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Chapter 1 Architecture Overview

Distributed Appliance with Remote Database Solution

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Distributed with Remote Database (Split)

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VMware

vCenter

Application

Discovery

Manager

Administration

Guide

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Discovery

Database

Management

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discovery

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Summary of Contents for VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1 - REPOSITORY

Page 1: ...iscovery Manager 6 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 of...

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Page 3: ...g 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 Role...

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 52 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: ...e 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 repre...

Page 10: ...ntire database of CIs Chapter 4 contains more information about groups Change A change is any change to a CI For example a change to a configuration file on a host is a change Change tracking Change t...

Page 11: ...ption 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...

Page 12: ...to a Distributed setup or Distributed with remote database setup Distributed Appliance Solutions A Distributed appliance solution has the following two options Distributed setup Distributed with remot...

Page 13: ...ote Database Split The steps to configure distributed setup and distributed with remote database setup are described in VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Administration Guide NOTE Passive a...

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Page 15: ...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 name 4 In the P...

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: ...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 Changes Th...

Page 19: ...ually there is no internet access and limited access to other resources on the net Invokes other programs installed on the appliance The VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Online Help provid...

Page 20: ...work since it is a constantly changing environment Aging is performed through aging policies When you create a new aging policy the default time limit is seven days You can change this default as desc...

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...

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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: ...Inventory page 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 i...

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: ...ation is discovered 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 ca...

Page 35: ...ent Oracle is installed on a different location such as opt applications oracle 2 You need to add opt applications oracle as a discovery directory and can do so through the Detail Discovery Discovery...

Page 36: ...uration 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 Pass...

Page 37: ...CP 23 For WMI access WMI Deployment Recommendations on page 41 and Firewall Settings on page 41 include details on firewall settings For VI SDK TCP 443 for HTTPS Deploy another Collector appliance on...

Page 38: ...this port needs to be open for connections initiated by the ADM appliance SSH Server Settings Discovery with SSH of servers running the OpenSSH server sshd requires that the PasswordAuthentication fi...

Page 39: ...or versions 1 and 2 community strings are used For version 3 you can select the authentication and privacy modes in compliance with this newer standard SNMP Agent Deployment Recommendations Firewall S...

Page 40: ...using the remote access flavor of the COM technology known as Distributed Component Object Model DCOM Detail Discovery with WMI ADM can perform Detail Discovery using the WMI protocol When creating a...

Page 41: ...there must be a firewall between the Management Aggregator appliance and the Detail Discovery Collector appliance it should be configured to allow RPC traffic This is done in two stages 1 Configure th...

Page 42: ...configured for every managed host This is done 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 administrati...

Page 43: ...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 confirm Telnet The Telnet protocol...

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: ...n the host running VirtualCenter VI SDK on any or all of the VMware ESX Servers and hosts running VirtualCenter The VMware Infrastructureis discovered fully You will be able to view additional informa...

Page 52: ...an perform several functions Viewing Virtualization Dependencies You can view dependencies in your VMware Infrastructure environment by selecting the relevant items from the Discover Inventory page an...

Page 53: ...ESX Server Virtual Center and the Virtual Infrastructure Clients 2 To view all the virtual machines in the VMware Infrastructure environment do either of the following Extend the VMware Infrastructur...

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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: ...in Application Pattern Definitions is performed once a day by default The flag automatically discovers new instances once a day and is cleared by the user Name Name given to the Application Pattern w...

Page 60: ...mn Descriptions Column Description 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 def...

Page 61: ...ne the type of connections to include in the instance and to define the nodes as a source or target of the application pattern instance Step 2 Discover All Instances That Match the Definition The disc...

Page 62: ...ick Create Step 4 Storing Selected Instances as Groups The application pattern instances are stored as groups and are viewed and managed from the Manage Application Pattern Instances tab Step 5 Discov...

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: ...olution 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 M Management Data Repository 10 Mandatory node rul...

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