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Chapter 6 Application Patterns
Figure 6-7. Overview of the Application Discovery Process
Use Case: Creating Definitions and Viewing the Resulting Instances
This use case provides an overview on how to create an application pattern definition and view the resulting
instances. The VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Online Help describes the fields in the display.
Step 1: Create an application pattern definition
To create an application 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 endpoint of the application pattern from the Node Rules tab.
4 Use the Connectivity Rules tab to define 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 discovery process runs the first time an application pattern definition is created. ADM searches the
database for the CIs that meet the criteria specified in the application pattern definition. If the criteria is met,
then an application pattern instance is created.
XML file
ADM
database
ADM
ADM
database
ADM
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2
3
4
5
User creates an
application pattern definition
using ADM’s UI.
ADM discovers all
instances that match
the definition.
The chosen instances
are stored in the
database as groups.
All discovered
instances are listed
to the user.
ADM
database
ADM
New instances are
discovered and existing
instances are refreshed
and validated nightly.
The definition can
be exported to
(or imported from)
an XML file.
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MPORTANT
At least one node rule is mandatory.