Adding managed hosts to the Management Server

Last published : Jul 06, 2026
To monitor applications running inside virtual machines under ApplicationHA or Cluster Server (VCS) control, you must first add the virtual machines (guests) as managed hosts to Management Server.
Before you start adding the managed hosts, ensure that the following conditions are fulfilled:
  • There is connectivity between the managed hosts and the Management Server.
  • VRTSsfmh 5.0 or later is installed on ApplicationHA guests, and VRTSsfmh 6.1 is installed on VCS guests.
  • InfoScale Operations Manager Management Server 6.1 is installed.
    Note: InfoScale Operations Manager does not display an error if this condition is not fulfilled.
  • The logged-on user has adequate administrative or root privileges to execute ApplicationHA or VCS tasks on the virtual machine.
You can add one virtual machine at a time, or add multiple hosts using a CSV file.
Use any of the following methods to add managed hosts:
See Migrating virtual machines to InfoScale Operations Manager.
To add one or more managed hosts using the Management Server console
  1. In the Home page on the Management Server console, click Settings.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Click Add Hosts>Agent.
    • In the Settings tab clickHost, and then click** Add Hosts**>Agent.
  3. To manually specify one or more hosts, click Add Entry and specify the following host details for each host:
    • Host name: Specify the host name or IP address that you can use to reach the host from the Management Server
    • User name: Specify a user name with administrative or root privileges
    • Password: Specify the password to log on with the specified user name
To specify multiple hosts using a CSV file, under Advanced, browse to a CSV file to specify multiple hosts, in the following format:
Note: Ensure that the first line is exactly as follows.
Host, User, Password
host1, user1, password1
host2, user2, password2
host3, user3, password3
  1. Click Import selected file and clickFinish.
  2. In the Result panel, verify that all the specified managed hosts are added.
To add a managed host from vSphere Web Client
  1. Download the gendeploy script from the Management Server.
    Note: Only a user with Admin role on the Management Server perspective of InfoScale Operations Manager can generate the script.
  2. In the Monitor tab of the vSphere Web Client, navigate to the virtual machine that you want to add as a managed host.
If the virtual machine is not already added as a managed host, the Add Host panel appears.
  1. In the Add Host panel, specify the user name and password of the user with administrative privileges on the virtual machine.
In the same panel, also specify the location of the gendeploy script, and then click Configure.