant ID in the Tenant ID field. The Tenant ID is the ID of the Azure Active Directory in which you created the Azure application.
11. Click Add to add the VM platform, otherwise click Cancel.