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Application Discovery Manager

User’s Guide

vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.1.1

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Page 1: ...scovery Manager 6 1 1 This document supports the version of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition To check for more recent editions o...

Page 2: ...his documentation submit your feedback to docfeedback vmware com Copyright 2010 VMware Inc All rights reserved This product is protected by U S and international copyright and intellectual property la...

Page 3: ...Log In to the ADM Console 15 3 Managing ADM 17 Groups 17 Discovery 17 Application Patterns 18 Changes 18 Fingerprints 19 Identifying Application by Ports 19 Aging 20 Deleting Aging Logs 21 Users 21 Ro...

Page 4: ...tail Discovery for Dependencies 48 VMware Discovery 49 VMware Terminology Overview 49 VMware Discovery in ADM 49 Use Case 50 Using VI SDK for Detail Discovery 51 Capabilities 52 6 Application Patterns...

Page 5: ...VMware Inc 5 Contents Complete Synchronize 68 Displaying ADM data in SAM 68 Custom Reports 70 9 Solver 71 Overview 71 Reports in the Solver Tab 71 Index 73...

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Page 7: ...to http www vmware com support pubs Document Feedback VMware welcomes your suggestions for improving our documentation If you have comments send your feedback to docfeedback vmware com Technical Suppo...

Page 8: ...n the job reference tools Courses are available onsite in the classroom and live online For onsite pilot programs and implementation best practices VMware Consulting Services provides offerings to hel...

Page 9: ...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 rep...

Page 10: ...hange to a CI For example a change to a configuration file on a host is a change Change tracking Change tracking refers to a change in the discovered environment such as a change in the amount of acti...

Page 11: ...n 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...

Page 12: ...ps described in VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Administration Guide VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Administration Guide also describes how to move an existing Single Box se...

Page 13: ...ote database setup are described in VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Administration Guide NOTE Passive and Detail Discovery can run on single or multiple Collectors NOTE Passive and Detail...

Page 14: ...ADM User s Guide 14 VMware Inc...

Page 15: ...m using the ADM Console 1 Open Microsoft Internet Explorer 2 Type the IP address of the management appliance into the URL and click Go The Welcome screen appears 3 In the Username field type your user...

Page 16: ...ADM User s Guide 16 VMware Inc...

Page 17: ...lows you to classify CIs into logical sets or collections so that actions such as creating reports policies or viewing the inventory is applied to specific groups instead of the entire database of CIs...

Page 18: ...1 lists and describes the information in the Change Tracking Policies List Click on the top of the column to sort the list by that column To view changes in the environment navigate to Change Tracking...

Page 19: ...the network from the interface This depends on the network structure and permissions but usually there is no internet access and limited access to other resources on the net Invokes other programs ins...

Page 20: ...nsole Creating an entity aging policy allows you to view the most updated state of your network since it is a constantly changing environment Aging is performed through aging policies When you create...

Page 21: ...ns on how to perform these actions Role Based Access Control ADM provides role based access control This allows you to assign permission to a role instead of directly assigning permission to a user AD...

Page 22: ...uide provides information about adding and configuring an active probe Advanced Configuration Sets parsing of configuration files Use only when an IT Compliance Analyzer Application Edition ITCA AE ap...

Page 23: ...the license details including the license feature the amount licensed the amount used the expiration date and the serial number from the License properties page To view license details 1 From the ADM...

Page 24: ...ADM User s Guide 24 VMware Inc...

Page 25: ...sts There are three types of groups View Business Application and Cluster ADM administrators can perform the following actions in this tab Add Group Adds a new group Copy Group Opens a dialog box to c...

Page 26: ...will refresh automatically Built In Groups The following groups are built into ADM Microsoft SQL Servers MySQL databases IIS servers VMware ESX Servers Jboss servers VMware virtual machines Routers S...

Page 27: ...n create a group that consists of both Linux hosts and Oracle databases rule 1 Primary object host service J2EE application J2EE module or database instance rule 2 rule 3 rule 1 rule 2 rule 1 ADM grou...

