User manual VMWARE VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.0 INTEGRATION GUIDE

[. . . ] To access the current version of this book and other books, go to http://www. vmware. com/support/pubs. Online and Telephone Support To use online support to submit technical support requests, view your product and contract information, and register your products, go to http://www. vmware. com/support. Customers with appropriate support contracts should use telephone support for priority 1 issues. [. . . ] The final section of this manual provides instructions for launching ADM details and ADM maps. Installing the ADM SQL Database VCM does not directly access the main ADM database. Rather, an external Microsoft SQL database is installed on the VCM Collector machine (or on the database machine, in the case of split installations). Detailed instructions for installing and configuring the external MS SQL database are provided in the VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager: Repository Reference Guide. Review that manual and follow the directions in it for installing and configuring the SQL database. Then use this integration guide for additional configuration information unique to the VCM integration. When modifying the installation scripts, be sure to replace <serverName> with the name of the SQL Server instance running the VCM database. VMware, Inc. 7 vCenter Configuration Manager and Application Discovery Manager Integration Guide Configuring the ADM Database Synchronization After installing the external ADM SQL database, you must configure the synchronization of the ADM data from the main database to external database. Instructions for configuring the synchronization are provided in the VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager: Repository Reference Guide. The synchronization process uses FTP to send data from the main ADM database to the external database. When creating your synchronization schedule, be sure the synchronization is set to be regular enough to keep the external data current enough so that it is of use to VCM users. Preparing the Client Browsers In order to view the ADM maps, Internet Explorer and Java must be installed on any VCM machines using the integration with the ADM Console. The requirements include: n n Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. 0, available from the Microsoft Website. Java Runtime Environment, version 5. 0. 3 or later, available from the Java Website. Creating Users for Integration Any user who will be accessing the ADM data must have an ADM user name and password. In ADM, you must create user accounts and distribute the login information to all VCM users who will be accessing the ADM data. A user login is required at the beginning of each session when a user accesses the ADM details or ADM maps. 8 VMware, Inc. Configuring VCM for Integration 2 The integration with ADM is built into VCM. To configure the integration with ADM, you only need to configure the ADM integration settings. Configuring VCM Integration Settings Before you can use the ADM integration options, you must configure the settings. In VCM, Select the setting to be configured, and then click Edit Settings. The information to be configured in the wizard varies depending on selected setting. The configuration options are as follows: n ADM Integration Enabled n n Select Yes to enable the integration or No to disable the integration. If enabled, the View ADM Detail and View ADM Map buttons become active when you are working with machine data, for example, Console | Windows | Operating Systems | Machines. [. . . ] The vCenter Application Discovery Manager data grid appears, displaying the groups. Double-click the group to display the detailed machine data grid for each group. VMware, Inc. 11 vCenter Configuration Manager and Application Discovery Manager Integration Guide ADM Tools in VCM You can view machine-related data from the Console, including Window, UNIX, and Virtual Environments. There is no link to Active Directory data because it does not relate to a specific machine. [. . . ]