VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.2 User guide

Application Discovery Manager

User’s Guide

vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.2

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Contents

Contents 3

AboutThisBook 7

1 ArchitectureOverview 9

WhatDoesADMDo? 9

EssentialConcepts 10

ADMComponents 11

ActiveProbe 11

ADMArchitectureSolutions 12

Single‐BoxSetup 12

DistributedApplianceSolutions 12

2 GettingStarted 15

AccessingtheADMConsole 15

LogIntotheADMConsole 15

3 ManagingADM 17

Groups 17

Discovery 17

ApplicationPatterns 18

Changes 18

Fingerprints 19

IdentifyingApplicationbyPorts 19

Aging 20

DeletingAgingLogs 21

Users 21

Role‐BasedAccessControl 21

System 22

Licensing 22

4 Groups 25

Overview 25

Requirements 26

Built‐InGroups 26

User‐DefinedGroups 26

ImportingandExportingGroupDefinitions 29

5 Discovery 31

DiscoveryTypes 31

DiscoveryPlans 32

PassiveDiscovery 32

Policies 32

Plans 32

IPDiscovery 32

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Policies 33

DetailDiscovery 33

DetailDiscoveryTab 33

DeployingDetailDiscovery 36

DetailDiscoveryConfiguration 36

HowDoActiveProbeConfigurationsAffectDetailDiscoveryPolicies? 36

DetailDiscoveryPolicies 36

ConfiguringStandardOSAgents 37

DealingwithFirewalls 37

CheckingforResults 37

DetailDiscoveryProtocols 37

SSH 38

SNMP 39

WMI 40

Telnet 43

VI‐SDK 45

DiscoveringDependencieswithDetailDiscovery 46

ADMDependencyDiscoveryMethods 46

ChoosingaMethodofDependencyDiscovery 47

DiscoveryStrategyfor

UsingOnlyDetailDiscoveryforDependencies 48

VMwareDiscovery 49

VMwareTerminologyOverview 49

VMwareDiscoveryinADM 49

UseCase 50

UsingVI‐SDKforDetailDiscovery 51

Capabilities 52

6 ApplicationPatterns 55

Overview 55

ApplicationPatternDefinitions 55

NodeRules 56

ConnectivityRules 56

MandatoryNodeRules 56

UnifyingNodeRules 57

ApplicationPatternInstances 58

ViewingApplicationPatternDefinitionsandInstances 58

ApplicationPatternDefinitions 58

ApplicationPatternInstances 60

ApplicationDiscoveryProcess 61

UseCase:CreatingDefinitionsandViewingtheResultingInstances 61

7 Report 63

Reporttypes 63

ExportingandPrintingReports 64

8 Connectors 65

ConnectorsOverview 65

EMCSmartsIntegration 65

Status 66

Configuration 67

Log 68

UnregisterADM 68

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CompleteSynchronize 68

DisplayingADMdatainSAM 68

CustomReports 70

9 Solver 71

Overview 71

ReportsintheSolverTab 71

Index 73

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TheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManagerUser’sGuidedescribestheuserinterfaceof

ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM).Italsoprovidesinformationthatthecustomersneed,tomanagethe

ADM.

Intended Audience

ThisdocumentispartoftheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerdocumentationset,andis

intendedforusebycorporateinformationtechnology(IT)personnelwhoneedstomonitorenterprise

applicationsandresourcesandmakedecisionsaboutacquiring,allocating,andmodifyingtheseresources.

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TheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)isanenterprisedatacentermanagement

solutionthatusesagentlessdiscoveryandprovidescontinuousdependencymappingofapplications.

ADMhelpsyougainanunderstandingofyourservicedependencies.ADMalsoprovidesautomatedand

real‐timeapplicationdiscoverycapabilityacrossphysicalandvirtualenvironments.

Anaccurateapplication

dependencymapisessentialtovirtualizeapplications,movedatacenters,buildasite

recoveryplan,andtomoveaservicetothecloud.

