AWS Application Discovery Service is no longer open to new customers. Alternatively, use AWS Transform which provides similar capabilities. For more information, see [AWS Application Discovery Service availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/application-discovery/latest/userguide/application-discovery-service-availability-change.html).

# Setting up the Agentless Collector data collection module for VMware vCenter
Setting up vCenter data collection

This section describes how to set up the Agentless Collector VMware vCenter data collection module to collect server inventory, profile, and utilization data from your VMware VMs.

**Note**  
Before starting vCenter setup, make sure you can provide vCenter credentials with Read and View permissions set for the System group.

**To set up the VMware vCenter data collection module**

1. On the **Agentless Collector** dashboard page, under **Data collection**, choose **Set up** in the **VMware vCenter** section.

1. On the **Set up VMware vCenter data collection** page, perform the following:

   1. Under **vCenter credentials**:

      1. For **vCenter URL/IP**, enter the IP address of your VMware vCenter Server host.

      1. For **vCenter Username**, enter the name of a local or domain user that the collector uses to communicate with vCenter. For domain users, use the form *domain*\$1*username* or *username*@*domain*.

      1. For **vCenter Password**, enter the local or domain user password.

   1. Under **Data collection preferences**:

      1. To automatically start collecting data immediately following a successful setup, select **Start data collection automatically**.

   1. Choose **Set up**.

Next, you'll see the **VMware data collection details** page, which is described in the next topic.