SLB Mode

A reverse lookup is performed using the SLB/Virtual Servers that are parsed after the device addition in AppViewX inventory. An Inframap is created using the hostname after successful completion of discovering the following objects:

  • The virtual server 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 SLB:

  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 SLB discovery mode.
  4. Select the Yes or No radio button depending on whether you want to discover all the SLB/Virtual Servers associated with the devices that are managed in AppViewX. Skip to step 7. to build the Inframaps.
  5. To discover the SLB/Virtual Servers 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 SLB/Virtual Servers dropdown field, select the SLB server or virtual server for which you want to build an Inframap.
    3. Click .
    4. The device and SLB/Virtual server details are displayed in the SLB/Virtual Servers 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.