User`s guide

ADM User’s Guide
34 VMware, Inc.
 CollectorsStatus
 DetailDiscoveryRate
 DetailDiscoveryDistributionbyPolicy
Plans
YoucancreateDetailDiscoveryplansfromtheDetailDiscovery>Planspage.Thispagedisplaysalistof
detaildiscoveryplans,includingthreebuilt‐inplans:
 Shallow:Discoversoperatingsystemsandnetworkconfiguration.
 Medium:Discoverseverything(OS,hardware,software)exceptservicesandnetworkconnections.
 Deep:Discoverseverything,exceptnetworkconnections.
Detaildiscoveryplansareusefulwhenyouwanttoincludeorexcludethedetaildiscoveryofcertainhosts,
services,orconnections.NavigatetoDetailDiscovery>Plans>AddDiscoveryPlantocreateyourownplan.
Scenariosinwhichyoumightwanttocreatea
detaildiscoveryplanareasfollows:
 Thesoftwareinyourenvironmentchangesfrequentlyandthehardwarehardlychanges.ForDetail
Discovery,youwantsoftwarediscovereddaily,buthardwareinformationisdiscoveredonlyonceaweek.
 YouwanttoexcludetheDetailDiscoveryofhostswithspecifichostnamesoroperatingsystems.
TheDiscoveryPlanDefinitionscreenisshownbelow.
Policies
YoucaninitiateDetailDiscoveryaftercreatingaDetailDiscoveryPolicyfromtheDetailDiscovery>Policies
page.Tomaximizesecurityandminimizetheriskofimpactonthemanagednetwork,onlyadminuserscontrol
thesetupandschedulingofdetaildiscoverypolicies.
DetailDiscoverypoliciesdescribeaquerythatruns
periodicallytocollectnetworkinformation.Eachpolicy
definesthefollowingparameters:
 Theprotocoltouse(SNMP,SSH,Telnet,WMI,orVI‐SDK),aswellastheauthenticationparameters
requiredforthespecifiedprotocol
 Ascheduleforrunningthepolicy
 Thescope(anamedgrouporIPaddressrange)ofhoststoquery
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MPORTANTTheDetailDiscoverytabisvisibleonlytotheadminuser.
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OTEEveryDetailDiscoverypolicyhasaplanassociatedwithit.Ofthethreebuilt‐inplans,Deepisthe
defaultplanforDetailDiscoverypolicies.ThechangesmadetotheplantakeeffectthenexttimethattheCIs
withinthepolicyscopearediscovered.