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title: Alibaba Cloud availability zone pattern-based discovery
description: Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns uses the Alibaba - Availability Zone \(LP\) pattern to discover availability zones during horizontal discovery. Discovering some of these resources might require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.
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# Alibaba Cloud availability zone pattern-based discovery

Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns uses the Alibaba - Availability Zone \(LP\) pattern to discover availability zones during horizontal discovery. Discovering some of these resources might require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

## Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

Verify the Alibaba Cloud discovery prerequisites section in [Alibaba Cloud discovery using patterns](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery-and-service-mapping-patterns/alibaba-cloud-discovery-pattern.md).

## Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Alibaba - Availability Zone \(LP\) pattern.

|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Name \[name\]|Zone ID of the Alibaba Cloud availability zone.|
|Object ID \[object\_id\]|Zone ID of the Alibaba Cloud availability zone.|
|Install Status \[install\_status\]|Install status of the availability zone. Default value is Installed.|

## CI relationships

Discovery creates these relationships to support the availability zone discovery.

|CI|Relationship|CI|
|---|------------|---|
|Alibaba Datacenter \[cmdb\_ci\_alibaba\_datacenter\]|Contains::Contained by|Availability Zone \[cmdb\_ci\_availability\_zone\]|

**Parent Topic:**[Alibaba Cloud discovery using patterns](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery-and-service-mapping-patterns/alibaba-cloud-discovery-pattern.md)