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ADM User’s Guide
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Use Case
ThefollowingusecasedescribesthetypicalflowforpassiveanddetaildiscoveryofaVMwareenvironment.
Assumptions
AssumptionsforbothpassiveanddetailVMwareInfrastructurediscoveryareasfollows:
TheVMwareInfrastructurecomponents(VMwareInfrastructure3orhigher,VMwareVirtualCenterand
VMwareESXServer)areproperlyconfiguredandoperational.VMwareVirtualCenterisusedfor
management.
AwebinterfaceorVirtualInfrastructureClient(VIC)isusedforinterfacingwithVMwareVirtualCenter.
(AVICisafrontendUIclientusedtoadministerVirtualCenter.ItiseitheraWindowsapplicationora
webapplication.)
OneofthefollowingprotocolsisallowedintheVMwareInfrastructureenvironment:
SSH/Telnet/SNMPontheVMwareESXServer.
VISDKwitheitherVirtualCenteroralloftheESXServerintheVMwareInfrastructureenvironment.
YouhavethecredentialstologintothetargetmachineusingtheSSH,Telnet,SNMP,orVISDKprotocols,
andthesecredentialsallowyoutoaccessinformationaboutvirtualmachines.
FordetaildiscoveryofVMwareenvironments,itisassumedthatVirtualCenterhostshavealreadybeen
discoveredwithpassiveorIPdiscovery.
Player(service) Product,vendor,andversion. Telnet,SSH,WMI
VMTools(installed
software)
Product,vendor,andversion.
Note:VMToolsisanattributeoftheguestOS,notthevirtualmachine
configuration.
Telnet,SSH,WMI
Table 5-4. Discovered VMware Components and CIs (Continued)
Component (CI type) CI Discovery Method