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Application Discovery Manager

Repository Reference Guide

vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.1.1

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Contents

AboutThisBook 5

1Introduction 7

Overview 7

HowDataIsCollected 7

SynchronizingtheExternalDatabase 8

2SetUptheExternalReportsSchemeConfigurationPolicy 11

SetUpandMonitortheExternalReportsSchemeConfigurationPolicy 11

CreatingtheExternalReportsSchemeConfigurationPolicy 11

ChecktheStatusoftheSynchronizationProcess 13

3ExternalDatabaseSetup 15

ExternalDatabaseSystemRequirements 15

MinimumHardwareRequirements 15

SoftwareRequirements 15

InstallingandConfiguringtheExternalDatabaseforOracle 16

InstalltheClient‐SideScript 16

CreatetheExternalReportingDatabaseUser 17

Createtheadm_olapTables 17

ConfiguretheSynchronizationProcess 18

InstallingandConfiguringtheExternalDatabaseforMSSQL 20

InstalltheClient‐SideScripts 20

InstalltheExternalDatabaseforMSSQLServer 20

ConfiguretheSynchronizationProcess 21

ManuallyLoadingDatatotheExternalDatabase 23

CheckingtheStatusoftheExternalDatabaseLoadProcess 23

UpgradingtheExternalDatabase 24

UpgradingforMSSQL 24

UpgradingforOracle 25

4ADMERDSchema 27

OverviewofExternalDatabaseTables 28

DatabaseStructureandDependencies 28

Address 29

Change_Log 29

CPU 29

Database 30

Dependency 30

Group_Membership 31

Installed_Software 32

IP_Route 32

Java_EE 33

Network_Element 33

Network_Interface 34

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Port 35

Property 35

Service 36

Storage_Device 36

Switch_Address_Forwarding 37

Time 37

Usage_Metric 38

Usage_Metric_Baseline 38

Virtual_System_Settings 38

5ADMCustomReports 41

CreatingCustomReports 41

HostInventory 41

ConnectionInventory 41

MostUsedServices 41

ApplicationDependency 42

Index 43

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TheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)RepositoryReferenceGuideprovides

informationaboutsettingupandconfiguringtheADMexternalrepository.Itdescribesthetablestructureand

dependencieswithintheADMexternaldatabaseandalsoillustratesthetables.Tohelpyouwiththecustom

reports,thebookprovidesexamplesofreportsthatcanbegeneratedfromtheADMexternaldatabase.

Intended Audience

ThisdocumentispartoftheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerdocumentationset,andis

intendedforusebycorporateInformationTechnology(IT)personnelwhoneedtomonitorenterprise

applicationsandresourcesandmakedecisionsaboutacquiring,allocating,andmodifyingtheseresources.

Readersofthisguideareexpectedtobefamiliarwiththesetopics:

Oracledatabase

SQL

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ThischapterintroducestheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)repositoryand

providesanoverviewthatincludesdescriptionsofdatacollection,tabletypes,andkeyfields.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

“Overview”onpage 7

“SynchronizingtheExternalDatabase”onpage 8

Overview

TheADMprovidesstandardreportsbasedonthedatacollectedandstoredintheADMRepository.The

schemaofthenewADMExternalDatabaseissimpletounderstandandallowsyoutowritereportingqueries

overitwithoutdisruptingtheperformanceoftheotherADMservices.

How Data Is Collected

TheADMcollects,manages,andstoresdatathroughthecomponentslistedinTable 1‐1.

Figure 1‐1illustrateshowdataiscollectedandstoredintheADMdatabase.

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Table 1-1. ADM Components

Component Description

ActiveDiscovery‐

Unix

Collectsdatafromtheconfigurationobjectsinyourdatacenter.Thefollowingdiscoverytypes

apply:

IPdiscovery:DetectshostsorotherconfigurationitemswithaspecificIPaddresswhen

passivediscoveryfailstodiscoverthem.

