How to troubleshoot vCenter Connection Problems using PowerCLI for Spider

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If you experience issues retrieving data from vCenter, follow these steps:

Check whether VMWare vCenter PowerCLI is installed and working
Check the version of the PowerCLI. It should not be lower than the most recent vCenter version
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Get-PowerCLIVersion
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Check if you can connect to the vCenter host

Connect-VIServer -Server <hostname> -User <domain>\<username> -Password <password>

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