Configuring the VMware Adapter

The VMware Adapter software is installed as part of a normal installation of TA.

Perform these steps to license and configure the adapter before running VMware jobs:

• Licensing an Adapter – License the connection to the VMware instance. You cannot define a VMware connection until you have applied the VMware license.

• Installing vim25.jar – Download the VMware libraries and set the classpath for the libraries in service.props.

• Securing the VMware Adapter – Define a VMware Authentication user to authorize a connection to be established to the VMware web server and permit requests to be made on behalf of the authenticated account.

• Configuring the HTTPS Protocol – Configure the HTTPS protocol if used in your environment.

• Configuring the VMware Tools Service – Configure the VMware Tools Service to depend on other required application services, ensuring that the required application services are available.

• Defining a VMware Connection – Define a VMware connection so the master can communicate with the VMware server or host.

See Configuring service.props for information about general and adapter-specific properties that can be set to control things like logging and connection properties.