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Chapter 5 Discovery
VMware Infrastructure Discovery Flow
Table 5‐5describesthetypicalflowforVMwareInfrastructurediscovery.
Using VI-SDK for Detail Discovery
ADMincludesthe VI‐SDKprotocolasanoptionwhencreatingDetailDiscoverypolicies.VI‐SDKisaVMw are
proprietaryAPIusedbythird‐partyapplicationstoqueryaVMwaremodel,controlVMwareInfrastructure’s
behavior,andreceivenotificationsofchangesintheVMwareInfrastructureenvironment.Italsoallowsits
userto
discover,configure,andmonitorallaspectsofVMwareESXServerandVirtualCenter.
Table 5-5. VMware Infrastructure Discovery Flow
Step Description Results
1Passivediscovery
(notmandatory)
Apassivediscoverypolicyiscreatedfromthe
Manage>PassiveDiscoverypage.
SincetheVMwareInfrastructureisdiscovered
passively,thiswillbeonlyapartialdiscovery.
Youwillbeabletoviewthefollowing
information:
 TheVMwareInfrastructureenvironment
asawhole,theESXServersandservices
(VirtualCenter,VirtualInfrastructure
Client).
 ConnectionsbetweenESXServersand
VirtualCenter.
 Theclientsthataremanaging
VirtualCenter(thatis,Virtual
InfrastructureClient,webbrowser).
 ConnectionsbetweenVirtual
InfrastructureClientandVirtualCenter,
alllabeledwithVMware’sproprietary
protocol,VMDB.
 Third‐partysoftwareintegratedwith
VMwareInfrastructure.
 Virtualmachines.
2Detaildiscovery Adetaildiscoverypolicyiscreatedfromthe
DetailDiscovery>Policiespage.
Whenenteringtheprotocoltypeduringdetail
discoverypolicycreation,useanyorallofthe
followingprotocols:
 SSH/SNMPontheESXServerincludedin
theVMwareInfrastructuredeployment.
 WMIonthehostrunningVirtualCenter.
 VI‐SDKonanyoralloftheVMwareESX
ServersandhostsrunningVirtualCenter.
TheVMwareInfrastructureisdiscoveredfully.
Youwillbeabletoviewadditional
informationthatwasdiscoveredafterpassive
discovery:
 Detailedconfigurationinformationofall
ESXServersandservices(VirtualCenter),
includingconfigurationinformationand
licenseinformation.
 ForeachESXServer,allthevirtual
machinesdefinedonit,includingthe
detailedhardwareconfiguration
informationforeachvirtualmachine.
3 Application
patterncreation
(optional)
Afterperformingpassiveordetaildiscovery,
youmightdecidethatyouwantADMto
automaticallydetectinstancesofVMware
Infrastructureenvironmentsinyournetwork.
Todothis,
createanapplicationpatternfrom
theManage>ApplicationPattern
Definitionspage.
ADMautomaticallydetectsinstancesof
VMwareInfrastructureenvironmentsinyour
networkandwillpopulatetheMDRwiththe
relevantdata.
4Virtual
Collector/vCollec
tordeployment
(optional)
Virtualmachinesrunningonthesame
physicalhostcommunicatewitheachother
withoutgoingout
tothenetwork.SinceADM
listenstonetworktraffic,itwillnothave
visibilityintothiscommunication.Inthiscase,
thevCollectormustbedeployed.
DetailsonvCollectordeploymentisfoundin
theVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscovery
ManagerVersion6.0vCollectorInstallationand
ConfigurationGuide.