Azure virtual machine pattern-based discovery

Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds Azure virtual machines (VMs) on your cloud environment. 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 Microsoft Azure discovery prerequisites

For more information, see the prerequisites section in Microsoft Azure Cloud components discovery using patterns.

(Optional) Exclude temporary Azure Databricks VMs

Starting with Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns version 1.30.2, you can reduce short-lived configuration item (CI) records by excluding temporary Azure Databricks VMs. For more information, see Exclude temporary Azure Databricks virtual machines.

Create Server CIs during cloud discovery without running IP-based discovery

Starting with Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns version 1.31.0, you can create Server CIs during cloud discovery without running IP-based discovery. For more information, see Server CI population during cloud discovery.

Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Azure - Virtual Machine (LP) pattern.

Table 1. Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]

Field	Description
Name [name]	Name of the virtual machine.
Object ID [object_id]	A unique identifier allocated by Azure for this virtual machine.
VM Instance ID [vm_inst_id]	The unique virtual machine identifier assigned by Azure.
State [state]	Power state of the virtual machine. Possible values include: On, Off, or Terminated.
Memory (MB) [memory]	Memory capacity of the virtual machine in megabytes (MB).
CPUs [cpus]	Number of virtual CPUs (vCPUs) allocated to the virtual machine.
Disks [disks]	Total number of disks attached to the virtual machine, including OS disk and data disks.
Disk size [disks_size]	Total size of all disks attached to the virtual machine in gigabytes (GB).
Network adapters [nics]	Number of network interface cards (NICs) attached to the virtual machine.
Install Status [install_status]	Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.

Table 2. Instance Scale Set [cmdb_ci_instance_scale_set]

Field	Description
Object ID [object_id]	A unique identifier allocated by Azure for this Virtual Machine Scale Set instance.

Table 3. Storage Volume [cmdb_ci_storage_volume]

Field	Description
Object ID [object_id]	A unique identifier for the managed disk.
Name [name]	Name of the managed disk.

Table 4. Block Endpoint [cmdb_ci_endpoint_block]

Field	Description
Object ID [object_id]	A unique identifier for the disk endpoint.
Name [name]	Name of the disk endpoint.
Host [host]	The virtual machine object ID to which this disk endpoint is attached.

Table 5. Cloud Mgmt Network Interface [cmdb_ci_nic]

Field	Description
Object ID [object_id]	A unique identifier for the NIC.
Primary [primary]	Indicates whether this NIC is the primary network interface.

Table 6. VNIC Endpoint [cmdb_ci_endpoint_vnic]

Field	Description
Object ID [object_id]	A unique identifier for the virtual network interface endpoint.
Name [name]	Name of the virtual network interface endpoint.

Table 7. Availability Zone [cmdb_ci_availability_zone]

Field	Description
Object ID [object_id]	A unique identifier for the availability zone in the format: region-zone.
Name [name]	A unique identifier for the availability zone in the format: region-zone.
Install Status [install_status]	Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.

Table 8. Image [cmdb_ci_os_template] or Cloud Image [cmdb_ci_cloud_os_image]

Field	Description
Object ID [object_id]	A unique identifier for the OS image or custom image.
Name [name]	Name of the OS image or custom image.
Provider [provider]	Cloud provider. The value is set to AZURE. This field is only populated in the Cloud Image [cmdb_ci_cloud_os_image] table.

Note:

When using the Image [cmdb_ci_os_template] table to store Cloud OS images, you may notice an unusually large number of records. To avoid this issue, you can store the discovered OS images in the Cloud Image [cmdb_ci_cloud_os_image] table. For more information, see Enable Cloud OS Image discovery.

Table 9. Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_compute_template] or Cloud Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type]

Field	Description
Object ID [object_id]	The VM size Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) name.
Provider [provider]	Cloud provider. The value is set to AZURE. This field is only populated in the Cloud Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type] table.

Note:

When using the Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_compute_template] table to store the hardware types, you may notice an unusually large number of records. To avoid this issue, you can store the discovered hardware types in the Cloud Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type] table. For more information, see Enable the Cloud Hardware Type class extension.

CI relationships

The Azure - Virtual Machine (LP) pattern creates these relationships to support Azure VM discovery.

CI	Relationship	CI
Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]	Managed by::Manages	Instance Scale Set [cmdb_ci_instance_scale_set]
Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]	Hosted on::Hosts	Azure Datacenter [cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter]
Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]	Provisioned From::Provisioned	Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_compute_template] or Cloud Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type]
Storage Volume [cmdb_ci_storage_volume]	Hosted on::Hosts	Azure Datacenter [cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter]
Block Endpoint [cmdb_ci_endpoint_block]	Implement End Point To::Implement End Point From	Storage Volume [cmdb_ci_storage_volume]
Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]	Use End Point To::Use End Point From	Block Endpoint [cmdb_ci_endpoint_block]
Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]	Use End Point To::Use End Point From	VNIC Endpoint [cmdb_ci_endpoint_vnic]
VNIC Endpoint [cmdb_ci_endpoint_vnic]	Implement End Point To::Implement End Point From	Cloud Mgmt Network Interface [cmdb_ci_nic]
Resource Group [cmdb_ci_resource_group]	Contains::Contained by	Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]
Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]	Provisioned From::Provisioned	Image [cmdb_ci_os_template] or Cloud Image [cmdb_ci_cloud_os_image]
Image [cmdb_ci_os_template] or Cloud Image [cmdb_ci_cloud_os_image]	Hosted on::Hosts	Azure Datacenter [cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter]
Availability Zone [cmdb_ci_availability_zone]	Contains::Contained by	Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]
Azure Datacenter [cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter]	Contains::Contained by	Availability Zone [cmdb_ci_availability_zone]
Availability Set [cmdb_ci_availability_set]	Contains::Contained by	Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]
Key Value [cmdb_key_value]	References	Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]

Azure Tag discovery

The Azure - Virtual Machine (LP) pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.

Table 10. Key Value [cmdb_key_value]

Field	Description
Key [key]	Tag name.
Value [value]	Tag value.
Configuration item [configuration_item]	References the Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance] table.

Azure BYOL discovery

The pattern extension section discovers the following license types for Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) VMs:

• Bring Your Own License (BYOL)
• License included

The pattern stores the license type and model in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.

Note:

• For Windows VM using a custom image, Discovery populates key values only when the primary OS disk details are available.
• For RHEL VMs, Discovery populates information only for VMs that use Marketplace images.

Table 11. Key Value [cmdb_key_value]

Field	Description
Key [key]	The license type key, which is one of the following: Windows_OS_License_Type_automatic RHEL_OS_License_Type_automatic
Value [value]	The license model, which is one of the following: BYOL License Included
Configuration item [configuration_item]	References the Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance] table.

• Exclude temporary Azure Databricks virtual machines
  Reduce short-lived configuration item (CI) records by excluding temporary Azure Databricks virtual machines (VMs).