CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [H04L 41/122 (2022.05); H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A computer implemented method to discover reachable devices in a virtual environment, the method comprising:
providing a systems management console including a systems management agent configured to communicate with a virtual environment management console, the virtual environment management console hosted on a virtual management server and configured to manage a virtual environment;
receiving, by the systems management console, a network address of a device in the virtual environment;
determining, by the systems management console, a network address associated with the virtual environment management server from the received network address of the device in the virtual environment;
sending, by the systems management console via the systems management agent to the virtual environment management console using the determined network address associated with the virtual environment management server, a request for network addresses of virtual machine (VM) host servers and VMs in the virtual environment;
receiving, by the systems management console via the systems management agent from the virtual environment management console, the network addresses of the VM host servers and the VMs in the virtual environment; and
providing, by the systems management console, a notification of the VM host servers and the VMs discovered in the virtual environment.
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