EMC OL-8950-01 manual Introduction, About Application Connectivity Monitor

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Introduction

This chapter provides a brief overview of important features in EMC Smarts

Application Connectivity Monitor. It includes the following sections:

•About Application Connectivity Monitor

•Managing Applications with Application Connectivity Monitor

•Application Signature Configuration Interface

See Creating and Configuring Application Signatures on page 17 for detailed information about using the Application Signature Configuration Interface.

See Managing Applications with Application Connectivity Monitor on page 2 about the use of Application Connectivity Monitor to manage applications.

About Application Connectivity Monitor

Application Connectivity Monitor (ACM) is a software package that automatically discovers TCP-based applications on the network, and monitors application connectivity to pinpoint the root cause of application availability problems.

Network operations personnel can use Application Connectivity Monitor to:

•Discover and monitor the network availability of TCP applications.

•When an application is unavailable, determine whether the problem is basic network connectivity or application availability.

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Contents Application Connectivity Monitor Configuration GuideLast Update 7/29/05 Contents Groups and Settings Creating and Configuring Application SignaturesContents Wildcards Used By EMC Smarts Software Index Contents Purpose PrefaceIntended Audience PrerequisitesDocumentation Conventions Document OrganizationPreface Document OrganizationYourDomain Application Connectivity Monitor Installation Directory Additional Resources Command Line Programs Application Connectivity Monitor Products DocumentationTechnical Support EMC PowerlinkTe c h n i c a l S u p p o r t Xii About Application Connectivity Monitor IntroductionDefine the Application Managing Applications with Application Connectivity MonitorIntroduction Discover the Software Infrastructure Application Signature Configuration InterfaceAutomated Root- Cause and Impact Analysis Monitoring Actions Application SignaturesPlanning the Deployment Deploying Application Connectivity MonitorPrivileges Requirement Installing the SoftwareSupported Product Versions and Requirements Firewall Deployment ConsiderationsIntegrating Application Connectivity Monitor License ReminderC e n s e R e m i n d e r Adapter Platform Availability Manager= INCHARGE-AM A m p l e o f D o m a i n T y p e E n t r i e sACM Domain Manager A m p l e s o f D o m a i n T y p e E n t r i e s Global ManagerINCHARGE-PM C o n f i g u r i n g t h e G l o b a l M a n a g e rFault P a r a m e t e r s f o r S e r v i c e s Summary of EMC Smarts Service NamesStarting and Stopping the Components Manually Modifying Files With the smedit Utility Validating Your Integration# /opt/InCharge6/SAM/smarts/bin/smedit conf/ics/ics.conf Deploying Application Connectivity Monitor Using the Application Signature Configuration Interface Creating and Configuring Application SignaturesApplication Signature Tab Creating and Configuring Application SignaturesCreating Application Signatures Application Signature Fields Used By EMC Smarts Software on page 43 for Port Number 25 for Smtp Request No Value Response No Value Deleting Application Signatures Modifying Application SignaturesMonitoring Action Dialog Specifying Monitoring Action ParametersE c i f y i n g S y s t e m N a m e P a t t e r n s Specifying System Name PatternsCustomize System Match Patterns Use All Systems Matched by PatternUse Only Selected Systems Standard Discovery ProbeE S t a n d a r d D i s c o v e r y P r o b e Standard tcpAction Page Scenarios for Removing Elements Default Threshold Groups and Settings Groups and SettingsThreshold Groups Threshold SettingsParameters for Software Service Thresholds Fault T h r e s h o l d G r o u p s a n d S e t t i n g sPolling Settings Default Polling Groups and SettingsPolling Groups Opening the Polling and Thresholds Console Working With Groups and SettingsWo r k i n g Wi t h G r o u p s a n d S e t t i n g s Provides an example of a Polling and Thresholds Console Layout of the Polling and Thresholds ConsolePolling and Thresholds Console Toolbar Buttons Polling and Thresholds Console Toolbar ButtonsModifying the Properties of a Group How Managed Elements Are Assigned to GroupsMethod for Modifying the Priority of Groups Method for Adding or Removing SettingsMethod for Editing Matching Criteria D i n g o r R e m o v i n g a S e t t i n gD i n g o r R e m o v i n g M a t c h i n g C r i t e r i a Method for Modifying the Parameters of a SettingCreating New Groups E a t i n g a n E m p t y G r o u p Groups and Settings P y i n g a n E x i s t i n g G r o u pWildcards Used By EMC Smarts Software Server-.smarts.com Example 1-100&*02468 matches even numbers between 1 Compound Wildcard PatternsWildcards Used By EMC Smarts Software Index Index Page Index