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ADM User’s Guide

64

VMware, Inc.

 

Exporting and Printing Reports

Once

 

a

 

report

 

is

 

generated,

 

you

 

can

 

export

 

and

 

print

 

it.

 

The

 

export

 

choices

 

are

 

as

 

follows:

Excel

 

format:

 

Enables

 

you

 

to

 

download

 

the

 

report

 

through

 

your

 

browser

 

as

 

a

 

Microsoft

 

Excel

 

spreadsheet.

Rich

 

Text

 

Format

 

(RTF):

 

Enables

 

you

 

to

 

save

 

the

 

report

 

in

 

RTF

 

that

 

is

 

opened

 

in

 

Microsoft

 

Word.

Portable

 

Document

 

Format

 

(PDF):

 

Enables

 

you

 

to

 

save

 

the

 

report

 

in

 

PDF.

Print:

 

Opens

 

the

 

standard

 

Print

 

dialog

 

box

 

and

 

allows

 

you

 

to

 

print

 

the

 

report.

Demand

 

reports

Demand

 

reports

 

show

 

use

 

information

 

for

 

hosts.

Host

 

Baseline

 

Behavior

 

Report

Service

 

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

 

Report

Host

 

Demand

 

Analysis

 

Report

Service

 

Demand

 

Analysis

 

Report

Most

 

Used

 

Services

 

Report

Least

 

Used

 

Services

 

Report

Most

 

Used

 

Connections

 

Report

Least

 

Used

 

Connections

 

Report

Most

 

Active

 

Application

 

Users

 

Report

Most

 

Active

 

Service

 

Users

 

Report

Host

 

Demand

 

Trend

Service

 

Demand

 

Trend

Host

 

Activity

 

Breakdown

 

Report

Current

 

Changes

 

Report

Configuration

 

reports

Configuration

 

reports

 

show

 

either

 

hosts

 

with

 

few

 

or

 

no

 

connections,

 

or

 

a

 

list

 

of

 

alerts.

Group

 

Report

Change

 

Policy

 

Report

Table 7-1.  

Available Reports in the Report Tab (Continued)

Report Type

Definition

Choices For Each Report Type

Содержание VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1.1 - RESPOSITORY

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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Страница 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...

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Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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