# How Virtualization VM inventory gets collected in SapphireIMS?

**URL:** <https://community.sapphireims.com/t/how-virtualization-vm-inventory-gets-collected-in-sapphireims/620>\
**Category:** Discovery, Inventory and Compliance\
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/how-virtualization-vm-inventory-gets-collected-in-sapphireims/620 "2021-04-19T07:29:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![vinayakkoppar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b782af/32.png) [@vinayakkoppar](https://community.sapphireims.com/u/vinayakkoppar)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/how-virtualization-vm-inventory-gets-collected-in-sapphireims/620/1 "2021-04-19T07:29:40Z")

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On what basis, the data in inventory–\>Virtual machine will be shown in UI. Depending on agent based discovery or application performance based in which we given VM monitoring as VMWare,XEN server or Hyper-V

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**Author:** ![harish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@harish](https://community.sapphireims.com/u/harish)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/how-virtualization-vm-inventory-gets-collected-in-sapphireims/620/2 "2021-04-19T08:45:44Z")

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Thanks. For your question, please refer article [I see an option Virtual Machine. What all virtualization platforms are supported and what are the underlying prerequisites that is needed to support them](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/i-see-an-option-virtual-machine-what-all-virtualization-platforms-are-supported-and-what-are-the-underlying-prerequisites-that-is-needed-to-support-them/169)

We suggest to refer existing article if present in the portal before logging into portal as new topic.