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ADM User’s Guide
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3YouuploadthefilefromtheDetailDiscovery>TroubleshootingKnowledgebasepage.
Deploying Detail Discovery
ThissectiondescribeshowtodeployDetailDiscovery.
Detail Discovery Configuration
ADMhasanextensivedetaildiscoveryfeaturethatenhancesandcomplementstheresultsobtainedthrough
PassiveDiscovery.DetailDiscoveryisperformedbycommunicationbetweenhostsinamanagednetwork,
usingfourcommonnetworkprotocols:SNMP,SSH,Telnet,andWMI.Detaildiscoveryisalsoperformedusing
thediscoveryprotocolVI‐SDK,which
isaVMwareproprietaryAPIusedtoquerymodelofVMware,control
thebehaviorofvirtualinfrastructure,andreceivenotificationsonchangesinthevirtualenvironment.
Usingtheseprotocols,supplementaryinformationaboutnetworkhostsisobtainedandaddedtothe
ConfigurationManagementDatabase(CMDB).Tomaximizesecurityandminimizetherisk
ofimpactonthe
managednetwork,theadministrativeuseroftheADMConsolecantightlycontrolthesetupandscheduling
oftheDetailDiscoveryqueriestothevariousnetworkhosts.
How Do Active Probe Configurations Affect Detail Discovery Policies?
ForDetailDiscoverytobesuccessfulinaDistributedsetup,thehoststobediscovered,needstobeincluded
inbothaDetailDiscoverypolicyandanActiveProbeconfiguration.TheDetailDiscoverypolicyincludesa
listofitemstoincludeintheDetailDiscovery,whiletheActiveProbeconfigurationassigns
thespecifichosts
onwhicheachCollectorcanperformDetailDiscovery.
DetailDiscoveryisnotbeperformedonahostthatisincludedinaDetailDiscoverypolicyifitisnotincluded
inanActiveProbeconfiguration.However,thehostisstillrecognizedthroughPassiveDiscoveryandwill
appearas
OrphanedintheDetailDiscoverydashboardbecausetheActiveProbeconfigurationhasno
correlationwithPassiveDiscovery.
Detail Discovery Policies
DetailDiscoveryiscontrolledandconfiguredthroughuser‐definedDetailDiscoverypolicies.Therecanbe
manypolicies,eachdescribingaquerythatisrunningperiodicallyandcollectingnetworkinformation.For
eachpolicy,thefollowingparametersaredefined:
 Thediscoveryscope,thatis,thesetofnetworkhoststhatisqueriedforinformation.
 Theprotocolbeingused,whichisoneofthefollowing:SNMP,SSH,Telnet,WMI,orVI‐SDK.
 Protocol‐specificauthenticationandcommunicationparameters,suchasusernamesandpasswordsto
useforauthentication.
 Schedulinginformation—Howoftentoaccessthenetworkhostscoveredbythepolicy.Thescheduling
schemeletsADMuserscontrolandbalancetwoconflictingfactors:theneedtohavethemostupdated
picture,andtheneedtoavoidoverloadingthenetworkwithtoomanyDetailDiscoveryqueries.
 Discoveryplan—Adiscoveryplanallowsyoutodefineexactlywhatwillbediscovered,andtherefore
improveperformance.YoucancreatepassiveorDetailDiscoveryplansthatcanincludeorexcludethe
discoveryofspecifichosts,services,andconnections.
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OTETroubleshootingknowledgebaseappliesonlytocreateadetaildiscoverysupportpackageuntilthefile
isremoved.Itdoesnotcustomizethedetaildiscoveryknowledgebasepermanently.
IMPORTANTADMcanmergedatafrommultiplehostsinclusteredenvironmentthatwereassignedthesame
IPorsecondaryIP(suchasclustersandbalancers)asifonlyasinglehostwerediscovered.Youneedtoinform
yourCustomerSalesRepresentativeifyournetworkcontainsmorethanonehostusingthe
sameIPsothat
ADMisconfiguredtotreateachhostseparately.