VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.2 User guide

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User’s Guide
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Contents
Contents 3
AboutThisBook 7
1 ArchitectureOverview 9
WhatDoesADMDo? 9
EssentialConcepts 10
ADMComponents 11
ActiveProbe 11
ADMArchitectureSolutions 12
SingleBoxSetup 12
DistributedApplianceSolutions 12
2 GettingStarted 15
AccessingtheADMConsole 15
LogIntotheADMConsole 15
3 ManagingADM 17
Groups 17
Discovery 17
ApplicationPatterns 18
Changes 18
Fingerprints 19
IdentifyingApplicationbyPorts 19
Aging 20
DeletingAgingLogs 21
Users 21
RoleBasedAccessControl 21
System 22
Licensing 22
4 Groups 25
Overview 25
Requirements 26
BuiltInGroups 26
UserDefinedGroups 26
ImportingandExportingGroupDefinitions 29
5 Discovery 31
DiscoveryTypes 31
DiscoveryPlans 32
PassiveDiscovery 32
Policies 32
Plans 32
IPDiscovery 32
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Policies 33
DetailDiscovery 33
DetailDiscoveryTab 33
DeployingDetailDiscovery 36
DetailDiscoveryConfiguration 36
HowDoActiveProbeConfigurationsAffectDetailDiscoveryPolicies? 36
DetailDiscoveryPolicies 36
ConfiguringStandardOSAgents 37
DealingwithFirewalls 37
CheckingforResults 37
DetailDiscoveryProtocols 37
SSH 38
SNMP 39
WMI 40
Telnet 43
VISDK 45
DiscoveringDependencieswithDetailDiscovery 46
ADMDependencyDiscoveryMethods 46
ChoosingaMethodofDependencyDiscovery 47
DiscoveryStrategyfor
UsingOnlyDetailDiscoveryforDependencies 48
VMwareDiscovery 49
VMwareTerminologyOverview 49
VMwareDiscoveryinADM 49
UseCase 50
UsingVISDKforDetailDiscovery 51
Capabilities 52
6 ApplicationPatterns 55
Overview 55
ApplicationPatternDefinitions 55
NodeRules 56
ConnectivityRules 56
MandatoryNodeRules 56
UnifyingNodeRules 57
ApplicationPatternInstances 58
ViewingApplicationPatternDefinitionsandInstances 58
ApplicationPatternDefinitions 58
ApplicationPatternInstances 60
ApplicationDiscoveryProcess 61
UseCase:CreatingDefinitionsandViewingtheResultingInstances 61
7 Report 63
Reporttypes 63
ExportingandPrintingReports 64
8 Connectors 65
ConnectorsOverview 65
EMCSmartsIntegration 65
Status 66
Configuration 67
Log 68
UnregisterADM 68
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CompleteSynchronize 68
DisplayingADMdatainSAM 68
CustomReports 70
9 Solver 71
Overview 71
ReportsintheSolverTab 71
Index 73
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TheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)UsersGuidedescribestheuserinterfaceof
theADM.Italsoprovidesinformationthatthecustomersneed,tomanagetheADM.
Intended Audience
ThisdocumentispartoftheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerdocumentationset,andis
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applicationsandresourcesandmakedecisionsaboutacquiring,allocating,andmodifyingtheseresources.
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TheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)isanenterprisedatacentermanagement
solutionthatusesagentlessdiscoveryandprovidescontinuousdependencymappingofapplications.
ADMhelpsyougainanunderstandingofyourservicedependencies.ADMalsoprovidesautomatedand
realtimeapplicationdiscoverycapabilityacrossphysicalandvirtualenvironments.
Anaccurateapplication
dependencymapisessentialtovirtualizeapplications,movedatacenters,buildasite
recoveryplan,andtomoveaservicetothecloud.
ThischapterdescribesdifferentADMarchitecturesolutionsandalsodescribeshowtoconfigureanddeploy
them.Topicsinclude:
“WhatDoesADMDo?”onpage 9
“EssentialConcepts”onpage 10
“A D M Components”onpage 11
“A D M ArchitectureSolutions”onpage 12
What Does ADM Do?
ADMperformsthefollowinghighlevelfunctions:
ADMdiscoversConfigurationItems(CIs).Italsodiscoverstherelationshipsanddependenciesbetween
theseinstancesinrealtime.ThediscoverydataisstoredintheManagementDataRepository.Themap
featureintheUserInterface(UI)providesagraphicalrepresentationoftherelationshipsand
dependenciesbetweenalltheCIs.
ADMdeterminesthebaselineofusagefortheseconfigurationitems.Further,theADMdetects
inconsistenciesfromthenorm.
