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1. To check agent state find agent state from within HP Systems Insight Manager HP SIM 1 Select Configure Configure VSE Agents Check AD Agent States 2 Select the HP UX systems where you want to find agent status from the HP SIM system list Click Apply 3 Verify the system selection and click Next 4 You can see a description of the action about to take place When you are sure that you want to continue with the task click Run now to complete the agent status report 5 After a short time the report appears in the main viewing window It summarizes identifying information and provide the state for the machine s that you selected earlier in the process Procedures 6 If desired scroll down to access a printable copy of the report Click the View Printable Report button to open the printable version of the report 2299 NOTE Ifyou find that you are unable to obtain agent status from within HP SIM check the following e That you have the correct permissions associated with your login ID so that you can view Application Discovery agent states See User Authorizations in VSE Management Software Help for information on Application Discovery authorizations e That the targeted managed node has been authorized to accept remote commands from HP SIM To authorize the acceptance of remote commands on the command line of the CMS type mxagentconfig a n managed_system where managed_systemis the name of the ta
2. 1 Application Discovery might not be correctly configured Run vseinitconfig a on the command line to correct the configuration of Application Discovery See also vseinitconfig 1M To identify other configuration problems that might be affecting Application Discovery server check the Troubleshooting notes in the VSE Management Software Help instructions or use vseassist 1M Introduction 51 A NOTE Be aware that one possible cause for incorrect configuration is the case where installation and startup deviate from the documented process In this situation you might see the following error message Application Discovery UI encountered an error The UI and server are out of sync If Application Discovery web application and Application Discovery server are not from the same installation version you must reinstall Application Discovery before using vseinitconfig a Check that Application Discovery server is running on the CMS Type ps elf grep amgrserver jar on the command line of the CMS You should see a Java process running the Application Discovery server If you do not see this Java process type opt amgr bin cms_start You must be logged in as user root on the CMS to initiate this command Java Ul exception Message Displays 52 UI exception errors indicate that a problem internal to the Application Discovery user interface exists Please contact HP to report the error and receive assis
3. Procs Unmatched 144 procs Event lists are pruned periodically to the number set in Max Events The new setting is applied the next time the list is pruned Setting Data Polling Interval You can set the frequency at which the Application Discovery agent sends fresh data to the Application Discovery server You can set polling for processes and for packages separately 1 Click the following tabs Admin Config then AD Agents 2 Find the global settings box on the left of the screen Global settings Global values Auto accept agent certificates off Connected agents 0 Global host process interval 4m aa Global package interval Sm v 3 Select an interval from the list The default settings are every one minute for host process data transmission and every five minutes for package data transmission 28 Procedures Setting Event Attributes Introduction to Event Settings in Application Discovery Application Discovery logs various application and administrative events occurring in the computing network It records events that occur in association with applications host machines agents and templates You can set the desired severity for an event type and the location at which the event alert can be seen To access and modify the attribute fields for events click the Admin Config tab then the Events tab The next figure shows part of the event configuration fields Figure 3 1 Event Tab Showing Configuration
4. Click the following tabs in Application Discovery Admin Config then Discovery b Find the following column headings in the data table on this screen Check that the value for Discovery ratio is 100 When the discovery ratio is less than 100 this may indicate that an inventory is still being taken for that host Expect the warm up period for completing the process inventory to take about 20 minutes 4 Check that any usage of regular expression syntax in the defining application template is correct Application Discovery recognizes regular expressions constructed using Perl 5 or POSIX syntax and semantics 5 Check that any string or regular expression used in the executable path field of the defining application template describes the desired running process Application Discovery differs from Global Workload Manager gWLM in how it matches user input data to discovered applications gWLM uses a combination of a fully qualified path and retrieved inode information to find a process on one managed node Application Discovery does not infer the location of running processes based on the presence or location of installed applications For broader coverage of all running processes not just those associated with installed software packages within a network of machines Application Discovery matches strings and regular expressions exactly when comparing templates to running processes It may help to think of the difference between AD an
