Inventory Standalone VMware 3.0.2 host

Question

Has anyone managed to inventory a 3.0.2 ESX standalone host with MAPS 9?
Works ok with version 5 and 5.1 hosts according to the documentation should scan ESX.
Scan does not give any results back.  I can logon through web access and /mob page
Is there a logfile i can check?
Thanks

Answer 1

MAP uses the web services API from VMware, and I believe that was available in the 3.x versions of the hypervisor. You could try turning on trace2 logging which will give you A LOT of information and hopefully the answer. Since Trace2 logging can be overwhelming
in terms of the information you get, it is best to work with a fresh database and new log file and to only target 1 machine. This will keep the information to a manageable level.
To get the detailed log, follow these instructions:
 1. With MAP closed, rename the existing MAP log file which is located in "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\MAP\MapToolkit.log" if the default path was used during installation. It is recommended that you include a number or date when renaming so that you
can keep the logs in order if you have to do this again.
 2. Open Notepad as Administrator
 3. Open "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\MAP\Logging.cfg" in Notepad
 4. Change the line that says “.default=Info” to read “.default=Trace2”
 5. Save and close the file
 6. Open MAP (this creates a new log file)
 7. Go to File > Select a Database
 8. In the window that opens, select the radio button called “Create an inventory database” and enter a name
 9. Click ok
 10. On the Overview page in MAP, click on “Perform an inventory”
 11. In the inventory wizard, on the Inventory Scenario page, choose only VMware and nothing else.
 12. Choose "Manually enter computer names and credentials" as the discovery method. Do not choose another discovery method.
 13. Enter the needed credentials in "All Computers Credentials".
 14. On the manual entry wizard page, make sure you select "Use All Computers credential list" and finish the wizard
 15. Once the inventory has completed, exit MAP
 16. Open Logging.cfg is the same manner as before and change it back to “.default=Info”
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