ADMprovidesimpactandpredictivereportingandhelpsyoutroubleshooterrors.
ADMhelpstoaccuratelyanswerthefollowingquestions:
Whathosts,applications,andconnectionsdoIhave?
HowareCIsused?
Whatarethedependenciesamongthem?
Architecture Overview
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NOTEADMprovidesbothknownandunknowninformationaboutaninfrastructure.Ittellsyouwhat
youknow,andwhatyoudonotknow.Forexample,youmightthinkthatnolaptopsarecommunicating
withadatabaseserver.Usingthemap,youcanseethehoststhatyouknowareinyour
infrastructure.
However,youmightalsoseethattherearehostsorlaptopscommunicatingwiththedatabaseserver.
N
OTEBaselineisthefirst24hoursofactivityofaconfigurationitem.
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WherearethehiddenoptimizationopportunitiesandhowcanIcapitalizeonthem?
Howwilltheseapplicationchangesimpactmybusiness?
Whataretherisks?
WhataretheproblemsandhowcanIsolvethem?
Essential Concepts
Table 11definesessentialconceptsofADM.
Table 1-1. Essential Concepts
Concept Definition
ConfigurationItem(CI) ACIisahost(thiscanalsoincludenetworkdevicessuchasswitchesorrouters),an
application(alsoknownasaservice),oranetworkconnection.Forexample,aLinux
host,Ciscorouter,orVMware
®
ESX™ServerareallhostCIs.Oracleisanapplication
CI.HTTP
andSSHarenetworkconnectionCIs.
Discovery Discoveryisacontinuousprocessthatcreatesandmaintainsadetailedmodelofyour
applicationenvironment.ADMdiscoversCIs.Chapter 5containsmoreinformation
aboutdiscovery.
ManagementData
Repository(MDR)
TheMDRisthedatabaseofADM.Whenconfigurationiteminformationis
discovered,itisstoredin
theMDRafterreconciliation.
Groups AgroupisabuiltinoruserdefinedcollectionofoneormoreCIs.Theadminuserscan
creategroupssothattheycaneasilyview,analyze,andtrackthespecificsubsetof
data.GroupcreationallowstheadminusertoclassifyCIsintologicalsets
or
collectionssothatactionssuchascreatingreports,policies,orviewingtheinventory
isappliedtospecificgroups,insteadoftheentiredatabaseofCIs.Chapter 4contains
moreinformationaboutgroups.
Change AchangeisanychangetoaCI.Forexample,achangetoaconfigurationfileonahost
isachange.
Changetracking Changetrackingreferstoachangeinthediscoveredenvironment,suchasachange
intheamountofactivityonahost,achange inthedemandonahostorservice,ora
newhostorconnectionthatispresentinthediscoveredenvironment.Change
trackingreferstobehavioralchanges.ADMallowsyoutocreatechangetracking
policiesthattrackbehavioralchangesinyourapplicationenvironment.
Applicationpattern ADMdiscoversbusinessapplicationsbycreatingapplicationpatterns.Theadminuser
cancreatethesefromtheManagetab,oraVMwareProfessionalServices
representativecanprovideyouthese.An
applicationpatterndefinitionconsistsofset
ofrulesthatdescribetherequestedpattern.Thetwosetofrulesarenoderulesand
connectivityrules.ADManalyzestheapplicationpatterndefinitionanddiscovers
instancesoftheapplicationpattern.Noderulesaregrouplikerulesthatdescribethe
instancesinthetopologygraph.
Connectivityrulesdescribetheedgesinthetopology
graph(thatis,theconnectivitybetweentwoinstances).
Entityaging ADMletsyoucreateentityagingpolicies.Forexample,aservicerunninginyour
networkispopulatedintheMDR,andisthereforevisibletoyoufromtheUser
Interface(UI).Ifyouuninstall
thisserviceatalatertime,youshouldnolongerseeit
asarunningserviceintheUI.Creatinganentityagingpolicyletsyouviewthemost
updatedstateofyournetwork,sinceitisaconstantlychangingenvironment.(An
entityisanetworkelement,serviceordependency,
andanyoftheirderivedelements
suchasaJ2EEordatabaseinstance.)
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Chapter 1 Architecture Overview
ADM Components
VMwareprovidesADMononeormoreappliances.Themodeoftheappliancedetermineswhichcomponent
isrunning.ADMcomponentsaredescribedinTable 12.
Active Probe
TheactiveprobeistheADMprocessusedforbothDetailandIPdiscovery.Activeproberespondstothe
policiesdefinedthroughthemanagementcomponent,discoverstheitemsassignedthroughthepolicies,and
returnsthedatatothemanagementcomponent.Thisdataisreconciled,stored,andpresentedintheconsole.
