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Add Nodes

As your environment grows, you can use the Node screen to add nodes and then assign nodes to groups that you want to manage within the application. The application adds only virtual machines where:

• Guest OS is Windows
• VMware hardware version is 7 or greater.

You can add nodes using the following processes:

• Add nodes from Discovery Result--Discovery permits you to enter ESX and vCenter Server details, detect the virtual machines running on each server and then manually or automatically add the detected nodes to the application where they can be managed and protected.

  Servers added to the Discover list are scanned according to the schedule you specify on the Configuration screen until you remove them. You do not need to enter server details again. The Discover list displays only new virtual machines added to a server since the last scan. It does not show the VMs already managed in the application. You can also run Discover without waiting for the next scheduled scan.

• Import virtual machines from vCenter/ESX

  This option is a manual process. The process requires that you specify ESX or vCenter server details each time you launch it. You can add servers to the discovery list when you want to avoid re-entering server details. This option lists all the virtual machines that are detected on the specified server, even if they are already managed in the application.