VMWare

The Credentials Library stores VMware authentication data for VMware hosts and vCenter servers in your WhatsUp Gold database to be used whenever authentication is needed to connect to and gather data from the vCenter server or VMware host. Configure the following fields to create a VMWare credential:

• Name. Enter a unique name for the credential. This name displays in the Credentials Library.
• Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the credential. This information displays next to the credential in the Credentials Library.
• Username. Enter a username. This username is used to authenticate to the device.
• Password. Enter a password. This password is used with the above username to authenticate to the device.
• Confirm password. Re-enter the authentication password for confirmation.

See Also Working with Credentials SNMP v1 SNMP v2 SNMP v3 Windows (WMI) Windows (WMI) for Hyper-V ADO Telnet SSH JMX