Hi
I am trying to find a good solution to updating the CMDB with vCenter CI's.
Obviously a near realtime vCenter cmdb update solution is perfect as introduced in the following appealing video (links to 12:15 min/sec)
Ask the Expert : Real-Time CMDB with Ben Yukich
Enabling the Discover vCenter workflow in the platform does not require a Discovery license as I read the following:
Administrators can configure instances with Orchestration to run the Discover vCenter workflow to po...
But - what I can't read is if this mean that we can use the vCenter Event Collector w/o Discovery as long as we have Orchestration? I am not sure if the following text implies a Discovery requirement:
In addition to finding vCenter data through the standard discovery process, Discovery can also updat...
The following link tells me that Discovery adheres to the Identification and Reconciliation framework:
You can control how Discovery handles duplicates using properties installed with Identification and ...
But - I can't find evidence that the inner workings of the vCenter Event Collector adhere to the Identification & Reconciliation framework too?
Sincirely,
Anders
