User`s guide

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TheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)isanenterprisedatacentermanagement
solutionthatusesagentlessdiscoveryandprovidescontinuousdependencymappingofapplications.
ADMhelpsyougainanunderstandingofyourservicedependencies.ADMalsoprovidesautomatedand
real‐timeapplicationdiscoverycapabilityacrossphysicalandvirtualenvironments.
Anaccurateapplication
dependencymapisessentialtovirtualizeapplications,movedatacenters,buildasite
recoveryplan,andtomoveaservicetothecloud.
ThischapterdescribesdifferentADMarchitecturesolutionsandalsodescribeshowtoconfigureanddeploy
them.Topicsinclude:
 “WhatDoesADMDo?”onpage 9
 “EssentialConcepts”onpage 10
 “A D M Components”onpage 11
 “A D M ArchitectureSolutions”onpage 12
What Does ADM Do?
ADMperformsthefollowinghigh‐levelfunctions:
 ADMdiscoversConfigurationItems(CIs).Italsodiscoverstherelationshipsanddependenciesbetween
theseinstancesinrealtime.ThediscoverydataisstoredintheManagementDataRepository.Themap
featureintheUserInterface(UI)providesagraphicalrepresentationoftherelationshipsand
dependenciesbetweenalltheCIs.
 ADMdeterminesthebaselineofusagefortheseconfigurationitems.Further,theADMdetects
inconsistenciesfromthenorm.
 ADMprovidesimpactandpredictivereportingandhelpsyoutroubleshooterrors.
ADMhelpstoaccuratelyanswerthefollowingquestions:
 Whathosts,applications,andconnectionsdoIhave?
 HowareCIsused?
 Whatarethedependenciesamongthem?
Architecture Overview
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NOTEADMprovidesbothknownandunknowninformationaboutaninfrastructure.Ittellsyouwhat
youknow,andwhatyoudonotknow.Forexample,youmightthinkthatnolaptopsarecommunicating
withadatabaseserver.Usingthemap,youcanseethehoststhatyouknowareinyour
infrastructure.
However,youmightalsoseethattherearehostsorlaptopscommunicatingwiththedatabaseserver.
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OTEBaselineisthefirst24hoursofactivityofaconfigurationitem.