Document Outline

• HP Application Discovery Version 4.0 User's Guide
• Table of Contents
• About This Document
  • Intended Audience
  • New and Changed Information in This Edition
  • Typographic Conventions
  • Related Information
  • Publishing History
  • HP Encourages Your Comments
• 1 Introduction
  • Features of Application Discovery​
• 2 Components and Concepts
  • Application Discovery Components​
  • Refining Application Discovery​
    • How Discovery Works
    • Understand Your Current Discovery State
      • Discovery Ratio
      • Warm-up Ratio
    • Refine Discovery by Checking Agent State
    • Refine Discovery by Creating Application Templates
  • Understanding Application Templates
  • How Memory Usage is Calculated​
  • Understanding Server Resource Consumption
• 3 Procedures
  • Starting Application Discovery​
  • Modifying Agent Behavior​
    • Install the HP Application Discovery Agent on a Managed Node
    • Start the HP Application Discovery Agent
      • Using HP SIM to Start the Agent
      • Starting the Agent from the Command Line
    • Stop a Running Agent
      • Using HP SIM to Stop the AD Agent
      • Stopping the Agent from the Command Line
    • Reconfigure a Running Agent from the Command Line
  • Checking Agent State​
    • Explanation of Agent States
  • Working With Data Views
    • Adjusting the User Interface​
      • Set Screen Data Refresh Interval
      • Set General Visibility
      • Set Color Theme
      • Set Number of Table Rows
    • Change the Data View​
      • Sort Data in View Tables
      • Filter Data in View Tables
      • Other Controls Available from Right-Clicking on a View Table
      • Navigate Between Views
        • Navigating with Tabs
        • Navigating with Table Links
    • Adjusting Visibility of Applications Within Application Discovery Data Tables
      • Set Visibility for Hosts on Application Discovery Screens
      • Set Visibility for Matched Applications
      • Set Visibility for Packages on Application Discovery Screens
    • Modifying the Graphic Display of Application Discovery Server Activity​
      • The Impact of Discovery on Application Discovery Server Memory Usage
    • Modifying the Maximum Size of an Event List
    • Setting Data Polling Interval​
  • Setting Event Attributes​
    • Introduction to Event Settings in Application Discovery
    • Setting Event Severity
    • Setting Alert Location
  • Managing Application Templates
    • Find an Application Template
    • Change AD Application Template Values
    • Create a New Template
    • Key to Application Template Values​
      • Summary Fields and Their Descriptions
      • Attribute Fields and Their Descriptions
      • Rule Fields and Their Descriptions
    • Create an Application Template Rule​
      • Create an Aggregation Rule
        • Aggregation Rule Examples
      • How to Remove Types from the Aggregation Rule
    • Check Unmatched Processes to Find Application Candidates​
      • Understanding the Tables Showing Unmatched Processes
      • Using the Table Data to Fill in An Application Template
      • Filling in the Summary Fields Using Table Data
      • Filling in the Template Attribute Fields
      • Filling in the Rule Fields Using Table Data
  • Backing Up Application Discovery Files​
• 4 Troubleshooting and Error Messages
  • Introduction​
    • Errors in Installation
      • Failure message on installation of Application Discovery agent (AppDiscAgent)
    • Data Missing in Application Discovery Screens
      • Applications Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens
      • Host Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens
      • Packages Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens
    • Application Errors in VSE Workload Screens
      • Error Message Indicates Application Discovery Server Is Not Available
      • No 'Applications' Icon for System Listed on Virtualization Manager Visualization Tab Screen
      • No 'by application' Entry in VSE Workload Definition Criteria Drop-down
      • No Indicators Showing in VSE Workload Real-Time Utilization Meters
      • Cannot Enter Application Discovery User Interface
    • Errors in Application Discovery User Interface Operation
      • UI “Unable to Connect to Server” Messages
      • Java 'UI exception' Message Displays
• 5 Getting Assistance in Using Application Discovery
  • Application Discovery Resources
• A Commands for Controlling HP Application Discovery Agent and Certificates
  • amgrd
  • agent_config
  • amgr_remote_config (1M)
• B Completing Certificate Exchange
  • Introduction​
    • Using HP SIM to Complete Certificate Exchange
    • Completing Certificate Exchange from the Command Line
• C Configuring the WBEM Provider Password
  • Introduction​
• D Key to Event Attributes
  • Event Types
  • Event Severity Types
  • Additional Event Types Specific to HP Application Discovery
  • Event Viewing Locations
• Glossary
• Index