About discovering the VMware Infrastructure using InfoScale Operations Manager

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
In InfoScale Operations Manager, a managed host that is designated as a Control Host can discover the VMware Infrastructure.
The managed host on which you have installed the Control Host Add-on discovers the information on the following VMware infrastructure components in your data center:
  • vCenter servers which manage one or more ESX servers.
  • ESX servers on which the individual virtual machines are configured.
Ensure that the Control Hosts can ping the vCenter servers or the ESX servers from which they can discover the information on VMware Infrastructure. A Control Host and a vCenter server or an ESX server from which the Control Host wants to discover the information on VMware Infrastructure must be on the same subnet.
The Control Host Add-on that you install on the designated Control Hosts contains the VMware Infrastructure SDK (VI SDK), which provides a standard interface for the VMware servers and the Control Hosts to access the VMware Infrastructure. A Control Host reports the information on the VMware Infrastructure that it discovers to Management Server. The Management Server coalesces the data that it receives from the Control Host and populates the relevant views.
For more information on the supported versions of vCenter servers and ESX servers, refer to the InfoScale Operations Manager Hardware and Software Compatibility List (HSCL).
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