6.1
Table Of Contents
- Application Discovery Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Architecture Overview
- Getting Started
- Managing ADM
- Groups
- Discovery
- Application Patterns
- Report
- Connectors
- Solver
- Index
ADM User’s Guide
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Using VI-SDK for Detail Discovery
ADMincludesthe VI‐SDKprotocolasanoptionwhencreatingDetailDiscoverypolicies.VI‐SDKisaVMw are
proprietaryAPIusedbythird‐partyapplicationstoqueryaVMwaremodel,controlVMwareInfrastructure’s
behavior,andreceivenotificationsofchangesintheVMwareInfrastructureenvironment.Italsoallowsits
userto
discover,configure,andmonitorallaspectsofVMwareESXServerandVirtualCenter.TheVI‐SDK
optionisshownbelow.
Capabilities
OnceaVMwareenvironmentisdiscovered,youcanperformseveralfunctions.
Viewing Virtualization Dependencies
YoucanviewdependenciesinyourVMwareInfrastructureenvironmentbyselectingtherelevantitemsfrom
theDiscover>InventorypageandclickingVirtualizationintheDependenciespanel.Thisoptionallowsyou
toviewdependenciesfortheselectedobject.Forexample,youcanselectavirtualmachinefromtheinventory
andthen
clickVirtualizationtoviewitscontainers.Youcanalsoviewdependenciesinthemap.
Virtualization-Related Search
AfterdiscoveringyourVMwareInfrastructureenvironment,youcanperformsearchesonit.Forexample,you
cansearchforvirtualmachinesorVMwareESXServer.Toperformasearch,gototheDiscover>Inventory
pageandclickSearch.Thisoptionisshownbelow.