Discovery using EMC Smarts

VMware Smart Assurance
discovery is the process of using
VMware Smart Assurance
object class models to create a representation of the managed topology within the repository, or database, of a
Domain Manager
. For the
IP Manager
, data is collected from the managed topology to create instances of the managed network systems, their relationships, their internal components, and their logical connections.
When a system is added to the managed network environment, the
IP Manager
performs discovery to determine the system’s configuration and its relationships to other managed systems and components. When a system is removed from the managed network environment and deleted from the topology, the
IP Manager
removes the system and all of its components from the modeled topology.
Systems can be added to or deleted from the modeled topology at any time. Adding new systems does not impede the ability of the
IP Manager
to monitor systems that are already managed.