Virima 6.1: More Assets, Smarter CMDB, Faster Mapping

Modern infrastructure moves fast. Your visibility should keep up.

The Virima 6.1 release expands discovery across network stacks, databases, cloud services, and storage while making your CMDB and ViVID™ service maps easier to navigate and trust. It’s about seeing more of your environment, modeling relationships more accurately in your CMDB, and acting faster when it matters.

If you’ve ever approved a change without realizing a switch stack had multiple members, missed a database dependency during impact analysis, or struggled to explain a service map inventory management during an incident call, this release is for you.

Here’s what’s new.

Switch stacks, modeled the right way

Not all switches are single devices. Many are stacks. And when they’re flattened into one CI, you lose visibility.

Virima 6.1 now discovers Juniper switch stacks via SNMP and Cisco switch stacks via SSH. Each stack is modeled as its own configuration item. Each member is discovered individually. Relationships are created automatically.

That means clearer network topology, more accurate change impact analysis, faster troubleshooting when a single stack member fails, and better downstream dependency visibility in service maps.

Instead of guessing what’s inside the stack, you see it.

Databases are no longer hidden dependencies

Applications rely on configuration management databases. But databases don’t always show up clearly in service maps.

Virima 6.1 release expands discovery to include Oracle databases (via deep host scan on Windows and Linux) and MySQL 5.0 and 8.0 (agent-based on Windows and Linux). When discovered, databases are automatically linked to their host servers with “runs on” relationships.

Now, when you look at a business service, you don’t just see compute and network layers. You see the database tier clearly represented.

During incidents, that means faster root-cause isolation. At change reviews, it means fewer surprises. During audits, it means cleaner dependency documentation.

Standalone ESXi hosts are finally visible

Not every ESXi host belongs to a cluster. Some sit outside quietly.

Virima 6.1 release identifies ESXi hosts discovered via vCenter that aren’t part of any cluster. These clusterless resources’ switch stack discovery often becomes a blind spot in governance and change planning.

Now they’re surfaced clearly, so you can assess compliance, identify decommission candidates, and reduce shadow infrastructure.

No more assumptions about virtual machines coverage.

Deeper cloud discovery across AWS and Azure

Cloud environments change constantly. Discovery needs to keep up.

New AWS services discovered

Virima 6.1 release adds discovery for App Runner, ECS, EKS, Lambda, and Batch. We’ve also expanded EC2 metadata and introduced a unified Account ID property across AWS resources, making multi-account environments easier to report on and govern.

Expanded Azure coverage

Virima 6.1 release now discovers AKS, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Storage Accounts, Key Vault, Neo4J, Oracle Database, and PostgreSQL. configuration management database cmdb you’ll also see richer VM metadata like Type, Device Location, and License Type. Asset discovery helpful for cost allocation and compliance tracking.

Clearer import visibility

For both AWS and Azure, you can now see whether imports are importing, completed, or failed.

No more wondering whether the discovery finished successfully.

Storage and HCI discovery (beta)

Storage is often where problems hide.

Virima 6.1 release introduces beta discovery for Nutanix (clusters, nodes, storage pools, VMs, disks), NetApp ONTAP configuration items cis (clusters, SVMs, volumes, LUNs, snapshots, interfaces), and HP MSA (arrays, controllers, disks, volumes).

These asset inventory operating systems are fully modeled in the CMDB and visible in business service maps, preserving relationship chains across compute, storage, and application layers. This is especially important in hybrid and HCI environments, where storage boundaries blur with compute.

Beta features require the automated Discovery Application v6.1.4023 or higher. We’ll continue expanding ip addresses coverage here.

ViVID™ service maps that are easier to use

Discovery only helps if teams can navigate what they’ve found. Two updates make ViVID™ faster to work with in 6.1.

Zoom and drag across all layouts

Service maps now support zoom and drag in horizontal, vertical, and radial layouts.

Exploring a 50+ CI service? Network devices manage assets. Presenting risk management dependencies during an incident call? You can pan and zoom naturally instead of fighting the layout.

One-click CMDB access

The CMDB is now directly accessible from cmdb discovery the left navigation.

Fewer clicks. Faster workflows. Especially helpful for teams that live inside CI views daily.

For a more detailed update, read this latest release note 6.1

Governance and reporting upgrades

Unauthorized CI count widget

Enterprise dashboards now include a widget that shows the count of unauthorized configuration items. You can drill down directly into the affected CI list, making shadow IT and compliance gaps easier to spot and remediate.

Export Windows software to Excel

From the Installed Software versions Components view, you can now export installed and uninstalled Windows software to Excel.

Useful for license audits, vendor negotiations, hybrid environment IT compliance reporting, and identifying software sprawl.

Stronger ServiceNow integration

Virima 6.1 improves ServiceNow synchronization with detailed sync logs, the ability to abort in-progress syncs, and reverse sync to reflect validated ServiceNow updates back into Virima.

This strengthens bi-directional data integrity and reduces reconciliation risk.

Platform security upgrades

Security and trust matter.

Virima 6.1 release introduces multi-factor authentication (Azure AD and Active Directory supported), mutual TLS between the Discovery Agent and Discovery methods Application, and an upgrade to Java 21 for performance and security improvements.

These updates enhance platform resilience and improve scalability in large environments.

What this release is exactly about

EMA’s 2025 ServiceOps research shows that organizations increasingly prioritize real-time discovery, dependency mapping, and CMDB accuracy to reduce outages and improve MTTR.

IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report reinforces the same point from a security lens: the global average breach cost reached $4.88 million, with security teams citing incomplete infrastructure visibility as a key factor in extended breach detection timelines. Accurate CMDB coverage is not just an operational asset — it is a core component of enterprise security posture.

Virima 6.1 focuses on exactly that foundation. More complete discovery across network, database, cloud, and storage layers. Clearer relationships are modeled in your CMDB and surfaced through ViVID™ service maps.

Better usability when you’re navigating a complex service during an incident call. Stronger integration and security controls underneath it all.