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HP Application Discovery Version 4.1 User's Guide

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HP Part Number: 5992-5380

Published: January 2009

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Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

About This Document

Intended Audience
New and Changed Information in This Edition
Typographic Conventions
Related Information
Publishing History
HP Encourages Your Comments

1 Introduction

Features of Application Discovery

2 Components and Concepts

Application Discovery Components

Refining Application Discovery

How Discovery Works
Understand Your Current Discovery State
Refine Discovery by Checking Agent State
Refine Discovery by Creating Application Templates

Understanding Application Templates

How Memory Usage is Calculated

Understanding Server Resource Consumption

3 Procedures and Examples

Starting Application Discovery

Modifying Agent Behavior

Install the HP Application Discovery Agent on a Managed Node
Start the HP Application Discovery Agent
Stop a Running Agent
Reconfigure a Running Agent from the Command Line

Checking Agent State

Explanation of Agent States

Working With Data Views

Adjusting the User Interface
Change the Data View
Adjusting Visibility of Applications Within Application Discovery Data Tables
Modifying the Graphic Display of Application Discovery Server Activity
Modifying the Maximum Size of an Event List
Setting Data Polling Interval

Setting Event Attributes

Introduction to Event Settings in Application Discovery
Setting Event Severity
Setting Alert Location

Managing Application Templates

Find an Application Template
Change AD Application Template Values
Create a New Template
Key to Application Template Values
Create an Application Template Rule
Check Unmatched Processes to Find Application Candidates
Create an Application Workload in Virtualization Manager

Backing Up Application Discovery Files

4 Troubleshooting

Introduction

Errors in Installation
Data Missing in Application Discovery Screens
Application Errors in VSE Workload Screens
Errors in Application Discovery User Interface Operation
Errors Due to Incompatibilities Between Different Versions of Application Discovery Agents and Servers

5 Getting Assistance in Using Application Discovery

Application Discovery Resources

A Commands for Controlling HP Application Discovery Agent and Certificates

B Key to Event Attributes

Event Types
Event Severity Types
Additional Event Types Specific to HP Application Discovery
Event Viewing Locations

C Error Messages

D Completing Certificate Exchange

Introduction

Using HP SIM to Complete Certificate Exchange
Completing Certificate Exchange from the Command Line

E Configuring the WBEM Provider Password

List of Figures

2-1 Segment of Process Inventory Data
2-2 Segment of Package Inventory Data
2-3 Memory Usage by Application as Shown in Application Discovery
2-4 Example of Application Discovery Server Memory Consumption
3-1 Browser Configuration Controls in Application Discovery
3-2 Application Visibility Selector
3-3 Sort Indicator
3-4 Section of Application Table Showing the Count of Hidden Applications
3-5 Event Tab Showing Configuration Fields for Data Center and Administrative Events
3-6 Example of a Simple Template Aggregation Rule Showing Executable Path and Argument
3-7 Example of a Template Aggregation Rule that Collects Multiple Processes
3-8 Example of a Template Aggregation Rule that Uses Regular Expressions
3-9 Example Demonstrating the Location of the Del Rule Button in Relation to its Rule
3-10 Example “Unmatched Processes” Table
3-11 Finding Data to Enter in System Scope Area of Application Tempate
3-12 Finding Data to Enter into Separation Rule Fields
3-13 Finding Data to Enter into Aggregation Rule Fields

List of Tables

3-1 Possible Values for Agent State
3-2 Global Settings for Refresh of Data from Application Discovery Agent
3-3 An Example Comparison of Match Behavior in AD and gWLM for Same Executable Path and Arguments
B-1 Description of Event Types Used in HP Application Discovery
B-2 Event Severity Types Used in HP Application Discovery
B-3 Event Types Specific to HP Application Discovery
B-4 Event Viewing Location Types Used in HP Application Discovery
C-1 Error Messages Seen When Trying to Log In

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