EMC OL-8950-01 manual Preface, Purpose, Intended Audience, Prerequisites

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Preface

Purpose

This document provides an overview of important features in EMC Smarts

Application Connectivity Monitor, and instructions for configuring

Application Connectivity Monitor.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for administrators and integrators who are responsible for deploying and configuring Application Connectivity Monitor.

Prerequisites

This guide assumes you have the administrative privileges and the necessary experience to properly deploy and configure network management software.

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Contents Application Connectivity Monitor Configuration GuideLast Update 7/29/05 Contents Groups and Settings Creating and Configuring Application Signatures Contents Wildcards Used By EMC Smarts Software Index Contents Prerequisites PrefacePurpose Intended AudienceDocument Organization Document OrganizationDocumentation Conventions PrefaceYourDomain Application Connectivity Monitor Installation DirectoryDocumentation Command Line ProgramsAdditional Resources Application Connectivity Monitor ProductsTechnical 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 MonitorFirewall Deployment Considerations Installing the SoftwarePrivileges Requirement Supported Product Versions and RequirementsIntegrating 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 GroupsD i n g o r R e m o v i n g a S e t t i n g Method for Adding or Removing SettingsMethod for Modifying the Priority of Groups Method for Editing Matching CriteriaD 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