Editing or Importing Credentials for ESXi Hosts

You can edit the credentials for one or more ESXi hosts at a time.

1. From the Home tab, select Inventory > vSphere.

2. On the vSphere page, click the Compute link, and then click the Hosts link.

3. Select the ESXi host or hosts to which you want to add or import credentials.

   • To edit credentials:

     1. Select one or more ESXi hosts that share the same credentials and click Edit Credentials.
     2. In the Edit Host Credentials window, enter the User Name and Password for the ESXi hosts and click Apply.

        The Credentials column for each host displays the status. This can be one of the following: 

        • Missing
        • Valid
        • Invalid

   • To import credentials, you will need to upload a CSV file in the following format: 

     ESXINAME, PASSWORD, USERNAME

     1. Select one or more ESXi hosts that share the same credentials and click Import Credentials.
     2. Select the file that you want to import and click Continue.
     3. Review the summary on the Discovered page.
     4. Click Apply.