Role Required: SDAdmin
VMWare scan credentials are used for scanning VMWare hosts.
To configure VMWare scan credentials,
- Navigate to Admin > Discovery > Credentials Library.
- Click Add New Credential.
- A New Credential pop-up opens.
- Select the Credential Type as VMWare.
- Enter Name and Description.
- Enter a Username and Password.
- Enter the HTTPS Port number.
- Set the Timeout. This indicates the time after which the connection would be terminated.
- Click Save Credential.

Roles required to scan VMware machines: To scan VMware machines, it is necessary to have the Propagate to all children and System [Root] options enabled for user roles on the machines.