Page 28: ...ts hypervisors Service Basic all services running on hosts in scope with incoming protocols connection with outgoing protocols connection being accessed by URL running on host having configuration Ext...

Page 29: ...E module Basic all J2EE modules deployed on J2EE applications running on services where services running on hosts in scope with incoming protocols connection with outgoing protocols connection Extensi...

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Page 31: ...e Clicking on a host service or device will display its properties Discovery 5 Table 5 1 Types of Discovery Discovery Types Definition Passive Discovery Passive Discovery is the process in which netwo...

Page 32: ...reate a policy The online help contains procedural information for Passive Discovery tasks Plans You can create a Passive Discovery plan from the Plan tab within the Passive Discovery Policy Definitio...

Page 33: ...network Using these protocols you can obtain supplementary information about network hosts and add it to the MDR You can view the additional configuration information found by detail discovery in the...

Page 34: ...scovered only once a week You want to exclude the Detail Discovery of hosts with specific host names or operating systems The Discovery Plan Definition screen is shown below Policies You can initiate...

Page 35: ...on to all the default directories through which it searches The following is an example in which you would use this page 1 The default Oracle installation on UNIX is located at opt oracle but in your...

Page 36: ...tributed 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 th...

Page 37: ...IP address assigned to the ADM appliance The relevant ports are typically For SNMP UDP 161 For Telnet TCP 22 for SSH and TCP 23 For WMI access WMI Deployment Recommendations on page 41 and Firewall S...

Page 38: ...these are stored by ADM internally in an encrypted form SSH Server Deployment Recommendations Firewall Settings SSH queries are normally performed on TCP port 22 on the server If a firewall exists be...

Page 39: ...nformation Base MIB The core MIB which is available in most agents is called MIB 2 and it supplies system and hardware information Detail Discovery with SNMP ADM can act as an SNMP manager and collect...

Page 40: ...eried both locally and remotely Remote queries are through RPC access to the WMI component using the remote access flavor of the COM technology known as Distributed Component Object Model DCOM Detail...

Page 41: ...all problems you can deploy the Collector appliance in the same network as the managed hosts without a firewall between them If your environment requires a firewall between the Aggregator appliance an...

Page 42: ...ne either locally on that host or remotely To configure WMI access on the managed hosts 1 If you are configuring a remote machine use a domain administrative account A local administrative account wil...

Page 43: ...Group or user names list select the user who will be performing the Detail Discovery 4 Select Read Execute and Read from the Permissions for user list to grant the necessary permissions 5 Click OK to...

Page 44: ...tart TlntSvr To log in to a machine using Telnet you need to be listed as a member of either the local TelnetClients group on that machine or as a member of the domain s TelnetClients group To modify...

Page 45: ...o discover configure and monitor all aspects of VMware ESX servers and Virtual Center VI SDK on Virtual Center accesses information about the entire Virtual Infrastructure deployment whereas VI SDK on...

Page 46: ...e clients ADM allows you to correctly identify dependencies using Detail Discovery only without relying on Passive Discovery The Process of Dependency Discovery Using Only Detail Discovery To discover...

Page 47: ...covery only Discover the open ports that the services running on the interrogated host are using to listen for incoming connections service endpoints Both netstat and SNMP tables expose listening port...

Page 48: ...ne IP are merged to appear as a single host Second Detail Discovery policies will be tailored to match the discovery protocol with the OS of the hosts in their scope This less frequent DEEP policy cre...

Page 49: ...UI used to connect to the Virtual Center Server VMware Discovery in ADM ADM can discover VMware environment track changes in the environment and find dependencies within that environment ADM can disc...

Page 50: ...plication One of the following protocols is allowed in the VMware Infrastructure environment SSH Telnet SNMP on the VMware ESX Server VI SDK with either Virtual Center or all of the ESX Server in the...

