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
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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*\\*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.