Adding an ESXi, or Avaya Solutions Platform 130 host

Last Updated : Jun 10, 2026 |

About this task

Use the procedure to add an ESXi, or Avaya Solutions Platform 130 Release 5.x host. You can associate an ESXi host with an existing location.

If you are adding a standalone ESXi host to System Manager Solution Deployment Manager or to the Solution Deployment Manager client, add the standalone ESXi host using its FQDN only.

Note:

You can add a VMware ESXi host in Solution Deployment Manager only if Standard or Enterprise VMware license is applied on the VMware ESXi host.

If VMware vSphere Hypervisor Free License is applied on the VMware ESXi host or VMware ESXi host is in evaluation period, you cannot add that VMware ESXi host in Solution Deployment Manager.

Solution Deployment Manager only supports the VMware ESXi hosts. If you try to add another host, the system displays an error message.

You can add Avaya Solutions Platform 130 Release 5.x (Avaya Supplied ESXi) in the same manner as VMware ESXi host.

Before you begin

Add a location.

Procedure

  1. On the System Manager web console, click Services > Solution Deployment Manager > Application Management.
  2. Click Application Management.
  3. In Application Management Tree, select a location.
  4. On the Platforms tab, in the Platforms for Selected Location <location name> section, click Add.
  5. In the New Platform section, do the following:
    1. Provide details of Platform name, Platform FQDN or IP address, user name, and password.

      For Appliance Virtualization Platform and VMware ESXi deployment, you can also provide the root user name.

    2. In Platform Type, select AVP/ESXi.
    3. If you are connected through the services port, set the Platform IP address of Appliance Virtualization Platform to 192.168.13.6.
  6. Click Save.
  7. In the Certificate dialog box, click Accept Certificate.

    The system generates the certificate and adds the Appliance Virtualization Platform host. For the ESXi host, you can only accept the certificate. If the certificate is invalid, Solution Deployment Manager displays the error. To generate certificate, see VMware documentation.

    In the Application Management Tree section, the system displays the new host in the specified location. The system also discovers applications.

  8. To view the discovered application details, such as name and version, establish trust between the application and System Manager doing the following:
    1. On the Applications tab, in the Applications for Selected Location <location name> section, select the required application.
    2. Click More Actions > Re-establish connection.

      For more information, see Re-establishing trust for Solution Deployment Manager elements.

    3. Click More Actions > Refresh App.
    Important:

    When you change the IP address or FQDN of the Appliance Virtualization Platform host from the local inventory, you require AVP Utilities. To get the AVP Utilities application name during the IP address or FQDN change, refresh AVP Utilities to ensure that AVP Utilities is available.

  9. On the Platforms tab, select the required platform and click Refresh.

Next Steps

After adding a new host under Application Management Tree, the Refresh Platform operation might fail to add the virtual machine entry under Manage Element > Inventory. This is due to the absence of Application Name and Application Version for the virtual machines discovered as part of the host addition. After adding the host, do the following:

  1. In Application Management Tree, establish trust for all the virtual machines that are deployed on the host.

  2. Ensure that the system populates the Application Name and Application Version for each virtual machine.

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Application management