VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1 - REPOSITORY Podręcznik Użytkownika Pobierz pdf (Strona 9)

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TheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)isanenterprisedatacentermanagement

solutionthatusesagentlessdiscoveryandprovidescontinuousdependencymappingofapplications.

ADMhelpsyougainanunderstandingofyourservicedependencies.ADMalsoprovidesautomatedand

real‐timeapplicationdiscoverycapabilityacrossphysicalandvirtualenvironments.

Anaccurateapplication

dependencymapisessentialtovirtualizeapplications,movedatacenters,buildasite

recoveryplan,andtomoveaservicetothecloud.

ThischapterdescribesdifferentADMarchitecturesolutionsandalsodescribeshowtoconfigureanddeploy

them.Topicsinclude:

 “WhatDoesADMDo?”onpage 9

 “EssentialConcepts”onpage 10

 “A D M Components”onpage 11

 “A D M ArchitectureSolutions”onpage 12

What Does ADM Do?

ADMperformsthefollowinghigh‐levelfunctions:

 ADMdiscoversConfigurationItems(CIs).Italsodiscoverstherelationshipsanddependenciesbetween

theseinstancesinrealtime.ThediscoverydataisstoredintheManagementDataRepository.Themap

featureintheUserInterface(UI)providesagraphicalrepresentationoftherelationshipsand

dependenciesbetweenalltheCIs.

 ADMdeterminesthebaselineofusagefortheseconfigurationitems.Further,theADMdetects

inconsistenciesfromthenorm.

 ADMprovidesimpactandpredictivereportingandhelpsyoutroubleshooterrors.

ADMhelpstoaccuratelyanswerthefollowingquestions:

 Whathosts,applications,andconnectionsdoIhave?

 HowareCIsused?

 Whatarethedependenciesamongthem?

Architecture Overview

NOTEADMprovidesbothknownandunknowninformationaboutaninfrastructure.Ittellsyouwhat

youknow,andwhatyoudonotknow.Forexample,youmightthinkthatnolaptopsarecommunicating

withadatabaseserver.Usingthemap,youcanseethehoststhatyouknowareinyour

infrastructure.

However,youmightalsoseethattherearehostsorlaptopscommunicatingwiththedatabaseserver.

OTEBaselineisthefirst24hoursofactivityofaconfigurationitem.

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