Prerequisites for the Stand-Alone VMware Inventory Agent

The following are the prerequisites for inventory collection using the stand-alone VMware inventory agent:

• A VMware vSphere/vCenter/ESXi server. For information about supported versions, see Compatibility with Other Products in System Requirements and Compatibility.
  Note: Inventory is not possible on the free license versions of ESXi.
• The following software products are required on the server where the agent is to be deployed:
  • Windows desktop (Windows 7 or higher) or Server (2008 or 2012) edition
  • Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.0 or later.
• Network access to the target VMware vCenter or ESX hosts.
• An account with read access to the VMware SDK URL <https://<servername>/sdk> is required on each target vCenter or ESX host.