To configure the active probe
1Assign
discoveryitemstoaspecificCollector.
2Definetheprotocolsthataresupportedfordiscovery.
3 Connectthemanagementcomponent(Aggregator)tothediscoverycomponent(Collector).
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuideincludesthestepsforconfiguringthe
activeprobeforDetailandIPdiscovery.
Table 1-2. ADM Components
Component Description
ActiveDiscovery‐
Unix
Collectsdatafromtheconfigurationobjectsinyourdatacenter.Thefollowingdiscoverytypes
apply:
IPdiscovery:DetectshostsorotherconfigurationitemswithaspecificIPaddresswhen
passivediscoveryfailstodiscoverthem.
Detaildiscovery:ExtendstheinformationobtainedusingpassiveandIPdiscovery.Ituses
commonnetworkprotocolstoremotelyqueryserversinthemanagednetworkandobtains
supplementaryinformationaboutnetworkhoststhatisaddedtothedatabase.
ActiveDiscovery‐
Windows
AdiscoveryenginethatusesWMIbaseddiscoverypoliciesforperformingactive
discoveryon
Windowsmachines.
PassiveDiscovery Passivelyobservesthenetworktrafficbyperformingadeeppacketanalysistodiscover
applicationsandcomponentrelationshipsinphysicalandvirtualenvironments.
Passivediscoveryalsoallowsyoutodothefollowing:
Mapdependencies.
Counttheactivityofthesedependencies.
Identifyservices.
Aggregator Receivesdatafromthediscoverycomponentsandreconcilesthedatabeforetransferringittothe
databasecomponent.TheaggregatoralsoprovidestheuserinterfaceforusingADMandisthe
integrationpointforvariousintegrations,forexample,ERDB.
Database AnOracleRDBMSusedtostorediscovereddataandADMconfiguration.
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ADM Architecture Solutions
ADMprovidesaSingleBoxsetupandDistributedsetuptomeettheneedsofdifferentenvironments.The
followingsectionscontainmoreinformationaboutthearchitecturesolutions.
Single-Box Setup
InaSingleBoxsetup,alltheADMmodesareenabledonasingleapplianceasshowninFigure 11.
Figure 1-1. Single-Box Setup Architecture
Single-Box Appliance Configuration
IfyouareusingaSingleBoxsetup,youneedtoperformthestepsdescribedinVMwarevCenterApplication
DiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuide.
VMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuidealsodescribeshowtomoveanexisting
SingleBoxsetuptoaDistributedsetuporDistributedwithremotedatabasesetup.
Distributed Appliance Solutions
ADistributedappliancesolutionhasthefollowingtwooptions:
Distributedsetup
Distributedwithremotedatabasesetup
Distributed Setup
TheDistributedsetuphasatleastonedesignatedapplianceenabledasaCollector,andanotherappliance
enabledasanAggregatorandDatabaseasshowninFigure 12.
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
InaDistributedwithremotedatabasesetup,thereisadesignatedappliancetohostthedatabaseasshownin
Figure 13.
Figure 1-3. Distributed with Remote Database (Split)
ThestepstoconfiguredistributedsetupanddistributedwithremotedatabasesetuparedescribedinVMware
vCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuide.
N
OTEPassiveandDetailDiscoverycanrunonsingleormultipleCollectors.
NOTEPassiveandDetailDiscoverycanrunonsingleormultipleCollectors.
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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ThischapterdescribesaccessingtheADMconsole.Topicsinclude:
“A c c e s s i n g theADMConsole”onpage 15
“LogIntotheADMConsole”onpage 15
Accessing the ADM Console
TheADMConsoleistheGraphicalUserInterface(GUI)toaccessandmanagetheapplianceprocesses.You
connecttotheADMconsoleusingabrowser.
Log In to the ADM Console
To log in to the system using the ADM Console
1OpenMicrosoftInternetExplorer
2TypetheIPaddressofthemanagementapplianceintotheURLandclickGo.TheWelcomescreen
appears.
3IntheUsernamefield,typeyourusername.
4InthePasswordfield,typeyourpassword.
5ClickLogin.
Getting Started
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NOTEBeforerunningtheADMConsole,verifythattheMicrosoftWindowsclientmeetsthesystem
requirementsoutlinedintheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuide.
NOTETheadminusercanloginbytypingadminintheUsernamefieldand123456inthePasswordfield.