ThischapterdescribesdifferentADMarchitecturesolutionsandalsodescribeshowtoconfigureanddeploy

them.Topicsinclude:

 “WhatDoesADMDo?”onpage 9

 “EssentialConcepts”onpage 10

 “A D M Components”onpage 11

 “A D M ArchitectureSolutions”onpage 12

What Does ADM Do?

ADMperformsthefollowinghigh‐levelfunctions:

 ADMdiscoversConfigurationItems(CIs).Italsodiscoverstherelationshipsanddependenciesbetween

theseinstancesinrealtime.ThediscoverydataisstoredintheManagementDataRepository.Themap

featureintheUserInterface(UI)providesagraphicalrepresentationoftherelationshipsand

dependenciesbetweenalltheCIs.

 ADMdeterminesthebaselineofusagefortheseconfigurationitems.Further,theADMdetects

inconsistenciesfromthenorm.

 ADMprovidesimpactandpredictivereportingandhelpsyoutroubleshooterrors.

ADMhelpstoaccuratelyanswerthefollowingquestions:

 Whathosts,applications,andconnectionsdoIhave?

 HowareCIsused?

 Whatarethedependenciesamongthem?

Architecture Overview

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NOTEADMprovidesbothknownandunknowninformationaboutaninfrastructure.Ittellsyouwhat

youknow,andwhatyoudonotknow.Forexample,youmightthinkthatnolaptopsarecommunicating

withadatabaseserver.Usingthemap,youcanseethehoststhatyouknowareinyour

infrastructure.

However,youmightalsoseethattherearehostsorlaptopscommunicatingwiththedatabaseserver.

N

OTEBaselineisthefirst24hoursofactivityofaconfigurationitem.

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 WherearethehiddenoptimizationopportunitiesandhowcanIcapitalizeonthem?

 Howwilltheseapplicationchangesimpactmybusiness?

 Whataretherisks?

 WhataretheproblemsandhowcanIsolvethem?

Essential Concepts

Table 1‐1definesessentialconceptsofADM.

Table 1-1. Essential Concepts

Concept Definition

ConfigurationItem(CI) ACIisahost(thiscanalsoincludenetworkdevicessuchasswitchesorrouters),an

application(alsoknownasaservice),oranetworkconnection.Forexample,aLinux

host,Ciscorouter,orVMware

®

ESX™ServerareallhostCIs.Oracleisanapplication

CI.HTTP

andSSHarenetworkconnectionCIs.

Discovery Discoveryisacontinuousprocessthatcreatesandmaintainsadetailedmodelofyour

applicationenvironment.ADMdiscoversCIs.Chapter 5containsmoreinformation

aboutdiscovery.

ManagementData

Repository(MDR)

TheMDRisthedatabaseofADM.Whenconfigurationiteminformationis

discovered,itisstoredin

theMDRafterreconciliation.

Groups Agroupisabuilt‐inoruser‐definedcollectionofoneormoreCIs.Theadminuserscan

creategroupssothattheycaneasilyview,analyze,andtrackthespecificsubsetof

data.GroupcreationallowstheadminusertoclassifyCIsintologicalsets

or

collectionssothatactionssuchascreatingreports,policies,orviewingtheinventory

isappliedtospecificgroups,insteadoftheentiredatabaseofCIs.Chapter 4contains

moreinformationaboutgroups.

Change AchangeisanychangetoaCI.Forexample,achangetoaconfigurationfileonahost



isachange.

Changetracking Changetrackingreferstoachangeinthediscoveredenvironment,suchasachange

intheamountofactivityonahost,achange inthedemandonahostorservice,ora

newhostorconnectionthatispresentinthediscoveredenvironment.Change

trackingreferstobehavioralchanges.ADMallowsyoutocreatechangetracking

policiesthattrackbehavioralchangesinyourapplicationenvironment.

