Group Definitions
Important:The product name for this user guide has changed from Foundation and Cloudscape to Business Service Discovery and Migration Planning. Previous UI pages known as Foundation have changed to Business Service Discovery. Previous UI pages known as CloudScape have changed to Migration Planning.
The following table lists group definitions.
Term |
Definition |
RSG Groups (aka Infrastructure Service Groups) |
Servers in these groups match an existing profile for the particular application group they are placed. For details, see the table in Infrastructure Service Groups. |
AutoApp_XX Groups |
Any device that does not match a predefined profile will be grouped into an AutoApp group based on its critical connectivity. |
Isolated Devices |
Devices in this group have had connectivity collected (there is an existing connectivity record where the specific device is either the source or destination of the connection), but none of the collected connections or processes would cause the specific server to join into an AutoApp or RSG Group. |
No Connectivity |
Any device where there is not an existing connectivity record where it is either the source or destination of the connection will end up in the No Connectivity group. (i.e. we do not have any connectivity to or from this device) |
RSG-95th Highly Connected Stack |
Is the top 5% of hosts by connectivity in the network that are available to go into AutoApp_XX groups. In other words, it is the list of servers that talk the MOST that are not RSG eligible. |
RSG-Out of Scope Services |
IP addresses and / or device names will appear in this group if they are offering one of the following services: MSSQL, MySQL, oracle, NFS, or iSCSI, but are either not licensed, or their IP is out of scope (not included in the subnet ranges requested to be scanned). |
AutoSchemaDependency_XX |
Any device who has a connection collected from our database collection module, as described in Database Module. |
The Intelligent Application Grouping Algorithm identifies and isolates devices which provide infrastructure-critical services. These infrastructure services should not be considered part of any individual Business Service, but rather as a distinct type of IT property which may be evaluated and managed separately from the more business-logic-driven stacks which our algorithm identifies based on common connectivity.
Here is a list of all of the Infrastructure Service Groups we currently create. If any servers in your environment fit into one of these groups, the group will be automatically created and the server will be placed into it, rather than into a Business Service group. Note that for historical reasons, the moniker “RSG” is appended to all Infrastructure Service Groups.
Service Name |
Service Description |
Identification Logic |
Active Directory |
Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controllers |
Reported in inventory as PDC or BDC |
Backup Exec Server |
Veritas Backup and Recovery service |
Running beserver.eve |
BigFix Relay |
Endpoint management services |
Running besrelay.exe |
BigFix Root |
Endpoint management services |
Running besrootserver.exe |
Certificate Service |
Certification authority |
Running certsrv |
Citrix |
Virtual/remote desktop service |
Running Citrix ICA Host |
Deep Freeze (NEW) |
Image restoration |
Running DFServerService.exe |
ECi FMAudit (NEW) |
device/printer management |
Running Eci FMAudit Onsite |
EG Innovations |
Application performance monitoring |
Running egurkha and nfping |
EMC Networker |
Data protection and backup |
Running nsrjobd or nsrmmd |
EMC Smarts |
Virtual infrastructure management |
Running incharge |
Enterprise Vault |
Data retention and archiving |
Running enterprisevault |
ERA Remote Administrator (NEW) |
ERA Remote Administrator |
Runing eraserver |
ESET Remote Administrator (NEW) |
ESET Remote Administrator |
Running SET Remote Administrator Service |
Graphite |
Graphite monitoring tool |
Running carbon-cache or carbon-relay |
Kaspersky Lab Administrator (NEW) |
Endpoint security |
Running Administrator Kit Server |
Lansweeper (NEW) |
IT asset management |
Running lansweeperservice |
Lync |
Chat (Skype for Business) |
Running Lync server processes |
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator |
endpoint management |
Running ePolicy Orchestrator |
McAfee Foundscan |
McAfee antivirus security |
Running foundscan |
Microsoft Exchange Server |
Mail/calendar/etc |
Running Microsoft Exchange Server |
Microsoft Operations Manager |
Datacenter monitoring service |
Running MonitoringHost.exe |
Nagios |
Nagios monitoring tool |
Running NRPE daemon |
NAS Devices |
Network Storage devices |
Hostname matches “netapp” or “isilon” |
Network Devices |
Switches, routers, access points |
Reported in inventory as switch, router, or access point |
NFS |
Network File System servers |
Running nfsd |
Octopus Deploy Server (NEW) |
Continuous delivery and deployment |
Running Octopus deploy server process |
Papercut Print Control (NEW) |
Printer management |
Running pc-server.exe |
Parity Server (NEW) |
Endpoint security |
Running parityserver.exe |
Quest ChangeAuditor |
Monitoring/auditing |
Running NPSrvHost.exe |
Remote Desktop |
Remote desktop |
Running rdpshell.exe |
ServiceNow MID Server |
Management, Instrumentation, and Discovery service |
Running servicenow or mid server application |
ShoreTel IPDS (NEW) |
Print Management |
Running ShoreTel ipds |
Solarwinds |
Solarwinds network monitoring |
Running a non-agent solarwind process |
Solarwinds Serv U File Server (NEW) |
Managed File Transfer |
Running Serv-U.exe |
Sophos (NEW) |
Endpoint protection |
Running Sophos Management Server or Console |
SOTI Mobicontrol Deployment Server (NEW) |
Mobile/IOT endpoint management |
Running SOTI mcdeplsvr |
Splunk |
data monitoring |
Running splunk service processes |
Symantec Endpoint |
Symantec antivirus security |
Running Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager |
Trend Micro Service |
Trend Micro antivirus security |
Running Trend Micro or Officescan database server process |
Veeam |
Veeam backup and data recovery |
Running Veeam.Backup.Service.exe |
VMWare Horizon (NEW) |
Virtual desktop manager |
Running VMWare Horizon or VMWare View Server processes |
VMware Recovery Manager |
VMWare disaster recovery |
Running vmware-dr |
WSUS |
Windows Server Update Service |
Running wsusservice.exe |
YumRepo |
RedHat repository service |
Running yumrepo_sync |