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Connecting VMware vSphere Servers

To collect data about VMware vSphere infrastructure objects, you must configure connections to VMware vSphere servers. Only connections to vCenter Servers are supported.

Important

It is a requirement that VAO has connections to the following vCenter Servers:

All vCenter Servers managing source and replica VMs
The vCenter Server managing resources that will be used to recover VMs
All vCenter Servers managing VMs whose disks are located on the connected storage systems

To configure a connection to a VMware vSphere server:

Only Administrators are allowed to add and remove vCenter Server connections.

Switch to the Administration tab.
Navigate to VMware vCenter Servers.
Click Add.
In the Add VMware vCenter Server window:

In the Name field, enter a DNS name or an IP address of the VMware vSphere server that will be connected to the VAO server.
In the User and Password fields, specify credentials of a user account for connecting to the server.
If required, you can change the port number used for communication with the server.
Click Add.