vCenter Discovery - CI Relationship Missing

[amitbansal1]

Hi there,

I am populating CMDB with vCenter data. I am using the Discovery probe 'Discover vCenter Details'.

The discovery probe is successfully populating data into following CIs:

• Datacenters
• Clusters
• ESX Servers
• VM Instances
• Data Stores
• Folders
• Networks
• Resource Pools

But the relationships are missing. As per wiki, the following relationships should get populated:

vCenter data collected

Parent Class	Relationship Type	Child Class	Relationship Key Class
Computer [cmdb_ci_computer]	Virtualized by::Virtualizes	ESX Server [cmdb_ci_esx_server]	Child
VMware Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vmware_instance]	Registered on::Has registered	ESX Server [cmdb_ci_esx_server]	Child
VMware Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vmware_instance]	Connected by::Connects	VMware vCenter Network [cmdb_ci_vcenter_network]	Parent
VMware vCenter Network [cmdb_ci_vcenter_network]	Provided by::Provides	ESX Server [cmdb_ci_esx_server]	Parent
VMware vCenter Datastore [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datastore]	Provides storage for::Stored on	VMware Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vmware_instance]	Parent
VMware vCenter Datastore [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datastore]	Used by::Uses	ESX Server [cmdb_ci_esx_server]	Child
VMware vCenter Cluster [cmdb_ci_vcenter_cluster]	Members::Member of	ESX Server [cmdb_ci_esx_server]	Child
ESX Resource Pool [cmdb_ci_esx_resource_pool]	Defines resources for::Get resources from	VMware vCenter Cluster [cmdb_ci_vcenter_cluster]	Parent
ESX Resource Pool [cmdb_ci_esx_resource_pool]	Defines resources for::Get resources from	ESX Server [cmdb_ci_esx_server]	Parent
VMware vCenter Folder [cmdb_ci_vcenter_folder]	Contains::Contained by	VMware vCenter Datastore [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datastore]	Parent
VMware vCenter Folder [cmdb_ci_vcenter_folder]	Contains::Contained by	VMware vCenter Folder [cmdb_ci_vcenter_folder]	Parent
VMware vCenter Folder [cmdb_ci_vcenter_folder]	Contains::Contained by	Virtual Machine Template [cmdb_ci_vmware_template]	Parent
VMware vCenter Folder [cmdb_ci_vcenter_folder]	Contains::Contained by	VMware Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vmware_instance]	Parent
VMware vCenter Datacenter [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datacenter]	Contains::Contained by	VMware vCenter Network [cmdb_ci_vcenter_network]	Parent
VMware vCenter Datacenter [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datacenter]	Contains::Contained by	VMware Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vmware_instance]	Parent
VMware vCenter Datacenter [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datacenter]	Contains::Contained by	ESX Server [cmdb_ci_esx_server]	Parent
VMware vCenter Datacenter [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datacenter]	Contains::Contained by	VMware vCenter Datastore [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datastore]	Parent
VMware vCenter Datacenter [cmdb_ci_vcenter_datacenter]	Contains::Contained by	VMware vCenter Folder [cmdb_ci_vcenter_folder]	Parent

But none of these relationships are getting populated. The CI relationship table CMDB_REL_CI do not contain any of the above CI relationships.

I have also checked the access control, the table's access control contains the role assigned to mid-server.

Please suggest if I am missing something.

Thanks,

Amit

[tomcollins]

I am have problems with the discovery of the "Managed by:Manages" relationship? It is not being created. I would expect that when in the ESX server CI, I would see a "Managed by" relationship to the vCenter instance managing it. I can manually create it but I would prefer not to.

Then I am in the vCenter instance CI I can see the ESX Server CI.

Thoughts?

[angeliccharm]

Hi Amit and Thomas,

It'd be helpful to have a screenshot of the dependency viewer of the ESX server CIs showing what they are missing. Probably be best to set up a one-on-one call with us to discuss your situations further. Email me at lisa@configuretek.com and we'll coordinate.

[sussid]

Hi,

We have exactly the same issue as the original poster, has there been any developments for you regarding the matter?