Policies; Detail Discovery; Detail Discovery Tab - VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1.1 User Manual

Policies

To create IP Discovery policy
1 Click Add Policy on the IP Discovery Policies page.
2 Type the name of the plan in the Name field.
3 Type the description.
4 Select or clear the different options available on the three tabs ‐ General, Scheduling, and Scope. Type the
information required in these screens.
5 Click Create.
VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Online Help provides the detailed steps for creating an IP
Discovery policy.

Detail Discovery

Detail Discovery is a method to find more granular details, such as hardware and software configuration
information that are not available with passive discovery. Detail Discovery extends the information obtained
using ADM's Passive Discovery technology and uses common network protocols to remotely query servers in
the managed 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 properties screen for any host, service, or device through the Discover > Inventory page. All other detail
discovery information and administrative tasks, such as creating detail discovery policies, are done through
the Detail Discovery tab as shown below.

Detail Discovery Tab

Dashboard
The Detail Discovery > Dashboard page displays two graphs and three tables. Dashboard is a visual tool that
lets you understand detail discovery status, process, and problems to be resolved. You can see the system state
and detail discovery policies. Dashboard summarizes the detail discovery status of the system and enables you
to analyze detail discovery status (success, failure, and so on) in different views. The following graphs and
tables are available:
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Detail Discovery Hosts/Devices Coverage Summary
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Detail Discovery Distribution by Results
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