VMWare vSphere

Version: 1.4
Updated: Sep 19, 2023

Utilize and manipulate virtual machines during an incident investigation with VMWare vSphere.

Actions

• Get Events (Enrichment) - Gather events from vSphere.
• Get Snapshots (Enrichment) - Get VM snapshots.
• Get VMs (Enrichment) - Get list of available virtual machine.
• Create Snapshot (Containment) - Create a new snapshot.
• Hard Reboot (Containment) - Execute a hard reboot of a system.
• Power Off (Containment) - Power off a system.
• Power On (Containment) - Power on a system.
• Revert To Snapshot (Containment) - Roll back to a previous snapshot.
• Soft Reboot (Containment) - Execute a soft reboot of a system.
• Suspend (Containment) - Suspend a virtual machine.

External libraries

• VMWare vSphere

Minimum permissions required

The following permissions are required for the integration:

• Read-Only. Allows reading details of virtual machines in the vSphere inventory.
• For further details on how to create the role, see vSphere Permissions and User Management Tasks.
• For the HOST, use the IP or Domain of the vSphere node.
• The port should be set to 443.

Configure VMware vSphere in Automation Service and Cloud SOAR

Before you can use the integration, you must configure it so that the vendor can communicate with Sumo Logic. For general guidance, see Configure Authentication for Integrations.

1. Access App Central and install the integration.
2. Select the installed integration in the Integrations page.
   Classic UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Automation and then select Integrations in the left nav bar.
   New UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Automation > Integrations. You can also click the Go To... menu at the top of the screen and select Integrations.
3. Select the integration.
4. Hover over the resource name and click the Edit button that appears.
   
5. In the Add Resource dialog, enter the authentication needed by the resource. When done, click TEST to test the configuration, and click SAVE to save the configuration.

For information about VMware vSphere, see VMware vSphere documentation.

Change Log

• August 30, 2019 - First upload
• September 6, 2019 - Added link to VMWare vSphere external library
• August 17, 2023 (v1.2) - Updated the integration with Environmental Variables
• September 4, 2023 (v1.3) - Fixed a bug where if the timeout was not specified, an error would occur
• September 19, 2023 (v1.4) - Versioning