VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1.1 - RESPOSITORY, User Manual

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ADM User’s Guide
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Policies 33
Detail Discovery 33
Detail Discovery Tab 33
Deploying Detail Discovery 36
Detail Discovery Configuration 36
How Do Active Probe Configurations Affect Detail Discovery Policies? 36
Detail Discovery Policies 36
Configuring Standard OS Agents 37
Dealing with Firewalls 37
Checking for Results 37
Detail Discovery Protocols 37
SSH 38
SNMP 39
WMI 40
Telnet 43
VI
‐ SDK 45
Discovering Dependencies with Detail Discovery 46
ADM Dependency Discovery Methods 46
Choosing a Method of Dependency Discovery 47
Discovery Strategy for Using Only Detail 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
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Application Patterns 55
Overview 55
Application
Pattern Definitions 55
Node Rules 56
Connectivity Rules 56
Mandatory Node Rules 56
Unifying Node Rules 57
Application Pattern Instances 58
Viewing Application Pattern Definitions and Instances 58
Application Pattern Definitions 58
Application Pattern Instances 60
Application Discovery Process 61
Use Case: Creating Definitions and Viewing the Resulting Instances 61
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Report 63
Report types 63
Exporting and Printing Reports 64
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Connectors 65
Connectors Overview 65
EMC Smarts Integration 65
Status 66
Configuration 67
Log 68
Unregister
ADM 68