Warm-up ratio

The warm-up ratio indicates the degree to which the Application Discovery agent has completed an initial survey of packages on a managed host. Processes that are eventually associated with a package are listed as unmatched processes until the packages are completely catalogued.

A warm-up ratio of 100% indicates that an initial survey of packages has been completed since the last startup of the Application Discovery agent on the managed host. A ratio of less than 100% indicates that the agent might still be in the process of cataloguing and displaying packages present on the managed host. It might also indicate that a problem exists in the Application Discovery agent/server communication.

Figure 2 Segment of package inventory data

Once you understand the current state of discovery on a managed host or across a network, you can improve the quality of discovery. The next few sections discuss ways to refine discovery.

Refine discovery by checking agent state

Application Discovery provides information about the operation of its agents so that you can make decisions about where and when to use them, and so that you can know the state of their health.

To learn about agent status, follow the process for checking agent state as described in the following section.

The information provided can help you decide if you want to do one or more of the following:

•Install an Application Discovery agent in order to monitor processes and applications on that host. See Matrix OE for HP-UXfor instructions.

•Start an agent on a system where the agent is installed, but not running.

•Modify the behavior of an agent on a system to affect data freshness and retain history.

Refine discovery by creating application templates

Application Discovery is shipped with a set of default templates that it uses to discover applications that are likely to be present within an extensive network or data center. These templates can be copied and edited to quickly create new, similar templates, or you can create a completely new template that contains no predetermined settings. To see your current list of templates, click the Admin/Config tab, then the AD Templates tab.

To define an application, you can do the following:

•Edit an existing template to better define the application to which it applies.

•Copy an existing template and modify it to collect a new set of unmatched processes into an application.

•Create a new template to collect a set of unmatched processes into an application.

See “Managing application templates” (page 23) for instructions on creating and editing templates.

Understanding application templates

Application Discovery is shipped with a set of default application templates that it uses to discover applications that are likely to be present within an extensive network or data center. These templates

Understanding application templates

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Matrix Operating Environment Software specifications

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