Applications Systems

Change the default VIM connection port for polling

This article describes how to change VIM polling from the default port 443 to a non default port.

First published date

10/16/2018 6:21 PM

Last published date

5/9/2019 1:40 PM

Overview

This article details how to change the VIM polling from the default port 443 to a non default port.

Product section

Server Application Monitor

Resolution

Run the following query against the database:

insert into dbo.VIM_ServiceURIs(ServiceURI) values ('https://{0}:444/sdk')

Two records in the table that look like the following appear:

https://{0}/sdk

https://{0}:444/sdk

You may now be able to collect data on both 443 and 444 ports against Vcenters.

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