5. Type the following command on the command line of the managed node cimprovider 1 m AmgrAgentProviderModule AmgrAgent Provider A return of AngrAgent Provider indicates that the WBEM provider is installed If this value is not returned first clean up the provider by typing opt amgr bin agent_wbem_cleanup Removing the AmgrAgentProvider Then configure the provider by typing the following on the command line Introduction 43 opt amgr bin agent wbem_config Loading Application Discovery schema Loading Application Discovery metadata Check that the Application Discovery agent certificate has been installed on the managed node Type the following on the command line of the managed node ls var opt amgr ssl agent_cert pem var opt amgr ssl agent_cert pem If agent_cert pemis not listed you can create the certificate by typing the following on the command line opt amgr bin make agent cert Host name is xyz cup hp com Finished agent certificate creation Data Missing in Application Discovery Screens Issues listed in this section include the following Applications Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens page 44 Host Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens page 46 Packages Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens page 48 Applications Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens 44 1 Check that the application is not hidden from view in the application table T
6. 1 2 3 Click the following tabs in HP Application Discovery Admin Config then AD Templates In the table listing all application templates find the column labeled Visible Click the button to toggle visibility of applications matched to a template to yes Y or no N Select N to prevent the applications that match this template from showing in HP Application Discovery data tables Select Y to allow the applications that match this template to show in HP Application Discovery data tables A NOTE When creating a workload in HP Virtualization Manager you have the option of checking Show All Running Applications In essence this check box allows you to reveal all running applications that have been previously marked as hidden in HP Application Discovery by a user or by default See Add Selection by Application in HP Virtualization Manager Help for usage instructions Set Visibility for Packages on Application Discovery Screens To help you control the amount of data presented to you Application Discovery provides several ways to modify the visibility of objects in Application Discovery screens In addition to modifying package visibility discussed here you can also change the visibility of hosts and applications To change visibility of a package 1 2 3 Click the following tabs in Application Discovery Admin Config then Packages In the table listing all packages find the column labeled Visible
7. 26 Refresh page 26 regular expressions Perl 5 45 POSIX 45 syntax errors and Application Discovery template matching 45 using in application templates 36 remote command execution error 46 resource consumption Application Discovery server 19 right click controls 26 Rule fields data for in unmatched process table 41 rules defining for application templates 37 removing a type within an application template 39 S scope setting for process identifier 34 setting for user identifier 34 screen setting data refresh 24 security SSL certificate exchange 63 server memory use 19 severity type critical event 68 major event 68 minor event 68 normal event 68 unknown event 68 warning 68 warning event 68 show application 34 sort data in view tables 25 order 25 SSH configuration errors 47 SSL certificate exchange 63 SSL certificates about 15 start using Application Discovery 21 state finding for Application Discovery agent 22 reported values for agents 23 status agent 22 WBEM connection 47 string matching Application Discovery 45 gWLM as compared to Application Discovery 45 Summary fields data for in unmatched process table 40 support 53 T tab AD Agents 17 26 AD Templates 30 32 37 Admin Event 67 Admin Config 26 Admin Config Event View 29 Applications 26 Discovery 16 Events 26 Hosts 26 navigation 25 26 Packages 26 Templates 26 UI 24 table collapse 26 expan
8. 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 stop the agent Stopping the Agent from the Command Line To stop a running agent enter the following command opt amgr bin amgrd stop For the full description of the options available for modifying agent behavior see Commands for Controlling HP Application Discovery Agent and Certificates page 55 Reconfigure a Running Agent from the Command Line To change attributes of the agent while it is running type on the command line opt amgr bin amgrd option option For example the following command illustrates changing the frequency for collecting data about processes and packages opt amgr bin amgrd procfreq interval s m h packfreq interval s m h where e procfreq interval s m h changes the current frequency for collecting process data e packfreq interval s m h changes the current frequency for collecting package data and interval is the time span between polls Interval may be given in seconds s minutes m or hours h For example the following command designates a process collection frequency of 10 minutes and a package collection frequency of 30 minutes opt amgr bin amgrd procfreq 10m packfreq 30m For the full range of options see Commands for Controlling HP Application Discovery Agent and Certificates page 55 Checking Agent State 22
