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vDiscovery Data

Owned by Shirly Tsang
Jul 12, 2024
3 min read

Data collected by vDiscovery can be tracked through Data Management (IPAM, DHCP and DNS) and if the CNA license is installed, additional details will be found under the Cloud tab. Objects created by vDiscovery will automatically include metadata in their properties or extensible attributes (EA’s), a useful addition that enables you to easily identify, locate and report on your resources deployed in the cloud.

Cloud Network Automation

When the CNA license is installed, you will find the Cloud tab in your Grid Manager GUI. With the Cloud tab come four additional tabs and each of these provide different perspectives for viewing your cloud data, making it easy to see what is running in your cloud environment based on different parameters.

These tabs include:

  • Tenants: A global overview of all data through a single discovery source. This may correspond to an individual vDiscovery task or plugin/adapter. You can drill down to review all subnets and VMs that have been discovered under that tenant.

  • VPCs: This is not used for GCP but will display any discovered AWS VPCs and Azure vNets. You can drill down to review all subnets and VMs that have been discovered under an individual VPC/vNet.

  • Networks: A global overview of all subnets that have been discovered. Easily jump to IPAM or other perspectives to view additional details for a subnet. Searches, Smart Folders and reports can also leverage the metadata stored as EAs for each subnet.

  • VMs: A global overview of all virtual machines that have been discovered and displayed per IP address. Metadata is stored in the properties for each VM, and you can readily jump to other perspectives to view and manage additional resources, including any DNS records that may have been created for the VM.

IPAM

IPAM, or IP Address Management, provides an easy view of all data from an IP address perspective. If you are looking for an object based on its IP address, this can be one of the easiest ways to drill down and see everything there is for that IP, including all objects that are associated with it.

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