Applicationpattern ADMdiscoversbusinessapplicationsbycreatingapplicationpatterns.Theadminuser

cancreatethesefromtheManagetab,oraVMwareProfessionalServices

representativecanprovideyouthese.An

applicationpatterndefinitionconsistsofset

ofrulesthatdescribetherequestedpattern.Thetwosetofrulesarenoderulesand

connectivityrules.ADManalyzestheapplicationpatterndefinitionanddiscovers

instancesoftheapplicationpattern.Noderulesaregroup‐likerulesthatdescribethe

instancesinthetopologygraph.

Connectivityrulesdescribetheedgesinthetopology

graph(thatis,theconnectivitybetweentwoinstances).

Entityaging ADMletsyoucreateentityagingpolicies.Forexample,aser vicerunninginyour

networkispopulatedintheMDR,andisthereforevisibletoyoufromtheUser

Interface(UI).Ifyouuninstall

thisserviceatalatertime,youshouldnolongerseeit

asarunningserviceintheUI.Creatinganentityagingpolicyletsyouviewthemost

updatedstateofyournetwork,sinceitisaconstantlychangingenvironment.(An

entityisanetworkelement,serviceordependency,

andanyoftheirderivedelements

suchasaJ2EEordatabaseinstance.)

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Chapter 1 Architecture Overview

ADM Components

VMwareprovidesADMononeormoreappliances.Themodeoftheappliancedetermineswhichcomponent

isrunning.ADMcomponentsaredescribedinTable 1‐2.

Active Probe

TheactiveprobeistheADMprocessusedforbothDetailandIPdiscovery.Activeproberespondstothe

policiesdefinedthroughthemanagementcomponent,discoverstheitemsassignedthroughthepolicies,and

returnsthedatatothemanagementcomponent.Thisdataisreconciled,stored,andpresentedintheconsole.

To configure the active probe

1Assign

discoveryitemstoaspecificCollector.

2Definetheprotocolsthataresupportedfordiscovery.

3 Connectthemanagementcomponent(Aggregator)tothediscoverycomponent(Collector).

TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuideincludesthestepsforconfiguringthe

activeprobeforDetailandIPdiscovery.

Table 1-2. ADM Components

Component Description

ActiveDiscovery‐

Unix

Collectsdatafromtheconfigurationobjectsinyourdatacenter.Thefollowingdiscoverytypes

apply:

 IPdiscovery:DetectshostsorotherconfigurationitemswithaspecificIPaddresswhen

passivediscoveryfailstodiscoverthem.

 Detaildiscovery:ExtendstheinformationobtainedusingpassiveandIPdiscovery.Ituses

commonnetworkprotocolstoremotelyqueryserversinthemanagednetworkandobtains

supplementaryinformationaboutnetworkhoststhatisaddedtothedatabase.

ActiveDiscovery‐

Windows

AdiscoveryenginethatusesWMIbaseddiscoverypoliciesforperformingactive

discoveryon

Windowsmachines.

PassiveDiscovery Passivelyobservesthenetworktrafficbyperformingadeep‐packetanalysistodiscover

applicationsandcomponentrelationshipsinphysicalandvirtualenvironments.

Passivediscoveryalsoallowsyoutodothefollowing:

 Mapdependencies.

 Counttheactivityofthesedependencies.

 Identifyservices.

Aggregator Receivesdatafromthediscoverycomponentsandreconcilesthedatabeforetransferringittothe

databasecomponent.TheaggregatoralsoprovidestheuserinterfaceforusingADMandisthe

integrationpointforvariousintegrations,forexample,ERDB.

Database AnOracleRDBMSusedtostorediscovereddataandADMconfiguration.

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ADM Architecture Solutions

ADMprovidesaSingle‐BoxsetupandDistributedsetuptomeettheneedsofdifferentenvironments.The

followingsectionscontainmoreinformationaboutthearchitecturesolutions.

Single-Box Setup

InaSingle‐Boxsetup,alltheADMmodesareenabledonasingleapplianceasshowninFigure 1‐1.

Figure 1-1. Single-Box Setup Architecture

Single-Box Appliance Configuration

IfyouareusingaSingle‐Boxsetup,youneedtoperformthestepsdescribedinVMwarevCenterApplication

DiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuide.

VMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuidealsodescribeshowtomoveanexisting

Single‐BoxsetuptoaDistributedsetuporDistributedwithremotedatabasesetup.

Distributed Appliance Solutions

ADistributedappliancesolutionhasthefollowingtwooptions:

 Distributedsetup

 Distributedwithremotedatabasesetup

Distributed Setup

TheDistributedsetuphasatleastonedesignatedapplianceenabledasaCollector,andanotherappliance

enabledasanAggregatorandDatabaseasshowninFigure 1‐2.

Database

All modes

Database

Aggregator

Collector

Management

Passive

Detail

Discovery

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Figure 1-2. Distributed Setup Architecture

Distributed Appliance with Remote Database Solution

InaDistributedwithremotedatabasesetup,thereisadesignatedappliancetohostthedatabaseasshownin

Figure 1‐3.

Figure 1-3. Distributed with Remote Database (Split)

ThestepstoconfiguredistributedsetupanddistributedwithremotedatabasesetuparedescribedinVMware

vCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuide.

N

OTEPassiveandDetailDiscoverycanrunonsingleormultipleCollectors.

NOTEPassiveandDetailDiscoverycanrunonsingleormultipleCollectors.

Discovery

Database

Management

passive

discovery

detail

discovery

Discovery

Aggregator

Database

Collector

passive

discovery

vCollector

Discovery

Database

Management

passive

discovery

detail

discovery

Discovery

Aggregator

Database

Collector

passive

discovery

vCollector

passive

discovery

detail

discovery

Discovery

Collector

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ThischapterdescribesaccessingtheADMconsole.Topicsinclude:

 “A c c e s s i n g theADMConsole”onpage 15

 “LogIntotheADMConsole”onpage 15

Accessing the ADM Console

TheADMConsoleistheGraphicalUserInterface(GUI)toaccessandmanagetheapplianceprocesses.You

connecttotheADMconsoleusingabrowser.

Log In to the ADM Console

To log in to the system using the ADM Console

1OpenMicrosoftInternetExplorer

2TypetheIPaddressofthemanagementapplianceintotheURLandclickGo.TheWelcomescreen

appears.

3IntheUsernamefield,typeyourusername.

4InthePasswordfield,typeyourpassword.

5ClickLogin.

Getting Started

2

NOTEBeforerunningtheADMConsole,verifythattheMicrosoftWindowsclientmeetsthesystem

requirementsoutlinedintheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuide.

NOTETheadminusercanloginbytypingadminintheUsernamefieldand123456inthePasswordfield.

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ThischapterdescribestheManagetabthatenablesyoutocreate,edit,anddeletegroups,policies,fingerprints,

andusers.Youcanrundiscoveryandmanagethesystemfromthistab.Also,itallowsyoutocreateand

manageapplicationpatternsandagingpolicies.Topicsinclude:

 “Groups”onpage 17

 “Discovery”onpage 17

 “ApplicationPatterns”onpage 18

 “Changes”onpage 18

 “Fingerprints”onpage 19

 “A g i n g ” onpage 20

 “Users”onpage 21

 “System”onpage 22

Groups

TheManagetabopenstotheGroupstabbydefault.Agroupisabuilt‐inoruser‐definedcollectionofoneor

moreCIs.ADMprovideswiththeabilitytocreategroupssothatyoucaneasilyview,analyze,andtrackthe

specificsubsetofdata.Groupcreationallowsyou

toclassifyCIsintologicalsetsorcollectionssothatactions

suchascreatingreports,policies,orviewingtheinventoryisappliedtospecificgroups,insteadoftheentire

databaseofCIs.

TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto

performthese

actions.

Discovery

Discoveryisacontinuousprocessthatcreatesandmaintainsadetailedmodelofyourapplication

environment.ADMdiscoversCIs.

InADM,therearethreetypesofdiscovery:PassiveDiscovery,IPDiscovery,andDetailDiscovery.

TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto

perform

discovery.

