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Table Of Contents
Application Discovery Manager User’s Guide
Contents
About This Book
Intended Audience
VMware Technical Publications Glossary
Document Feedback
Technical Support and Education Resources
Online and Telephone Support
Support Offerings
VMware Professional Services
Architecture Overview
What Does ADM Do?
Essential Concepts
ADM Components
Active Probe
ADM Architecture Solutions
Single-Box Setup
Single-Box Appliance Configuration
Distributed Appliance Solutions
Distributed Setup
Distributed Appliance with Remote Database Solution
Getting Started
Accessing the ADM Console
Log In to the ADM Console
Managing ADM
Groups
Discovery
Application Patterns
Changes
Setting Up Scripts
Fingerprints
Identifying Application by Ports
Aging
Deleting Aging Logs
Users
Role-Based Access Control
System
Licensing
Upload a License
Viewing License Details
Groups
Overview
Requirements
Group Refresh
Built-In Groups
User-Defined Groups
Importing and Exporting Group Definitions
Discovery
Discovery Types
Discovery Plans
Passive Discovery
Policies
Plans
IP Discovery
Policies
Detail Discovery
Detail Discovery Tab
Dashboard
Plans
Policies
Discovery Results
Discovery Directories
Timeouts
Troubleshooting Knowledgebase
Deploying Detail Discovery
Detail Discovery Configuration
How Do Active Probe Configurations Affect Detail Discovery Policies?
Detail Discovery Policies
Configuring Standard OS Agents
Dealing with Firewalls
Checking for Results
Detail Discovery Protocols
SSH
Detail Discovery with SSH
SSH Server Deployment Recommendations
SNMP
Detail Discovery with SNMP
SNMP Agent Deployment Recommendations
WMI
Detail Discovery with WMI
WMI Deployment Recommendations
Setting WMI Privileges
Telnet
Detail Discovery with Telnet
Telnet Server Deployment Recommendations
VI-SDK
Detail Discovery with VI-SDK
VI-SDK Deployment Recommendations
Discovering Dependencies with Detail Discovery
ADM Dependency Discovery Methods
The Process of Dependency Discovery Using Only Detail Discovery
Choosing a Method of Dependency Discovery
Discovery Strategy for Using Only Detail Discovery for Dependencies
VMware Discovery
VMware Terminology Overview
VMware Discovery in ADM
Use Case
Assumptions
VMware Infrastructure Discovery Flow
Using VI-SDK for Detail Discovery
Capabilities
Viewing Virtualization Dependencies
Virtualization-Related Search
Finding Dependencies Between a VMware Infrastructure and Virtualized Business Applications
Application Patterns
Overview
Application Pattern Definitions
Node Rules
Connectivity Rules
Mandatory Node Rules
Unifying Node Rules
Application Pattern Instances
Viewing Application Pattern Definitions and Instances
Application Pattern Definitions
Application Pattern Instances
Application Discovery Process
Use Case: Creating Definitions and Viewing the Resulting Instances
Step 1: Create an application pattern definition
Step 2: Discover All Instances That Match the Definition
Step 3: Viewing All Discovered Instances
Step 4: Storing Selected Instances as Groups
Step 5: Discovering New Instances Automatically
Report
Report types
Exporting and Printing Reports
Connectors
Connectors Overview
EMC Smarts Integration
Status
Configuration
Log
Unregister ADM
Complete Synchronize
Displaying ADM data in SAM
Launch in Context
Editing the ADMLIC.sh File
Custom Reports
Solver
Overview
Reports in the Solver Tab
Index
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