Creating the Virtual Infrastructure Discovery Job

Create and run a Virtual Infrastructure Discovery Job to automatically discover and register the virtual machines in your environment.

Before you begin

Note the following about the Virtual Infrastructure Discovery Job:

• The Virtual Infrastructure Discovery Job is supported for VMware, IBM, and Solaris platforms only.
• The initial running of the job across the virtual infrastructure takes longer than subsequent executions of the job. For additional information, contact BMC Software Customer Support.

To create a Virtual Infrastructure Discovery Job

1. Open the Jobs folder and navigate to a Job folder.

2. Right-click the Job folder and select New > Virtual Infrastructure Discovery Jobfrom the pop-up menu. The Virtual Sprawl Discovery Job wizard opens.

   Warning

   For VMware platforms, if an ESX host is in the disconnected state and has not been removed from VMware vCenter, the options in the Virtual Infrastructure Discovery Job are not supported against the vCenter server which manages the disconnected ESX host.

3. Define the Virtual Infrastructure Discovery Job, as described in the following sections:
   • Virtual-Infrastructure-Discovery-Job-General
   • Virtual-Infrastructure-Discovery-Job-Targets
   • Virtual Infrastructure Discovery Job - Destination Selection
   • Virtual Infrastructure Discovery Job - Select Lifecycle Properties Mapping
   • Virtual-Infrastructure-Discovery-Job-Notifications
   • Virtual-Infrastructure-Discovery-Job-Schedules
   • Virtual-Infrastructure-Discovery-Job-Properties
   • Virtual-Infrastructure-Discovery-Job-Permission
4. Click Finish after completing the last step of the wizard, or click OK to save your revisions to an existing job.