VMware Application Discovery Manager Connector
This section of the documentation describes the details of the third-party application, that is, VMware ADM.
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This section of the documentation describes the details of the third-party application, that is, VMware ADM.
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Including:
The name of the .NET assembly file
Connection methodology
The resource and link types that can be discovered on the application
The attributes of each resource and link types that can be imported into the ASM Core Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
For compatibility and version support details, refer to the ASM Connector Matrix.
You should familiarize yourself with the information in Installing Connectors before installing any connectors, and read the Integration topics for more information on how to configure them.
An organization uses ADM to discover and maintain resources present in its organization networks. The role of the connector is to expose these resources and their relationships to allow for population and ongoing consistency checks of the ASM Core CMDB.
The Application Discovery Manager Connector requires the ADM reporting database provided by ADM for reporting purposes, as illustrated below.
The Application Discovery Manager Connector requires the ADM reporting database for it to work. ADM provides an external reporting database which is designed for reporting purposes. This reporting database can be created for SQL Server or Oracle. The connection parameters are the login ID and other settings needed to connect ASM Core to the external database or reporting database.
For information on how to set up the external report database, including how to synchronize it regularly with the live ADM repository, read the ADM documentation.
The table below provides a description of the Application Discovery Manager Connector.
Information Fields
Name
Connector name
VMware ADM <-> ASM Core
Third-party application
VMware ADM
Assembly
Infra.Connector.VMware.ADM.dll
Connector class
Infra.Connector.VMware.ADM.ADMConnector
Configuration file
Infra.Connector.VMware.ADM.icnf
Connection methodology
Database
The table below provides the list of connection parameters of the Application Discovery Manager Connector.
Fields
Description
Database connection
Connection String
Database login ID
Login ID
Database password
Password
Database type
SQL Server, Oracle
The connection parameters for this connector must grant the source access to the ADM External Reporting Database.
For information on how to set up the external reporting database, including how to synchronize it regularly with the live ADM repository, read the ADM documentation.
If the external reporting database is hosted by the SQL Server, the account used by the connector to connect to that database must be configured with the OLAP schema as its default schema.
Run the following SQL statements against the database to pre-configure the account: