Creating and Configuring Application Signatures
The Standard Probe creates basic topology for:
•The Software Service object (represents the discovered application).
•The TCP endpoint through which the Software Service can be accessed.
•A Software Element Check object that is instrumented with a specified monitoring action (tcpAction).
The Standard Probe also creates the following relationships:
•Creates “Accessed Via” relationship with the target class instance for the TCP Endpoint Instance.
•Creates “CheckedBy” relationship of the target class instance of an object that is instrumented with a specified monitoring action (tcpAction) to provide monitoring of the application.
•Creates “HostedBy” relationship with the target class instance of the Unitary Computer System (for example, Host, Node, or Router) on which the application was discovered.
The Standard tcpAction
The Standard tcpAction is a monitoring action that monitors the tcp connectivity of the discovered elements by periodically polling the elements. It is the default monitoring action for all predefined, autodetect application signatures included with Application Connectivity Monitor.
After the Standard Probe discovers and creates a basic topology application object (SoftwareService) for a specified autodetect signature, it automatically initiates the Standard tcpAction monitoring action. Thereafter, the tcpAction periodically polls the element to determine the connectivity status of that element.
The polling interval of the tcpAction is set through the Polling and Thresholds
Console.
Where applicable, the parameters of the Standard tcpAction can be changed through the Customize Monitoring Action Dialog. The parameters include:
•address: the hostname or IP address of the server.
For autodetect signatures, this can be left blank. The information is collected at runtime.
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