Vmware Discovery; Vmware Terminology Overview; Vmware Discovery In Adm - VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1.1 User Manual

VMware Discovery

VMware products such as ESX Server are used to create the virtual machines in the form of a set of
configuration and disk files that together perform all the functions of a physical machine. Through the
virtualization platform, you run the virtual machines, install operating systems, run applications, and
configure the virtual machines. This includes identifying the virtual machine resources, such as a storage
device.

VMware Terminology Overview

Virtual Center monitors and manages components of your virtual and physical infrastructure. These
components are as follows:

Virtual machines: A virtualized x86 personal computer environment in which a guest operating system
and associated application software can run. Multiple virtual machines can operate on the same managed
host machine concurrently.

Hosts: The physical computers on which the virtualization platform software, such as ESX Server, is
installed. They are hosts to the virtual machines.
N A Virtual Center host is the physical machine on which the virtual machines are running. All
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virtual machines within the VMware Infrastructure environment are physically on ESX Server hosts. The
term "host" in this Help system refers to the ESX Server host that has virtual machines on it.

Resources: Selected resources belonging to the host and assigned to the virtual machines that are resident
on that host. The managed resources are CPU, memory, disk space, and I/O. Virtual Center uses the
resources to provide, through the VMware DRS components, various options for monitoring the status of
the resources and adjusting or suggesting adjustments to the virtual machines.

Virtual Infrastructure Client (VIC): The 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 discover the VMware components and CIs in Table
Table 5-4. Discovered VMware Components and CIs
Component (CI type)
Virtual Center
(service)
Virtual Infrastructure
Client (service)
VMware ESX Server
Virtual machine
configuration
Virtual machines
VMware, Inc.
CI

Product, vendor, and version.
 Documented dependencies to all ESX servers attached to that
VirtualCenter (only with VI‐SDK).
Product, vendor, and version.

All standard Linux‐based hardware and software.
 For each virtual machine configured on it, the virtual machine
configuration.
 Generic ESX configuration. Virtual infrastructure version.
Configuration of a virtual machine on an ESX Server:

The virtual machine configuration (content of .vmx file, license, and
state of the virtual machine (running or stopped)).

Whether VM‐Tools is installed.
 Information on the virtual machine hardware as configured on the
ESX Server (memory, CPU, physical drives, and so on).
 Information on the virtual machine OS, as configured on the ESX
Server (OS type and family).
Standard host discovery.
Chapter 5 Discovery
5‐4.
Discovery Method
Telnet, WMI,
VI‐SDK
Telnet, WMI
VI‐SDK (partial),
Telnet, SSH, SNMP
Telnet, SSH,
VI‐SDK
All methods
(excluding
VI‐SDK).
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