To suspend VM Tools polling:

  1. In the ESM Domain Manager Administration Console > Configure, click Polling and Threshold to open the Polling and Thresholds console.

  2. In the Polling and Thresholds console, click Polling.

  3. In the left pane, expand the tree VMware Virtual Center > Virtual Center > Settings and click VMware Virtual Center Polling as shown in VMware Virtual Center Polling .

    Figure 1. VMware Virtual Center Polling

  4. In the right pane, set the value of the parameter SuspendVMToolsPolling to TRUE.

  5. Click Reconfigure to activate this feature.