Overview
Nutanix Collector is a free inventory and sizing utility published by Nutanix. An engineer points it at a VMware vCenter (or a Hyper-V or Nutanix cluster), lets it run a discovery pass, and it produces a workbook of tabbed inventory reports covering virtual machines, hosts, clusters, storage and performance. The tabs are conventionally named after the report they carry, so the virtual machine inventory tab exports as a file whose name ends in tabvInfo. It is the usual first artifact produced when an organisation starts scoping a move off VMware.
The ReadyWorks connector reads those exports as files. There is no API call and no credential: the connection points at a directory on the ReadyWorks server (or accepts a manual upload through the console), the job names the CSV to read, and the csv_file.php driver parses the header row into columns and each subsequent row into a record in the destination staging table. Column names come from the export itself, so whatever tab you feed it defines the shape of the table.
In a ReadyWorks context this is the fastest way to get a real VMware estate into the data fabric without asking anyone for vCenter credentials. Once the Collector inventory is staged you can reconcile virtual machines against the CMDB, against Active Directory computer objects and against application ownership records, and then drive migration waves from the result. Pairing it with the Nutanix AHV Compatibility Matrix connector lets you classify each guest OS descriptor for AHV migration readiness.
The connector is inbound only. It reads files and writes staging tables, and it never sends anything back to Nutanix Collector.
NOTE: Nutanix Collector produces one file per report tab. The shipped job reads a single tab. To bring in host, cluster, storage or performance tabs, add one job per tab with its own destination table, or leave the file selection blank so that every CSV in the connection path is processed.
Connector Properties
Authentication Methods
The connector offers one method. It handles files on disk or files uploaded through the ReadyWorks console, and it needs no credentials.
Method 1: Comma Separated File (NUTANIX COLLECTOR_370b)
No Authentication
Comma Separated File reads Collector exports from a path on the ReadyWorks server. Set Server File Path to the directory the exports land in (the default is storage/etl5), and set Manual File Upload to Yes if operators will attach the file through the console instead of dropping it on the server. Nothing is authenticated, so the security boundary is whatever controls write access to that directory.
Connection Configuration Fields (3)
No authentication recipe is stored. The driver script authenticates natively using the fields above.
Inbound Job Fields Enabled (11)
These are the job-level settings exposed for a Nutanix Collector import.
Inbound Job Templates (1)
One inbound template ships, covering the virtual machine inventory tab. It arrives disabled so that you can point it at your own file name and destination table before it runs.
Job Template Configuration
Settings
Job Parameters and Enumeration
Nutanix Collector – Tab Info
CSV File or Path: Nutanix_Collector_tabvInfo.csv
Outbound Job Templates (0)
This connector ships no outbound templates and does not support outbound jobs.