VMware ESXi Host Scanning

[sukaitsu]

This is about an issue I have brought up in the past and there hasn't been any update. Most larger companies who use VMware, control the host through VMware Vcenter. Access directly to the host is restricted and in most cases blocked by putting the host in Lockdown Mode. VMware also recommends disabling the MOB service on ESXi host as it poses a risk to potential attacks. Please have someone look into using the vCenter API to gather the information, because we have been waiting over a year for an update.

Thank you,

Jeffrey Smith

P.S. Please do not respond with "This is on our customer wishlist, but we are currently working on ___ instead". Lansweeper is advertised as a scanning tool for VMware ESXi host, so it should work, not use methods that are blocked or not supported in most Enterprise environments.

[nmulvihill]

+1

[thorirb]

+1

[klaus]

+1

[Gartski]

Would be great to have +1 here!

[JeffreyN]

+1

[AG]

Yes would be great for me too.

[Hemps]

I'd also like this feature.

[toomasy]

We also wait for this feature.

[cdonizetti]

For security reason, in a medium/big company the “Lockdown Mode” is enabled and Lansweeper doesn't work.

Should be a good feature to use the Vcenter API.

[Susan_A]

I just wanted to acknowledge that we've seen your post. Unfortunately, there's no update on when this feature might be implemented. If this goes into development, I will certainly let you know.