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ThischapterdescribestheManagetabthatenablesyoutocreate,edit,anddeletegroups,policies,fingerprints,
andusers.Youcanrundiscoveryandmanagethesystemfromthistab.Also,itallowsyoutocreateand
manageapplicationpatternsandagingpolicies.Topicsinclude:
“Groups”onpage 17
“Discovery”onpage 17
ApplicationPatterns”onpage 18
“Changes”onpage 18
“Fingerprints”onpage 19
“A g i n g onpage 20
“Users”onpage 21
“System”onpage 22
Groups
TheManagetabopenstotheGroupstabbydefault.Agroupisabuiltinoruserdefinedcollectionofoneor
moreCIs.ADMprovideswiththeabilitytocreategroupssothatyoucaneasilyview,analyze,andtrackthe
specificsubsetofdata.Groupcreationallowsyou
toclassifyCIsintologicalsetsorcollectionssothatactions
suchascreatingreports,policies,orviewingtheinventoryisappliedtospecificgroups,insteadoftheentire
databaseofCIs.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstepbystepinstructionsonhowto
performthese
actions.
Discovery
Discoveryisacontinuousprocessthatcreatesandmaintainsadetailedmodelofyourapplication
environment.ADMdiscoversCIs.
InADM,therearethreetypesofdiscovery:PassiveDiscovery,IPDiscovery,andDetailDiscovery.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstepbystepinstructionsonhowto
perform
discovery.
Managing ADM
3
NOTETheManagetabisvisibleonlytoadminuser.
IMPORTANTOnlyadminuserscancreategroupsfromManage>Groups.Chapter 4providesmore
informationonADMgroups.
NOTEChapter 5providesmoreinformationondiscovery.
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Application Patterns
ADMdiscoversbusinessapplicationsbycreatingapplicationpatterns.Anapplicationpatterndefinition
consistsofsetofrulesthatdescribetherequestedpattern.Thetwosetofrulesarenoderulesandconnectivity
rules.
ADManalyzestheapplicationpatterndefinitionanddiscoversinstancesoftheapplicationpattern.Node
rulesaregrouplike
rulesthatdescribetheinstancesinthetopologygraph.Connectivityrulesdescribethe
edgesinthetopologygraph(thatis,theconnectivitybetweentwoinstances).
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpcontainstaskbasedinformationonapplication
patterns.
Changes
ADMallowsyoutocreatepoliciesthathelpyoutrackapplicationbehaviorandalertsyouwhenchanges occur
inyourenvironment.Thesechangesmightbedemandchanges,suchasahighernumberoftransactionsfora
service,orbehaviorchangessuchasnewclientsaccessingaserviceornewservicesadded
intotheapplication
environment.
Achangetrackingpolicyisarulethatgovernswhathappenswhenaspecifiedchangeoccursamongthe
discovereditemsinagroup.Agroupcanhavemultiplepoliciesdefinedforit.Changetrackingpoliciesrun
onlyafterthesystemisinthemonitoringstage,aftercompleting
discovery.
ChangepoliciesaredisplayedintheChangeTrackingPoliciesList.Toaccessthislist,navigatetoManage>
Changes.Table 31listsanddescribestheinformationintheChangeTrackingPoliciesList.
Clickonthetopofthecolumntosortthelistbythatcolumn.
Toviewchangesintheenvironment,navigatetoChangeTracking>Changes.Thechangesthataredefined
intheManage>ChangestabareactuallydisplayedintheChangeTracking>Changestab.
ChangesarealsodisplayedintheDashboard>Changespane.
YoucanperformthefollowingactionsthatareaccessedfromtheActions
menuontheleftsideofthescreen:
AddPolicy:Createsanewchangetrackingpolicy.
CopyPolicy:Makesacopyofanexistingchangetrackingpolicy.
EditPolicy:Modifiesanexistingchangetrackingpolicy.
DeletePolicy:Removesachangetrackingpolicy.
IMPORTANTTheadminusercancreateapplicationpatternsfromtheManagetab,oraVMwareProfessional
Servicesrepresentativecanprovidethesetoyou.Chapter 6providesmoreinformationonapplication
patterns.
Table 3-1. Change Tracking Policies List
Column Description
Active Thisboxhasagreenflagforanactivepolicyandagreyflagforaninactivepolicy.Anactive
policygenerateschangenotifications.
Name Nameassignedtothechangetrackingpolicywhenyoucreatedit.
Description Changetrackingpolicydescription.
CreatedBy Usernameofthepersonwhocreatedthischangetrackingpolicy.
Creation
Date DatethischangetrackingpolicywasoriginallycreatedontheADMappliancewherethis
changetrackingpolicyisdefined.
