Capabilities - VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1.1 User Manual

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Capabilities

Once a VMware environment is discovered, you can perform several functions.
Viewing Virtualization Dependencies
You can view dependencies in your VMware Infrastructure environment by selecting the relevant items from
the Discover > Inventory page and clicking Virtualization in the Dependencies panel. This option allows you
to view dependencies for the selected object. For example, you can select a virtual machine from the inventory
and then click Virtualization to view its containers. You can also view dependencies in the map.
Virtualization-Related Search
After discovering your VMware Infrastructure environment, you can perform searches on it. For example, you
can search for virtual machines or VMware ESX Server. To perform a search, go to the Discover > Inventory
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 VMware Infrastructure environment at least once, and discovery
of the virtual machines in the VMware Infrastructure at least once.
Goal
After detecting VMware Infrastructure environment instances in your network, you want to find out which
business applications (for example, PeopleSoft) are on these instances.
Flow 1: Foundation to Virtualized Environment
To view your VMware environment
1 Create a group that contains the VMware ESX Server, Virtual Center, and the Virtual Infrastructure
Clients.
2 To view all the virtual machines in the VMware Infrastructure environment, do either of the following:
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Extend the VMware Infrastructure environment group to include the environment.
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View the environment through the map (Discover > Map) or the inventory (Discover > Inventory).
Chapter 4 contains more information on groups.
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