Guest OS Scan

Configuring Windows for Guest OS Scans and Workflow Steps Using Group Policy
In order to read details about Windows guests as part of the guest OS scan or connect to Windows to run workflow steps, vCommander® must be able to a...
Thu, 13 Jul, 2017 at 10:37 AM
Configuring Windows for Guest OS Scans and Workflow Steps
Embotics® vCommander® uses Microsoft’s Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) protocol to retrieve information about installed software and servi...
Mon, 29 May, 2017 at 1:38 PM
Enabling Distributed COM
When Embotics® vCommander® is not able to retrieve Guest OS details from Windows VMs, one possible cause is Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) i...
Mon, 29 May, 2017 at 1:38 PM
Auditing Guest OS Scan Failures
Embotics® vCommander® may be configured to scan your guests to retrieve information about their resources. For all guests, the following information is r...
Mon, 29 May, 2017 at 1:37 PM
Testing Guest OS Scan Returns ‘Message Not Found for ErrorCode: 0xC0000034′
Embotics® vCommander® uses WMI to retrieve information about the Windows guests in your environment. If one or more VMs are not displaying these details ...
Mon, 29 May, 2017 at 1:35 PM
How Can I Prevent a Guest From Being Scanned?
In the event that you have one or more VMs that you do not want to be included when the guest OS scan runs, you simply create a new guest OS scan g...
Tue, 24 May, 2016 at 5:11 PM
Why Are Guest OS Scans Failing for Windows 2008 R2 and Later?
Changes introduced in Windows 2008 R2 require Embotics® vCommander® to login to localhost and use it as a proxy to connect to your Windows 2008 R2 guests...
Mon, 29 May, 2017 at 1:35 PM
Using the Microsoft WMI Diagnosis Utility
When a VM appears to be properly configured for guest OS scans, but consistently fails to provide guest details back to Embotics® vCommander®, you can co...
Mon, 29 May, 2017 at 1:33 PM
Guest OS Scans and/or Workflow Steps Fail After Embotics® vCommander® Service Account Change
In order to scan guests and use guest workflow steps, Embotics® vCommander® logs into localhost and uses it as a proxy to connect and perform the scan. ...
Mon, 29 May, 2017 at 1:33 PM
Rebuilding a Corrupt WMI Repository
Problem Guest OS Scans for one or more Windows VMs fail, when other similarly configured VMs are successful. You receive an error similar to: VM_NAM...
Mon, 1 Oct, 2018 at 4:09 PM