HP UX Matrix Operating EnvIronment manual Procedures and examples, Starting Application Discovery

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3 Procedures and examples

With Application Discovery, you can perform the following tasks:

•Check the progress of discovery.

•Define an application for discovery.

•Modify the behavior of agents running on managed systems.

•Set attributes that determine what events to display, where to display them, and the priority they should have.

Starting Application Discovery

1.Enter your user name and ID into the HP Systems Insight Manager software (HP SIM) interface.

2.Accept the certificate required by HP SIM.

3.Select Tools→Integrated Consoles→Application Discovery .

Application Discovery opens in the main display panel of the Applications view.

Modifying agent behavior

Use the information in this section to control the Application Discovery agent from the command line and to adapt its behavior to your environment. For ways to manage and monitor the agent from the user interface, see these sections:

•“Setting data polling interval” (page 24)

•“Checking agent state” (page 18)

Install the Application Discovery agent on a managed node

See the Insight Dynamics installation and update guide for the appropriate operating system for instructions on how to install the Application Discovery agent via the HP Systems Insight Manager software (HP SIM) menus or manually. The Insight Dynamics guides are available with the software and at http://www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics/docs.

Start the Application Discovery agent

You can start the agent from the top menu or from the command line.

Using HP SIM to start the agent

1.Initiate this task by selecting Configure →Insight Dynamics Agents→Start AD Agents from the top menu.

2.Using the system list, select the HP-UX systems where you want to start an agent. Click

Apply.

3.Verify the system selection and click Next.

4.A description of the action about to take place is displayed. When you are sure that you want to complete the action, click Run now to start the agent.

Starting the agent from the command line

To start the agent from the command line on the managed node, enter the following command:

/opt/amgr/bin/amgrd

For the full description of the options available for modifying agent behavior, see “Commands for controlling Application Discovery agent and certificates” (page 55).

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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 conceptsHow discovery works Refining Application DiscoveryUnderstand your current discovery state Discovery ratioWarm-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 Using HP SIM to start the agent Procedures and examplesStarting the agent from the command line Starting Application DiscoveryUsing HP SIM to stop the AD agent Reconfigure a running agent from the command lineStopping the agent from the command line Checking agent stateWorking with data views Adjusting the user interfaceExplanation of agent states Set screen data refresh intervalSet 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 screensSetting data polling interval Setting event attributesIntroduction to event settings in Application Discovery Modifying the maximum size of an event listSetting 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 Contacting HP Support and other resourcesRelated information Application Discovery resourcesPage 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 Completing certificate exchange from the command line Using HP SIM to complete certificate exchangeCompleting certificate exchange IntroductionCompleting 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