HPSIM and ESXi credentials

[ironboard5]

Hi

I'm trying to find out what level of access SIM needs to monitor an ESXi server (using the HP build of ESXi on HP hardware). I've done a bit of searching and havent been able to find an answer (both online and in the SIM documentation). So far I have setup a SIM 7.0 instance and have successfully added a bunch of Windows servers.

Now I'm trying to add a few ESXi servers to SIM but I can't get it to work (i.e. discover and manage) unless I provide/use the ESXi root account (or an account with root level permissions). Surely there has to be a way to monitor ESXi servers without using the root account/permissions.

Thanks in advance

[Paul Kurtz]

You are correct. The root account is needed.