Detaildiscovery:ExtendstheinformationobtainedusingpassiveandIPdiscovery.Ituses

commonnetworkprotocolstoremotelyqueryserversinthemanagednetworkandobtains

supplementaryinformationaboutnetworkhoststhatisaddedtothedatabase.

ActiveDiscovery‐

Windows

AdiscoveryenginethatusesWMIbaseddiscoverypoliciesforperformingactivediscoveryon

Windowsmachines.

PassiveDiscovery Passivelyobservesthenetworktrafficbyperformingadeep‐packetanalysistodiscover

applicationsandcomponentrelationshipsinphysicalandvirtualenvironments.

Passivediscoveryalsoallowsyoutodothefollowing:

Mapdependencies.

Counttheactivityofthesedependencies.

Identifyservices.

Aggregator Receivesdatafromthediscoverycomponentsandreconcilesthedatabeforetransferringittothe

databasecomponent.TheaggregatoralsoprovidestheuserinterfaceforusingADMandisthe

integrationpointforvariousintegrations,forexample,ERDB.

Database AnOracleRDBMSusedtostorediscovereddataandADMconfiguration.

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Figure 1-1. Collection, Management, and Storage of ADM Data

ThedatastoredintheADMdatabasecannotbecustomizedormanipulatedforcreatingcustomreports.

Therefore,ADMprovidesfunctionalityforexportingthedataintoanADMexternalrepository,fromwhich

customreportsarecreated.

Thedatatransferredtotheexternalrepositoryisnotreal‐timedata.Itissynchronizedatregularintervalsas

definedintheExternalReportsSchemeConfigurationpolicy.

Synchronizing the External Database

Figure 1‐2illustrateshowtheADMexternaldatabaseissynchronizedwiththeADMrepositorythroughthe

ETL(Extract‐Transform‐Load)process.ExtractionandtransformationisdonethroughADMandloadingis

donebytheadm_olapcomponentontheexternaldatabasehost.

Figure 1-2. External Database Synchronization Process

Thesynchronizationprocesscomprisesofthefollowingsteps:

1ThesynchronizationistriggeredaccordingtothesettingsintheExternalReportsSchemeConfiguration

policy.

2ADMchecksthestatusofthereplicationtoensurethattheprevioussynchronizationandthatanyreport

requestsagainsttheexternaldatabasehascompleted.

3ADMextractsthedatafilesfortheloadprocessasfollows:

aTheReportSchemaisextractedandtranslatedto.csvfiles.

bThedatafilesarecompressedandplacedtogetherinasingleZiparchive.

cTheZipfileisuploadedtotheassignedFTPserver.

4ThesystemrunningtheexternaldatabaseperiodicallycheckstheFTPserverfordatafilesbasedonthe

synchronizationscheduledefinedontheexternaldatabasesystem.

Database

detail passive

Discovery Management

database

server

flat files

data download

ADM_OLAP

Reporting Schema

FTP server

ADM

flat files

data upload

load flat files into

ADM_OLAP Schema

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Chapter 1 Introduction

5Whenadatafileisfound,thefollowingprocesstakesplaceontheexternaldatabasesystem:

aThelatestZipfileisdownloaded.

bTheZipfileisextractedtothedecompressed.csvdatafiles.

cThedatabaseloadingisperformedusingthedatabasespecificloader.

Performance and Scalability

Thefollowingstepsindicatetheamountoftimerequiredtocompleteeachprocess:

Extractionandflatfilecreation:ThissteputilizestheADMresourcestothemaximum.Therefore,itis

scheduledtoextractthedataatnightorsomeotherperiodoflowresourceconsumptionandtoallow

enoughtimetocomplete.

Transferringthedatafiles:ThisstepinvolvesuploadingoftheflatfilesfromtheADMRepository

appliancetotheexternaldatabasehost.ThisstepdoesnotconsumemanyADMresources.However,the

transfertimemightvarygreatlybecauseofnetworkconditionsattheexternaldatabasehostsite.

Loadingthedatabase:Thisstepmighttakefewhourstocomplete.

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