VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1 -... User manual

Application Discovery Manager

Repository Reference Guide

vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.1

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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 24

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 30

Change_Log 30

CPU 30

Database 31

Dependency 31

Group_Membership 32

Installed_Software 33

IP_Route 33

Java_EE 34

Network_Element 34

Network_Interface 36

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Port 36

Property 37

Service 37

Storage_Device 38

Switch_Address_Forwarding 38

TimeDimension 39

UsageMetric 39

Usage_Metric_Baseline 40

Virtual_System_Settings 40

5ADMCustomReports 41

CreatingCustomReports 41

HostInventory 41

ConnectionInventory 41

MostUsedServices 41

ApplicationDependency 42

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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.

Introduction 1

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.

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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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.

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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