HP UX Matrix Operating EnvIronment Components and concepts, Application Discovery components

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2 Components and concepts

Application Discovery components

Application Discovery contains these components:

•The Application Discovery agent, which discovers the presence of applications and processes on a managed system, collects information about the managed system and its applications, and communicates that information to the Application Discovery server on the central management server.

—An agent is fully autonomous.

—An agent is the only component that is platform-specific (by operating system type and version).

•The Application Discovery server, which communicates with agents, runs all of the algorithms, tracks events, and passes data to the user interface.

•The Application Discovery WBEM provider, which provides transport for commands issued by the Application Discovery server from the central management server (CMS) to the agents.

•The Application Discovery user interface, which displays collected data and provides mechanisms that allow the user to modify and refine aspects of user interface, agent, and server behavior; and data display.

•SSL certificate helper files, which build necessary administrative command files for version 4.0 agents. These files include commands to manage and exchange SSL certificates, allowing the agent and the CMS to authenticate the legitimacy of the data transmission.

•The Application Discovery initialization scripts, which install the user interface into HP SIM (including the help system for Application Discovery).

•The Application Discovery templates, which define the objects of discovery for identification and data collection.

Agents and WBEM providers are installed and run on the managed systems where applications are to be discovered and monitored. The Application Discovery server and user interface are installed on the CMS. The templates also reside on the CMS.

The data transmitted by Application Discovery agents includes the following:

•Running process information, including command lines and command-line arguments, working directories, users, and environment variables

•Installed software information

•Operating system and architecture versions

Application Discovery uses installed software registries and templates (user-defined and those provided by HP) to match known attributes to discovered data for analysis and presentation in a user interface.

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Contents Application Discovery 6.2 User Guide For managed nodes Table of Contents Support and other resources Configuring the Wbem provider password Glossary Index List of Figures Application visibility selector Sort indicatorPossible values for agent state List of TablesPage Introduction Features of Application DiscoveryPage Application Discovery components Components and conceptsDiscovery ratio Refining Application DiscoveryHow discovery works Understand your current discovery stateWarm-up ratio Refine discovery by checking agent stateRefine discovery by creating application templates Understanding application templatesHow memory usage is calculated Key to the graphic is as follows Understanding server resource consumptionPage Starting Application Discovery Procedures and examplesUsing HP SIM to start the agent Starting the agent from the command lineChecking agent state Reconfigure a running agent from the command lineUsing HP SIM to stop the AD agent Stopping the agent from the command lineSet screen data refresh interval Adjusting the user interfaceWorking with data views Explanation of agent statesSet number of table rows Set general visibilitySet color theme Filter data in view tables Change the data viewSort data in view tables Navigate between views Other controls available from right-clicking on a view tableSet visibility for matched applications Set visibility for hosts on Application Discovery screensModifying the maximum size of an event list Setting event attributesSetting data polling interval Introduction to event settings in Application DiscoverySetting alert location Setting event severityChange application template values Managing application templatesFind an application template Create a new template Key to application template values Constructing regular expressions Application identity Session Separation rule fields and their descriptionsCreate a process aggregation rule Create an application template ruleAggregation rule fields and their descriptions Managing application templates Example of a nested template aggregation rule Managing application templates Understanding the tables that show unmatched processes How to remove types from the aggregation ruleCheck unmatched processes to find application candidates Filling in the template separation rule fields Filling in the system scope fields using table dataFilling in the aggregation rule fields using table data Prerequisites Create an application workload in Virtualization ManagerCreate Monitored Workload Definition screen reopens Backing up Application Discovery filesPage Errors in installation TroubleshootingApplications not visible in Application Discovery screens Data missing in Application Discovery screensData missing in Application Discovery screens Host not visible in Application Discovery screens Check that SSH is configured correctly on the managed node# cd /.ssh /* rootuserhomedirectory/.ssh Packages not visible in Application Discovery screens Application Discovery may not be correctly configuredCheck that the host is known to Application Discovery Check that the Application Discovery agent is running UI Unable to connect to servermessages Errors in Application Discovery user interface operationJava UI exception message displays To list the AD agent package installed on the machine, then Page Application Discovery resources Support and other resourcesContacting HP Related informationPage Page Options Amgrd= Logtrace InstallationAuthors Agentconfig Check agent state Event types Key to event attributesEvent viewing locations Event severity typesAdditional event types specific to Application Discovery Table C-1 Error messages seen when trying to log Error messagesPage Introduction Using HP SIM to complete certificate exchangeCompleting certificate exchange from the command line Completing certificate exchangeCompleting certificate exchange Credentials Configuring the Wbem provider passwordPage Agent GlossaryManaged SSL Wbem Index Admin/Config tabClear filter menu pick Group option Defining an application template rule AD Agents, 13
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