Managing ADM

3

NOTETheManagetabisvisibleonlytoadminuser.

IMPORTANTOnlyadminuserscancreategroupsfromManage>Groups.Chapter 4providesmore

informationonADMgroups.

NOTEChapter 5providesmoreinformationondiscovery.

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Application Patterns

ADMdiscoversbusinessapplicationsbycreatingapplicationpatterns.Anapplicationpatterndefinition

consistsofsetofrulesthatdescribetherequestedpattern.Thetwosetofrulesarenoderulesandconnectivity

rules.

ADManalyzestheapplicationpatterndefinitionanddiscoversinstancesoftheapplicationpattern.Node

rulesaregroup‐like

rulesthatdescribetheinstancesinthetopologygraph.Connectivityrulesdescribethe

edgesinthetopologygraph(thatis,theconnectivitybetweentwoinstances).

TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpcontainstask‐basedinformationonapplication

patterns.

Changes

ADMallowsyoutocreatepoliciesthathelpyoutrackapplicationbehaviorandalertsyouwhenchangesoccur

inyourenvironment.Thesechangesmightbedemandchanges,suchasahighernumberoftransactionsfora

service,orbehaviorchangessuchasnewclientsaccessingaserviceornewservicesadded

intotheapplication

environment.

Achangetrackingpolicyisarulethatgovernswhathappenswhenaspecifiedchangeoccursamongthe

discovereditemsinagroup.Agroupcanhavemultiplepoliciesdefinedforit.Changetrackingpoliciesrun

onlyafterthesystemisinthemonitoringstage,aftercompleting

discovery.

ChangepoliciesaredisplayedintheChangeTrackingPoliciesList.Toaccessthislist,navigatetoManage>

Changes.Table 3‐1listsanddescribestheinformationintheChangeTrackingPoliciesList.

Clickonthetopofthecolumntosortthelistbythatcolumn.

Toviewchangesintheenvironment,navigatetoChangeTracking>Changes.Thechangesthataredefined

intheManage>ChangestabareactuallydisplayedintheChangeTracking>Changestab.

ChangesarealsodisplayedintheDashboard>Changespane.

YoucanperformthefollowingactionsthatareaccessedfromtheActions

menuontheleftsideofthescreen:

 AddPolicy:Createsanewchangetrackingpolicy.

 CopyPolicy:Makesacopyofanexistingchangetrackingpolicy.

 EditPolicy:Modifiesanexistingchangetrackingpolicy.

 DeletePolicy:Removesachangetrackingpolicy.

IMPORTANTTheadminusercancreateapplicationpatternsfromtheManagetab,oraVMwareProfessional

Servicesrepresentativecanprovidethesetoyou.Chapter 6providesmoreinformationonapplication

patterns.

Table 3-1. Change Tracking Policies List

Column Description

Active Thisboxhasagreenflagforanactivepolicyandagreyflagforaninactivepolicy.Anactive

policygenerateschangenotifications.

Name Nameassignedtothechangetrackingpolicywhenyoucreatedit.

Description Changetrackingpolicydescription.

CreatedBy Usernameofthepersonwhocreatedthischangetrackingpolicy.

Creation

Date DatethischangetrackingpolicywasoriginallycreatedontheADMappliancewherethis

changetrackingpolicyisdefined.

UpdatedBy Usernameofthepersonwholastmodifiedthischangetrackingpolicy.

UpdateDate Datethispolicywaslastmodified.ThedateisfortheADMappliancewherethispolicyis

defined.

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 EnablePolicy:Enablesachangetrackingpolicy.

 DisablePolicy:Disablesachangetrackingpolicy.

TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto

performtheseactions.

Setting Up Scripts

YoucanconfigureachangetrackingpolicytorunascriptontheADMapplianceinresponsetoanalert.

TheADMconsolecanrunanyscriptthatcanrunonaLinux‐basedcomputer.Youcanwriteascriptforeach

changetrackingpolicy,orthesamescriptforseveralchangetrackingpolicies.Whenyouspecifyascript,the

changetrackingpolicyautomaticallyrunsitwhenevertheselectedchangeeventoccurs.Forexample,ifyou

wanttowriteascriptthatpagestheappropriatepersonorgrouptonotifythemofthechangeevent.

