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.IX Title "FUSIONINVENTORY-ESX 1p"
.TH FUSIONINVENTORY-ESX 1p "2018-10-08" "perl v5.26.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
fusioninventory\-esx \- vCenter/ESX/ESXi remote inventory from command line
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
fusioninventory-esx \-\-host <host> \-\-user <user> \-\-password <password> \-\-directory <directory>
.PP
.Vb 7
\&  Options:
\&    \-\-help                 this menu
\&    \-\-host hostname        ESX server hostname
\&    \-\-user username        user name
\&    \-\-password xxxx        user password
\&    \-\-directory directory  output directory
\&    \-\-tag tag              tag for the inventoried machine
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
.Vb 1
\&    % fusioninventory\-esx \-\-host myesx \-\-user foo \-\-password bar \-\-directory /tmp
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.PP
You can import the .ocs file in your inventory server with the fusioninventory-injector tool.
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    %fusioninventory\-injector \-v \-\-file /tmp/*.ocs \-u https://myserver/plugins/fusioninventory/
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fIfusioninventory-esx\fR creates inventory of remote ESX/ESXi and vCenter VMware.
It uses the \s-1SOAP\s0 interface of the remote server.
.PP
Supported systems:
.IP "\fI\s-1ESX\s0 and ESXi 3.5\fR" 4
.IX Item "ESX and ESXi 3.5"
.PD 0
.IP "\fI\s-1ESX\s0 and ESXi 4.1\fR" 4
.IX Item "ESX and ESXi 4.1"
.IP "\fIESXi 5.0\fR" 4
.IX Item "ESXi 5.0"
.IP "\fIvCenter 4.1\fR" 4
.IX Item "vCenter 4.1"
.IP "\fIvCenter 5.0\fR" 4
.IX Item "vCenter 5.0"
.PD
.PP
Active Directory users, please note the \s-1AD\s0 authentication doesn't work. You must
create a account on the VMware server.
.SH "LIMITATION"
.IX Header "LIMITATION"
So far, \s-1ESX\s0 serial number are not collected.
.SH "SECURITY"
.IX Header "SECURITY"
The \s-1SSL\s0 hostname check of the server is disabled.