SmartState analysis

SmartState analysis is a key feature of Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine. It uses SmartProxy to extract internal information of a virtual machine—such as user accounts, applications, software patches, and so on—and processes all of this. Every zone must have at least one CloudForms management server with the SmartState role enabled.

There are more prerequisites for this:

• SmartState Analysis role has to be enabled in the Server Control Settings

• SmartProxy has to be enabled in the Server Control Settings

• SmartProxy has to be installed on the host running the virtual machines with visibility to the data store (the storage location)

There are other infrastructure\vendor-specific requirements, and you should refer to them before running a SmartState analysis on them.

SmartProxy

SmartProxy is a program within the Red Hat CloudForms Management engine that, when enabled on the Management Engine server (or installed on a remote host), analyzes the virtual machines registered or running...