Azure availability sets discovery using patterns

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 3, 2025
  • 1 minute to read

    • Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns uses the Azure - Availability Set (LP) pattern to discover Azure availability sets during horizontal discovery. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

    Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

    Verify the Azure discovery prerequisites section in Microsoft Azure Cloud components discovery using patterns.

    Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

    Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Azure - Availability Set (LP) pattern.

    Table 1. Availability Set [cmdb_ci_availability_set]
    Field Description
    Object ID [object_id]​ A unique identifier, allocated by Microsoft Azure for this resource.
    Name [name] The Name or ID if no Name is specified for the availability zone.
    Install Status [install_status]​ Resource provisioning status.

    CI relationships

    Discovery creates these relationships to support the Azure availability sets discovery.

    CI Relationship CI
    Resource Group [cmdb_ci_resource_group] Contains::Contained by Availability Set [cmdb_ci_availability_set]
    Azure Datacenter [cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter] Contains::Contained by Availability Set [cmdb_ci_availability_set]