NAME

glpi-esx - vCenter/ESX/ESXi remote inventory from command line

SYNOPSIS

glpi-esx --host <host> --user <user> --password <password> --path <directory or file>

  Options:
    --help                 this menu
    --debug                debug mode (false)
    --host hostname        ESX server hostname
    --user username        user name
    --password xxxx        user password
    --path path            output directory or file
    -t --timeout sec       connection attempt timeout in seconds (defaults to 180)
    --stdout               dump inventory on stdout (enabled by default if no path is set)
    --tag tag              tag for the inventoried machine
    --json                 use json as format for generated inventories
    --glpi-version VERSION set targeted glpi version to enable supported features
    --esx-itemtype=TYPE    set ESX asset type for target supporting genericity like GLPI 11+
  Advanced options:
    --dump                 also dump esx host full info datas in a *-hostfullinfo.dump file
    --dumpfile file        generate one inventory from a *-hostfullinfo.dump file

EXAMPLES

    % glpi-esx --host myesx --user foo --password bar --path /tmp --json

You can import the .json file in your inventory server with the glpi-injector tool.

    % glpi-injector -v --file /tmp/*.json -u https://example/

DESCRIPTION

glpi-esx creates inventory of remote ESX/ESXi and vCenter VMware. It uses the SOAP interface of the remote server.

Supported systems start from:

ESX and ESXi 3.5

ESX and ESXi 4.1

ESXi 5.0

vCenter 4.1

vCenter 5.0

Active Directory users, please note the AD authentication doesn't work. You must create a account on the VMware server.

LIMITATION

So far, ESX serial number are not collected.

SECURITY

The SSL hostname check of the server is disabled.