GSLB Mode

A GSLB discovery is performed using the GSLB servers/Wide IP(s) that are parsed after the device addition in AppViewX inventory. An Inframap is created after successful completion of discovering the following objects:
  • The virtual servers, end servers, pools, and pool members associated with the device are retrieved from the database.
  • The virtual server retrieves the certificate details using profiles.
  • The virtual IP address retrieves the NAT rules, ingress, and egress security policies associated with the source and destination IP port.
  • The pool member IP address retrieves the certificate details, NAT rules, ingress, and egress firewall security policies at the end server level.

To discover an application infrastructure based on GSLB:

  1. Click and select AppVision > Application.
    The Application screen opens with the Inframap tab selected by default.
  2. Click in the command bar.
    The Discovery screen that pops up displays all the pre-configured quick discovery modes.
  3. Click beside the GSLB discovery mode.
  4. Select the Yes or No radio button depending on whether you want to discover all the GSLB/BIG-IP DNS associated with the devices that are managed in AppViewX. Skip to step 7. to build the Inframaps.
  5. To discover the GSLB/BIG-IP DNS of a specific device, click No in step 5 and do the following:
    1. In the Device dropdown field, select the device whose objects you want to fetch from the database.
    2. In the GSLB Servers / Wide IP dropdown field, select the GSLB server or wide IP for which you want to build an Inframap.
    3. Click .
      The device and GSLB server details are displayed in the GSLB/BIG-IP DNS table at the bottom of the screen. You can delete or modify the details by selecting the checkbox beside the troubleshooting options in the table at the bottom of the screen and then clicking either or .
  6. Click Discover to trigger the discovery.
    A new Request ID is created. The request details along with their status are displayed in the Discovery status tab.
  7. Click the Request ID to view the work order tasks or phases of the corresponding request are listed in a tree-view. You can click each task to view its details.
    Wherever applicable, all the logs related to the selected task are displayed in the Logs pane at the bottom of the screen.