BMC Discovery 21.x: Fundamentals Application Modeling BMC Discovery 21.x: Fundamentals Application Modeling

Course Overview

Using BMC Discovery, applications may be mapped to the IT infrastructure while data centre inventory, configuration, and relationship data are automatically discovered. By offering timely and useful data to make educated decisions in IT service management, asset management, and infrastructure/operations management, BMC Discovery lays the groundwork for enhancing IT processes and productivity.

The fundamental ideas and features of BMC Discovery are covered in this course. The course discusses BMC Discovery's updated features and enhancements. The participants will be given all the information they require regarding the architecture, features, utilities, configurations, and troubleshooting advice for the best deployment.

Course Outline

Module 1: BMC Discovery Overview 

• BMC Discovery Concepts 
• UI Overview 

Module 2: User Administration and Security 

• User Management 
• LDAP Integration 
• Security Policy 
• General Security Concepts at the CLI

 Module 3: Running Discovery - Concepts 

• Basic Discovery Essentials 

Module 4: Configuring and Managing Full Discovery and Credentials 

• The Credential Vault 
• BMC Discovery Credentials 
• Windows Credentials 
• PowerShell Credentials 
• Device Credentials 
• Credential Filtering and Ordering 
• Testing Credentials 
• Scope 

Module 5: Understanding Taxonomy and the Discovery Data Model 

• Taxonomy Basics 
• Understanding Data Models 
• Viewing the Taxonomy 

Module 6: Discovery Process Overview 

• Basic Philosophy 
• First Scan Details 
• Second Scan Details 
• Optimization Details 
• Bringing it All Together 

Module 7: Managing the Discovery Platform Scripts 

• Platforms 
• UNIX Discovery Scripts 
• Windows Discovery Scripts 
• SNMP Discovery Scripts 
• VMware ESX Discovery Scripts 

Module 8: Discovery Investigation and Troubleshooting 

• Investigating and Troubleshooting per Discovery Run 
• Investigating and Troubleshooting per Discovery Access 
• Mapping Discovery Access Page to Platform Page 
• Investigating and Troubleshooting per Host Node 
• Investigating and Troubleshooting from the Discovery Dashboard 
• Discovery Conditions 
• Discovery Reports 

Module 9: Storage and Load Balancer Discovery 

• Storage Discovery 
• Viewing Storage Discovery Results 
• Load Balancer Discovery 
• Viewing Load Balancer Discovery Results

Module 10: Software and Hardware Containers Overview 

• Describe Software Containers 
• Describe Software Container Orchestration Software 
• Describe Hardware Containers 

Module 11: Patterns Overview 

• Pattern Basics 
• Data Models and Pattern Configuration 

Module 12: Visualizations Overview 

• Displaying and Saving Visualizations 
• Introduction to Application Mapping with Visualization

 Module 13: Introduction to Cloud Discovery 

• Introduction to Cloud Discovery 
• Overview of Performing Cloud Discovery 
• Viewing Cloud Data 

Module 14: Dashboards Overview 

• Dashboard Basics 
• Channels Overview 
• Adding Channels 
• Working with Dashboards 
• Dashboards in the CLI 

Module 15: CMDB Synchronization Overview 

• CMDB Synchronization Overview 
• Configuring the CMDB Connection 
• CMDB Filters 
• Configuring CMDB Synchronization 
• Multitenancy 
• CMDB Synchronization in a Cluster 
• Viewing CIs in the CMDB

 Module 16: Query Builder and Query Language Overview 

• Types of Searches 
• Query Builder Basics 
• Query Builder Layout 
• Building a Query 
• Custom Reports 
• Formulating Queries 
• The SEARCH and WHERE Clauses 
• The SHOW Clause 
• Matches in Regular Expressions 
• Advanced Query Language 

Module 17: Appliance Baseline and Security Overview 

• Introduction to Appliance Baseline 
• Viewing Baseline Differences 
•  Updating and Configuring Baselines 
•  Appliance Security 
•  Appliance Hardening and Firewall 

Module 18: Clustering and Consolidation 

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