NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       fusioninventory-esx --host <host> --user <user> --password <password> --directory
       <directory>

         Options:
           --help                 this menu
           --host hostname        ESX server hostname
           --user username        user name
           --password xxxx        user password
           --directory directory  output directory
           --tag tag              tag for the inventoried machine

EXAMPLES

           % fusioninventory-esx --host myesx --user foo --password bar --directory /tmp

       You can import the .ocs file in your inventory server with the fusioninventory-injector
       tool.
           %fusioninventory-injector -v --file /tmp/*.ocs -u https://myserver/ocsinventory

DESCRIPTION

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

       Supported systems:

       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.