Discovery for data-center virtualization

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title: Discovery for data-center virtualization
description: Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns identify and classify information about virtual machines discovered in a data-center.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
product: Discovery
classification: discovery
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
keywords: [data center virtualization, virtual machine, vm discovery]
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# Discovery for data-center virtualization

Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns identify and classify information about virtual machines discovered in a data-center.

## Data collected

|Label|Table Name|Field Name|
|-----|----------|----------|
|CPUs|cmdb\_ci\_vm\_instance|cpus|
|Disks|cmdb\_ci\_vm\_instance|disks|
|Disks size|cmdb\_ci\_vm\_instance|disks\_size|
|Image path|cmdb\_ci\_vmware\_instance|image\_path|
|Memory|cmdb\_ci\_vm\_instance|memory|
|Network adapters|cmdb\_ci\_vm\_instance|nics|
|State|cmdb\_ci\_vm\_instance|state|
|Template|cmdb\_ci\_vmware\_instance|template|
|vCenter Reference|cmdb\_ci\_vmware\_instance|vcenter\_ref|
|vCenter Reference UUID|cmdb\_ci\_vmware\_instance|vcenter\_uuid|