Thescript:

 Needstobeinthe/home/nlayers/Seneca/custom_scriptsdirectory.

 CanbeanyscriptthatcanrunonaLinux‐basedcomputer.

 Runsinaseparateprocess.

 RunsundertheADMuseraccount.Thisaccountdoesnothaverootpermissions.Itisjustaregularuser

account.

 Canbeanyscriptthatcanperformalltheoperationsonthenetworkfromtheinterface.Thisdependson

thenetworkstructureandpermissions,butusuallythereisnointernetaccessandlimitedaccesstoother

resourcesonthenet.

 Invokesotherprogramsinstalledontheappliance.

TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto

setupascripttoautomateachangeresponse.

Fingerprints

FingerprintsarethecoreoftheADMbusinessapplicationdiscovery.Theyuniquelyidentifybothpackaged

andcustomdevelopedin‐houseapplications.

Identifying Application by Ports

Fingerprintsenableyoutoidentifycustomapplicationsbytheportstheyuse.Whenacustomserviceor

connectionthatmatchesadefinedfingerprintisdiscovered,itappearswiththeservice/connectionnamethat

yousupplied,insteadofanunclassifiedserviceorconnection.WhenyounavigatetoManage>Fingerprints,

alist

ofalldefinedfingerprintsappears.

Thefingerprintslistcontainstheinformationforeachfingerprint,asshowninTable 3‐2.

Table 3-2. Fingerprints List

Column Description

Port Portthatthisservice/connectionuses.

Transport Methodoftransportthattheportcoulduse,eitherTCPortheUserDatagramProtocol(UDP).

Protocol Communicationsprotocolyourservice/connectionuses.

Service Nameoftheservicethatyoucreatedtousethisport.

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YoucanperformthefollowingactionsfromtheActionspaneontheleftsideofthescreen:

 AddFingerprint:Createsanewfingerprint.

 EditFingerprint:Modifiesanexistingfingerprint.

 DeleteFingerprint:Removesafingerprint.

TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto

performtheseactions.

Aging

ADMallowsyoutocreateentityagingpolicies.Agingistheremovalofaninactiveentityanditsowned

entitiesfromADM.Aninactiveentityisanetworkelement,service,ordependency,andanyoftheirderived

elements,suchasaJ2EEordatabaseinstancethathavenotbeenverifiedas

liveforsomepredefinedamount

oftime.Forexample,aservicerunninginyournetworkispopulatedintheMDR,andisthereforevisibleto

youthroughtheADMconsole.Ifthisserviceisuninstalledatalatertime,itshouldnolongerbeshownasa

runningservicein

theADMconsole.Creatinganentityagingpolicyallowsyoutoviewthemostupdatedstate

ofyournetwork,sinceitisaconstantlychangingenvironment.

Agingisperformedthroughagingpolicies.Whenyoucreateanewagingpolicy,thedefaulttimelimitisseven

days.Youcanchangethisdefault

asdescribedintheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelp

TheAgingPolicieslistcontainsgeneralinformationaboutexistingagingpolicies.ToaccesstheAgingPolicies

list,selectManage>Aging.TheAgingPolicieslistisshownbelow.

ClickonthetopofacolumnontheAgingPolicieslist

tosortthelistbythatcolumn.

Youcanperformthefollowingactionswithagingpolicies:

 AddPolicy:Createsanewagingpolicy.

 CopyPolicy:Makesacopyofanexistingagingpolicy.

 EditPolicy:Modifiesanexistingagingpolicy.

 DeletePolicy:Removesanagingpolicy.

 EnablePolicy:Enablesanagingpolicy.

 DisablePolicy:Disablesanagingpolicy.

TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto

performtheseactions.

Table 3‐3listsanddescribestheagingpolicyinformationintheAgingPolicieslist.

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VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.2 User guide

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