How to configure multiple VMware vCenter's by running virt-who in single RHEL instance?

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (virt-who >= 0.12)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (virt-who >= 0.14)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
• subscription-manager

Issue

• How to configure multiple VMware vCenter's by running virt-who in single RHEL instance?

Resolution

Note: virt-who-0.19.x+ requires .conf suffix for the files under /etc/virt-who.d/*.conf

# vi /etc/virt-who.d/some-config.conf

[vcenter1]
type=esx
server=<hostname_of_your_vcenter1>
username=<username>
password=<password>
owner=<owner1>
env=Library
hypervisor_id=hostname  <----- to list hostname , see virt-who config manpage

[vcenter2]
type=esx
server=<hostname_of_your_vcenter2>
username=<username>
password=<password>
owner=<owner1>
env=Library
hypervisor_id=hostname

• Restart virt-who service once after the configuration change.

# service virt-who restart

• To configure multiple vCenter on Satellite 6/SAM with single/multiple organization, refer to KBase 2028243
• To use Windows domain user for vCenter authentication then refer KCS for steps to configure virt-who with Windows domain user.

For more KB articles/solutions related to Virt-who and Virtual Datacenter (VDC) Subscriptions Issues, please refer to the Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Virt-who and Virtual Datacenter (VDC) Subscriptions Issues

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