Discovery; Discovery Types - VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1.1 User Manual

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Discovery

This chapter describes the Discovery functionality and configuration. Topics include:
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"Discovery Types" on page 31
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"Passive Discovery" on page 32
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"IP Discovery" on page 32
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"Detail Discovery" on page 33
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"Deploying Detail Discovery" on page 36
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"Detail Discovery Protocols" on page 37
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"Discovering Dependencies with Detail Discovery" on page 46
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"VMware Discovery" on page 49

Discovery Types

Discovery is the process of populating ADMʹs management data repository with CIs and identifying the
relationships between them. In ADM, there are three types of discovery: Passive Discovery, IP Discovery, and
Detail Discovery. Table
Table 5-1. Types of Discovery
Discovery Types
Passive Discovery
IP Discovery
Detail Discovery
The configuration item details (all hardware and software configuration information) that are discovered
through these three discovery methods are displayed on the Discover > Inventory page. Clicking on a host,
service, or device will display its properties.
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5‐1 defines each discovery type.
Definition
Passive Discovery is the process in which network traffic is listened to passively. Passive
Discovery is a non‐intrusive process where you can specify an IP range to search for
hosts and applications.
IP Discovery is the process that detects hosts or other devices with a specific IP address
when passive discovery fails to find them. An ICMP or TCP connection scan detects
devices that are active but not a source or destination of network traffic, such as switches
or routers.The IP scan discovers the devices and adds them to the inventory list. You can
create IP discovery policies and set them to run periodically.
Detail Discovery is the process that provides the granular details of hosts and services
(such as OS information, the installed software list, disk size, configuration file settings,
and so on) that are not available with passive discovery.
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