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ThischapterintroducestheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)repositoryand

providesanoverviewthatincludesdescriptionsofdatacollection,tabletypes,andkeyfields.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

 “Overview”onpage 7

 “SynchronizingtheExternalDatabase”onpage 8

Overview

TheADMprovidesstandardreportsbasedonthedatacollectedandstoredintheADMRepository.The

schemaofthenewADMExternalDatabaseissimpletounderstandandallowsyoutowritereportingqueries

overitwithoutdisruptingtheperformanceoftheotherADMservices.

How Data Is Collected

TheADMcollects,manages,andstoresdatathroughthecomponentslistedinTable 1‐1.

Figure 1‐1illustrateshowdataiscollectedandstoredintheADMdatabase.

Introduction

Table 1-1. ADM Components

Component Description

ActiveDiscovery‐

Unix

Collectsdatafromtheconfigurationobjectsinyourdatacenter.Thefollowingdiscoverytypes

apply:

 IPdiscovery:DetectshostsorotherconfigurationitemswithaspecificIPaddresswhen

passivediscoveryfailstodiscoverthem.

 Detaildiscovery:ExtendstheinformationobtainedusingpassiveandIPdiscovery.Ituses

commonnetworkprotocolstoremotelyqueryserversinthemanagednetworkandobtains

supplementaryinformationaboutnetworkhoststhatisaddedtothedatabase.

ActiveDiscovery‐

Windows

AdiscoveryenginethatusesWMIbaseddiscoverypoliciesforperformingactive

discoveryon

Windowsmachines.

PassiveDiscovery Passivelyobservesthenetworktrafficbyperformingadeep‐packetanalysistodiscover

applicationsandcomponentrelationshipsinphysicalandvirtualenvironments.

Passivediscoveryalsoallowsyoutodothefollowing:

 Mapdependencies.

 Counttheactivityofthesedependencies.

 Identifyservices.

Aggregator Receivesdatafromthediscoverycomponentsandreconcilesthedatabeforetransferringittothe

databasecomponent.TheaggregatoralsoprovidestheuserinterfaceforusingADMandisthe

integrationpointforvariousintegrations,forexample,ERDB.

Database AnOracleRDBMSusedtostorediscovereddataandADMconfiguration.

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