VMware VCENTER CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.3 - VCENTER DISCOVERED MACHINES IMPORT TOOL GUIDE, vCenter Configuration Manager 5.3 User Manual

VMware vCenter Discovered Machines Import Tool

User's Guide

Version 5.3.0.25

for vCenter Configuration Manager 5.3

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Contents

About This Book 5

Welcome to the Discovered Machines Import Tool 7

Prerequisites and Installation 8
Navigating the User Interface 9
Step 1: Select the Nmap Output Files 10
Step 2: Configure the Database Connection 12
Step 3: Select and Filter the Machines 13
Step 4: Select Devices 17
Step 5: Import the Machines 18
Step 6: Save the SQL Script 19

Configuring the Discovered Machines Import Tool 21

Changing the Log File Name 21
Changing the Log Level 21
Viewing Additional Information in the Selection Machines Data Grid 22

Useful Nmap Command Lines 23

OSDetection 23
Examples 23
Reference 23

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About This Book

This manual, VMware vCenter Discovered Machines Import Tool User's Guide for VCM, describes how to
import discovered machines and devices into the VCM database.

This document contains the following information:

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Configuring the database connection.

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Selecting machines and devices, and importing machines.

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Configuring the application and using Nmap command lines.

Read this document and complete the associated procedures to prepare for a successful import.

Intended Audience

The information presented in this manual is written for system administrators who are experienced
Windows or UNIX/Linux system administrators and who are familiar with managing network users and
resources, and performing system maintenance.

To use the information in this guide effectively, you must have a basic understanding of how to configure
network resources, install software, and administer operating systems. You also need to fully understand
your network’s topology and resource naming conventions.

VMware VCM Documentation

The VMware vCenter Configuration Manager (VCM) documentation consists of the VCM online Help,
Hardware and Software Requirements Guide, Installation and Getting Started Guide, and other associated
documents.

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VMware welcomes your suggestions for improving our documentation. If you have comments, send
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Technical Support and Education Resources

The following technical support resources are available to you. To access the current version of this book
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Welcome to the Discovered Machines
Import Tool

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The Discovered Machines Import Tool (DMIT) obtains information related to discovered machines and
devices that are retrieved by Network Mapper (Nmap), and imports selected machines into the VCM
database as discovered machines. After the machines are in VCM, you can begin the process of licensing
and managing them.

This guide describes how to import machines discovered by Nmap into the VCM database.

The Discovered Machines Import Tool provides the following capabilities:

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Allows you to retrieve current information found in the database and compare this information with
the information retrieved by Nmap.

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Provides a list of machines that exist in the database.

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Reports whether differences exist between the information retrieved by Nmap and the information in
the database.

If you have access to the database, you can import machines discovered by Nmap into the database. To
import discovered machines into the database when you do not have access to the database, the tool
allows you to create a SQL script that contains all of the required information.

For information about Nmap commands, see the Nmap Reference Guide at: http://nmap.org/book/man-

briefoptions.html.

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Prerequisites and Installation

The Discovered Machines Import Tool is supported on multiple Agent platforms. For a complete list, see
the VCM Hardware and Software Requirements Guide.

Before you can use the Discovered Machines Import Tool, your machine must have the following:

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Nmap (with WinPcap) version 5.2.1.

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VMware vCenter Configuration Manager version 4.9 or later.

Procedure

1. Locate the .msi, and double-click it to install the application.

2. Accept the license agreement.

3. Select to install the application to the default location or choose another path where you want to install
it.

4. Click Install, and then complete the wizard. By default, the files will be installed to C:\Program
Files\VMware\VCM\Tools\DMIT.

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