Enhancement suggestion: Filter showing VMs that don't have the agent installed

Davidj 0

A filter that only lists VMs that need the agent installed would be very helpful. Here are a few thoughts.

The "has agent" mark should persist after VM shutdown. Can we use tags, or should we look for an alternative?
VMs that have the agent running should be marked as having the agent. Can we update the agent so that it add the tag itself at startup?
XO should remove the marker from any VMs that have been running for more than 5 minutes and do not have the agent running.

With this setup, it is easy to determine which VMs need the agent, including VMs that are shut down at the moment.

olivierlambert

Question for @julien-f I suppose

julien-f

@Davidj-0 You can list VMs without a management agent with the following filter: power_state:running !managementAgentDetected?.

XO does not support this for halted VMs but that could be added indeed.