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The connector creates Inventory files in the snowpack format (.snowpack). The following sections list the fields that are used in the snowpack manifest and what information they are populated with.
BIOS
Service Manager
Field in snowpack manifest | Field in SIM configuration |
|---|---|
Serial | VirtualMachine (classic) | VirtualMachineId |
Vendor | Hardcoded to "Microsoft" |
Resource Manager
Field in snowpack manifest | Field in SIM configuration |
|---|---|
Serial | VirtualMachine | VirtualMachineId |
Vendor | Hard coded to "Microsoft" |
Identity
Resource Manager
Field in snowpack manifest | Field in Azure Resource Manager API |
|---|---|
Azure: VmId | VirtualMachine | VirtualMachineId |
SIM
Resource Manager
Field in snowpack manifest | Field in Azure Resource Manager API |
|---|---|
ID | VirtualMachine | VirtualMachineId |
Source
Field in snowpack manifest | Field in SIM configuration |
|---|---|
Name | A constant that is set by the connector. Value = "external-discovery-sim-azure" |
SiteName | A local site name set in the connector configuration overrides the global site id for SIM. |
Name
Service Manager
Field in snowpack manifest | Field in Azure Service Manager API |
|---|---|
Name | VirtualMachine (classic) | Name |
DNSHostName | VirtualMachine (classic) | Name |
Resource Manager
Field in snowpack manifest | Field in Azure Resource Manager API |
|---|---|
Name | VirtualMachine | Name |
DNSHostName | VirtualMachine | Name |
Network
Service Manager
Field in snowpack manifest | Field in Azure Service Manager API |
|---|---|
MAC | <Not available> |
IPAddress | VirtualMachine (classic) | IP addresses | IP address |
Resource Manager
Field in snowpack manifest | Field in Azure Resource Manager API |
|---|---|
MAC | VirtualMachine | Networkinterfaces | Networkinterface | Properties | MAC Address |
IPAddress | VirtualMachine | Networkinterfaces | Networkinterface | Private IP address |