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We recommend using the root account for ESX monitoring. If the root account is not available, you can add an Uptime Infrastructure Monitor user.

To add a UIM user for ESX monitoring

1. SSH login to the ESX system as root.
2. Create your UIM user with the following code:
   

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   > adduser –p PASSWORD uptime

3. Edit /etc/vmware/hostd/authorization.xml as shown below. You will need to:
   1. add the stanza for the new user (copy it from the vpxuser stanza and change the id and ACEDataId), and
   2. increase the NextAceId value. ha-folder-root 10 false true -1 root ha-folder-root 11 false true -1 vpxuser ha-folder-root 12 false true -1 uptime 13
4. Restart vmware-hostd:
   

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   > /etc/init.d/mgmt-vmware stop > /etc/init.d/mgmt-vmware start

5. Wait about 5 minutes for hostd to restart.
6. Add your ESX system to UIM.