Jira Insight and vmware scanning?

[Matt Mauchley]

We setup our discovery scanner to scan vcenter and then checked the box scan virtual guests.  The scan looks like it is collecting vm guest information but only loads the vmware host information when it is done and no guest information.  If we scan subnets we can get the information to import.  Is there a way to setup our scan without using subnets and only scanning vcenter?

[Gustavo Delazari Borges · Accepted solution]

Hi Matt,

I'm sorry, but do you expect the VMs are imported under "Host" object as "Virtual Guest" or the VMs should be imported as part of "Host" object?

In our company, we scan through a range that include all the vmware hosts only, and consequently, Discovery collects your VMs. When we import the results into Insight, vmware hosts are included in "Host" object and the VMs are included in "Virtual Guest" object.

[Matt Mauchley]

Yes that is exactly what we are wanting to do.  I will give that a shot.  Thank you! 

[Matt Mauchley]

Are you scanning using the root ssh login to the esxi host or vsphere creds to the local host?

[Gustavo Delazari Borges]

Vsphere credentials. A workmate has created an proper user for me with limited permissions, and it seems to be working fine with Discovery.

[Heath Wallis]

what settings are you using to get guests to appear under virtual guests?  I'm scanning just the vsphere IP, but both the ESXi hosts and the guests are coming in as host objects.  That is undesireable.

[Gustavo Delazari Borges]

Hi @Heath Wallis 

Maybe you should check your Insight import configuration on Jira.

The "Virtual Guest" object might be disabled, then you should enable it and try your import again.

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@Matt Mauchley @Gustavo Delazari Borges @Heath Wallis

ddo you have idea how to scan without ping, because i want to scan a v center and ping fails, can you help please and provide the current pattern and settings