Page 51: ...Discovery Policies page When entering the protocol type during detail discovery policy creation use any or all of the following protocols SSH SNMP on the ESX Server included in the VMware Infrastruct...

Page 52: ...ory page and click Search This option is shown below Finding Dependencies Between a VMware Infrastructure and Virtualized Business Applications Assumptions You have completed active discovery of the V...

Page 53: ...hat contains all the virtual machines in the VMware Infrastructure environment 2 To view the VMware Infrastructure environment do any of the following Automatically extend the group you created to inc...

Page 54: ...ADM User s Guide 54 VMware Inc...

Page 55: ...ces of a business application Creating application patterns helps you to easily follow any changes in a specific business application The instance is updated automatically if there are server changes...

Page 56: ...ource or target of the application pattern Figure 6 3 demonstrates a connectivity rule that includes JDBC and HTTP connections as well as assigns the Apache Server as a source to the Jboss Server targ...

Page 57: ...e based rule as a unification rule When the rule is applied it results in one instance being detected instead of several that contain all the same components For example you might not know how many AD...

Page 58: ...instances that match that definition Viewing Application Pattern Definitions and Instances The application pattern definitions and instances are viewed and managed through the Manage tab The VMware v...

Page 59: ...rs new instances once a day and is cleared by the user Name Name given to the Application Pattern when it was created Description Description of the Application Pattern Definition optional Last Discov...

Page 60: ...tion Valid A green check mark means the application pattern instance was valid as of the last Refresh Name The name of the Application Pattern Instance ADM provides a default name but you can provide...

Page 61: ...on pattern definition 1 Navigate to Manage Application Pattern Definitions 2 Click Add Application Pattern from the Actions pane on the left side of the screen 3 Create the node rules for each endpoin...

Page 62: ...ed Application Pattern Instances page appears displaying the scope of these instances Select the application pattern instances that you would like to store and click Create Step 4 Storing Selected Ins...

Page 63: ...n Host Inventory Report Device Inventory Report Service Inventory Report Connection Inventory Report Host Operating System Breakdown Report Host CPU Breakdown Report Host Kernel Version Breakdown Repo...

Page 64: ...e Baseline Behavior Report Host Baseline Comparison Report Service Baseline Comparison Report Most Used Hosts Report Least Used Hosts Report Most Active Host Users Report Least Active Host Users Repor...

Page 65: ...w the integration screen from the ADM Console click Connectors tab Depending on the applications you have installed and licensed you see the following tabs EMC Smarts Reports The VMware vCenter Applic...

Page 66: ...Integration Status screen Table 8 1 ADM Smarts Integration Status Screen Information Field Description Last Sync Time Displays the time of the last successful ADM SAM synchronization Registration Sta...

Page 67: ...opulated from the ADM to the SAM Since the ADM discovery process can result in a relatively large set of server and client resources you must carefully plan on the scope of integration The scope of in...

Page 68: ...red the ADM and SAM integration the system must be synchronized for the SAM to retrieve the data The following two options are available for synchronizing Schedule the synchronization between the ADM...

Page 69: ...pen an ADM console in context using the Smarts Launch in Context functionality right click an object and navigate to Client Tools Launch ADM Web Console as shown below As a result of integration the A...

Page 70: ...the path for the browser running on a Solaris host For example BROWSER usr sfw bin mozilla 4 Save the file to the BASEDIR smarts actions client ADM directory Custom Reports In addition to standard re...

Page 71: ...ition Reports Application upgrade Before upgrading your applications use this solution to identify applications hosts and services that are heavily utilized and are excellent candidates for upgrading...

Page 72: ...ons continue functioning without interruption Create a short list of hosts that are being acquired or sold Create a short list of services that are being acquired or sold Show which other hosts and se...

Page 73: ...stributed appliance solution 12 Distributed appliance with Remote Database solution 13 E Entity Aging 10 F Firewalls 37 G Groups Built in groups 26 User defined groups 26 L License 22 M Management Dat...

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