"Discovery" is a function that collects software configuration information for business servers and registers it in the configuration management database (CMDB).
The software configuration information collected by the discovery function is registered in the CMDB as configuration items (CI).
Figure 2.1 Overview of the discovery function
Software configuration information collected
The following software configuration information can be collected using the discovery function:
Resource | Required product | Linkage product/linkage function | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ServerView Resource Orchestrator | Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) | yum(Yellowdog Updater Modified) | UpdateAdvisor (middleware) | ||||||
System configuration information | Resource information for the physical or virtual servers that make up the system (IP addresses and operating system information only) | Y | Y (*1) | Y (*1) | Y (*1) | ||||
Tenant information | Y | - | - | - | |||||
L-Platform information | Y | - | - | - | |||||
Patch information | Windows patches | Information about Windows patches released by Microsoft | OS patch information | - | Y | - | - | ||
Physical /virtual Windows servers where the patches can be applied | - | Y | - | - | |||||
Information about the OS patches that have already been applied to the physical/virtual Windows servers that make up the system | - | Y | - | - | |||||
Linux patches | Information about Linux patches (RPM packages) released by the Red Hat Network or the Fujitsu website | Information about OS patches (RPM packages) | - | - | Y | - | |||
Physical/virtual Linux servers where the patches can be applied | - | - | Y | - | |||||
Information about the OS patches (RPM packages) that have already been applied to the physical/virtual Linux servers that make up the system | - | - | Y | - | |||||
Middleware patches | Fujitsu middleware patches released on the UpdateSite | Fujitsu middleware patches | - | - | - | - (*2) | |||
Physical/virtual servers where the patches can be applied | - | - | - | - (*3) | |||||
Information about the Fujitsu middleware patches that have already been applied to the physical/virtual servers that make up the system | - | - | - | Y | |||||
Software information | Information about the Fujitsu middleware products that have already been installed on the physical/virtual servers that make up the system | - | - | - | Y | ||||
Y: Can be collected.
-: Cannot be collected.
*1: IP addresses only
*2: This information is not collected by the swcfmg_patch_updateinfo command. Information about Fujitsu middleware patches is registered in the CMDB by executing the swcfmg_fjmwpatch_update command (the Fujitsu middleware patch registration command). Refer to the Reference Guide for more details.
*3: This information is not collected by the swcfmg_patch_updateinfo command. If a tenant user or tenant administrator makes a patch distribution/application request, authorization information for the physical or virtual servers to which the patch can be applied will be registered in the CMDB. Refer to "Patch Management" in the Operation Guide for information on how to make patch distribution/ application requests.
The timing of discovery
Discovery is performed at the following times:
Regular discovery
Discovery is executed periodically according to a schedule.
Manual discovery
Discovery is manually performed by the infrastructure administrator executing a command.
With regular discovery, the latest software configuration information is collected according to a schedule that the infrastructure administrator has defined in advance. The operating system's scheduler function is used for the schedule definition.
Figure 2.2 Regular discovery
With manual discovery, the infrastructure administrator collects the latest software configuration information by executing the swcfmg_patch_updateinfo command to perform discovery.
Figure 2.3 Manual discovery
