What permissions does UIM require for ESX monitoring?

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:
   

   > 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:
   

    > /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.