Outbound Interaction

The VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics Server interacts with VMware Services hosted in the VMware environment, outside of the Customer on-premises infrastructure to download updates, and signatures, and share the CEIP data. The VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics Server also interacts with vCenter Server and ESXi hosts in the on-premises environment to collect logs, and product version, and build number to perform its tasks.

VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics makes following outbound Interaction to receive or send the data to successfully perform its tasks.

Purpose	Destination URL	Protocol	Destination Port
Download the new patches and updates.	https://shd-download.vmware.com	HTTPS	443
Download the VMware Compatibility Guide updates	https://vmware.com	HTTPS	443
vSAN Hardware Compatibility	http://partnerweb.vmware.com	HTTP/HTTPS	80/443
Customer Experience Improvement Program	https://vcsa.vmware.com	HTTPS	443