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Use Case

ThefollowingusecasedescribesthetypicalflowforpassiveanddetaildiscoveryofaVMwareenvironment.

Assumptions

AssumptionsforbothpassiveanddetailVMwareInfrastructurediscoveryareasfollows:

 TheVMwareInfrastructurecomponents(VMwareInfrastructure3orhigher,VMwareVirtualCenterand

VMwareESXServer)areproperlyconfiguredandoperational.VMwareVirtualCenterisusedfor

management.

 AwebinterfaceorVirtualInfrastructureClient(VIC)isusedforinterfacingwithVMwareVirtualCenter.

(AVICisafront‐endUIclientusedtoadministerVirtualCenter.ItiseitheraWindowsapplicationora

webapplication.)

 OneofthefollowingprotocolsisallowedintheVMwareInfrastructureenvironment:

 SSH/Telnet/SNMPontheVMwareESXServer.

 VI‐SDKwitheitherVirtualCenteroralloftheESXServerintheVMwareInfrastructureenvironment.

 YouhavethecredentialstologintothetargetmachineusingtheSSH,Telnet,SNMP,orVI‐SDKprotocols,

andthesecredentialsallowyoutoaccessinformationaboutvirtualmachines.

 FordetaildiscoveryofVMwareenvironments,itisassumedthatVirtualCenterhostshavealreadybeen

discoveredwithpassiveorIPdiscovery.

Player(service) Product,vendor,andversion. Telnet,SSH,WMI

VM‐Tools(installed

software)

Product,vendor,andversion.

Note:VM‐ToolsisanattributeoftheguestOS,notthevirtualmachine

configuration.

Telnet,SSH,WMI

Table 5-4. Discovered VMware Components and CIs (Continued)

Component (CI type) CI Discovery Method

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