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If the VMware vCenter Server is configured for additional data collection (the Collect up.time Uptime Agent data option, found in Additional Agent or WMI Monitoring section of the VMware vCenter's General Information page, is enabled), any VM that is part of a VMware vCenter inventory is automatically "promoted" to be independently monitored when either the Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Agent is installed on it, or it is configured to use WMI for metrics retrieval.
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