UpdatedBy Usernameofthepersonwholastmodifiedthischangetrackingpolicy.
UpdateDate Datethispolicywaslastmodified.ThedateisfortheADMappliancewherethispolicyis
defined.
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EnablePolicy:Enablesachangetrackingpolicy.
DisablePolicy:Disablesachangetrackingpolicy.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstepbystepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Setting Up Scripts
YoucanconfigureachangetrackingpolicytorunascriptontheADMapplianceinresponsetoanalert.
TheADMconsolecanrunanyscriptthatcanrunonaLinuxbasedcomputer.Youcanwriteascriptforeach
changetrackingpolicy,orthesamescriptforseveralchangetrackingpolicies.Whenyouspecifyascript,the
changetrackingpolicyautomaticallyrunsitwhenevertheselectedchangeeventoccurs.Forexample,ifyou
wanttowriteascriptthatpagestheappropriatepersonorgrouptonotifythemofthechangeevent.
Thescript:
Needstobeinthe/home/nlayers/Seneca/custom_scriptsdirectory.
CanbeanyscriptthatcanrunonaLinuxbasedcomputer.
Runsinaseparateprocess.
RunsundertheADMuseraccount.Thisaccountdoesnothaverootpermissions.Itisjustaregularuser
account.
Canbeanyscriptthatcanperformalltheoperationsonthenetworkfromtheinterface.Thisdependson
thenetworkstructureandpermissions,butusuallythereisnointernetaccessandlimitedaccesstoother
resourcesonthenet.
Invokesotherprogramsinstalledontheappliance.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstepbystepinstructionsonhowto
setupascripttoautomateachangeresponse.
Fingerprints
FingerprintsarethecoreoftheADMbusinessapplicationdiscovery.Theyuniquelyidentifybothpackaged
andcustomdevelopedinhouseapplications.
Identifying Application by Ports
Fingerprintsenableyoutoidentifycustomapplicationsbytheportstheyuse.Whenacustomserviceor
connectionthatmatchesadefinedfingerprintisdiscovered,itappearswiththeservice/connectionnamethat
yousupplied,insteadofanunclassifiedserviceorconnection.WhenyounavigatetoManage>Fingerprints,
alist
ofalldefinedfingerprintsappears.
Thefingerprintslistcontainstheinformationforeachfingerprint,asshowninTable 32.
Table 3-2. Fingerprints List
Column Description
Port Portthatthisservice/connectionuses.
Transport Methodoftransportthattheportcoulduse,eitherTCPortheUserDatagramProtocol(UDP).
Protocol Communicationsprotocolyourservice/connectionuses.
Service Nameoftheservicethatyoucreatedtousethisport.
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YoucanperformthefollowingactionsfromtheActionspaneontheleftsideofthescreen:
AddFingerprint:Createsanewfingerprint.
EditFingerprint:Modifiesanexistingfingerprint.
DeleteFingerprint:Removesafingerprint.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstepbystepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Aging
ADMallowsyoutocreateentityagingpolicies.Agingistheremovalofaninactiveentityanditsowned
entitiesfromADM.Aninactiveentityisanetworkelement,service,ordependency,andanyoftheirderived
elements,suchasaJ2EEordatabaseinstancethathavenotbeenverifiedas
liveforsomepredefinedamount
oftime.Forexample,aservicerunninginyournetworkispopulatedintheMDR,andisthereforevisibleto
youthroughtheADMconsole.Ifthisserviceisuninstalledatalatertime,itshouldnolongerbeshownasa
runningservicein
theADMconsole.Creatinganentityagingpolicyallowsyoutoviewthemostupdatedstate
ofyournetwork,sinceitisaconstantlychangingenvironment.
Agingisperformedthroughagingpolicies.Whenyoucreateanewagingpolicy,thedefaulttimelimitisseven
days.Youcanchangethisdefault
asdescribedintheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelp
TheAgingPolicieslistcontainsgeneralinformationaboutexistingagingpolicies.ToaccesstheAgingPolicies
list,selectManage>Aging.TheAgingPolicieslistisshownbelow.
ClickonthetopofacolumnontheAgingPolicieslist
tosortthelistbythatcolumn.
Youcanperformthefollowingactionswithagingpolicies:
AddPolicy:Createsanewagingpolicy.
CopyPolicy:Makesacopyofanexistingagingpolicy.
EditPolicy:Modifiesanexistingagingpolicy.
DeletePolicy:Removesanagingpolicy.
EnablePolicy:Enablesanagingpolicy.
DisablePolicy:Disablesanagingpolicy.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstepbystepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Table 33listsanddescribestheagingpolicyinformationintheAgingPolicieslist.
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