9. Click the button to toggle visibility of packages on Application Discovery screens to yes Y or no N Select N to prevent the package from showing in Application Discovery data tables Select Y to allow the package to show in Application Discovery data tables Modifying the Graphic Display of Application Discovery Server Activity You can change the time span shown in the graph 1 2 3 Click the Admin Config tab then the AD Server tab Locate the Graph Controller to the right of the graph Click the drop down arrow to see the time spans from which to choose Time periods are given in minutes m and hours h Choose auto to see the time span from server startup to now The graphic immediately repaints when you change the time span The Impact of Discovery on Application Discovery Server Memory Usage Memory use might be higher during the initial warmup period when application discovery is at its height and lessening over time as the majority of discovery is completed Working With Data Views 27 Modifying the Maximum Size of an Event List To set event list size do the following steps 1 Click the Admin Config tab then the AD Server tab 2 Locate the drop down Max Events listed at the bottom of the Server Configuration box to the left of the graph 3 Select the maximum number of events to store in the primary event log Version 3 0 00 00 20070227 Protocol version Warmup Run Aps Inst Aps Packages Hosts
10. about various objects often including system application and event data for all known instances of each in one table but with emphasis on one aspect of the data A logically related set of processes active on a host system a running application and or a logically related set of files on a host system disk an installed application Application Discovery recognizes applications based on standard package installation templates that are shipped with the product and templates that are defined by users HP Application Discovery The HP VSE Management Software application that inventories running and installed applications in a network and provides application and process map data used for creating workloads in HP Virtualization Manager See also application discovery The process of finding applications and gathering performance and location data about them for display and use See also Application Discovery HP Capacity Advisor The HP VSE Management Software application that performs analysis and planning of workloads on a system or across a set of systems See CMS Central management server A system in the management domain that executes the HP Systems Insight Manager software All central operations within HP Systems Insight Manager are initiated from this system In system management applications the process of finding and identifying network objects In HP Systems Insight Manager discovery finds and identifies all the HP sy
11. application oriented events to trigger notification messages and control where the messages display in Application Discovery and or HP SIM e Discover the presence or absence of Application Discovery agents and check their status e Monitor the behavior and performance of the Application Discovery server Features of Application Discovery 13 14 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 agentis fully autonomous An agent is the only component that is platform specific by operating system type and version e The Application Discovery server which communicates with agents runs all of the algorithms tracks events stores templates and passes data to the user interface e 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 e SSL certifi
12. data into separate pages based on the number that you select Use the Table bucket size drop down to select the number of rows that you want to appear in each table per page The default number of rows is set to 50 but you can select more or fewer rows for each table page Your selection is applied automatically and immediately to all data tables in Application Discovery Change the Data View Various ways exist to help you sort and filter the data displays so that you can see across application and server activity and drill down to the specifics a particular application or server Sort Data in View Tables The default sort order Each table displays with one column having a dark grey background in the column heading and an arrow The dark grey color indicates which column is driving the sort order for all rows of data in the table The arrow indicates whether the column has been sorted in ascending or descending order Criteria for the order may be numeric or alphabetical El Application instances 8 Stat Ev Application Version t 8 coD B 11 31 08 01 5 icop B 11 23 07 00 Changing the sort column To change which column is driving the sort order for the table click on or near the title of the column containing the criteria by which you want to sort The background color of the newly selected column heading changes from medium grey to dark grey revealing the sort arrow indicator Changing the sort order Click the arro
13. data for that specific application application instance or host Use these links to find an application or server specific view Adjusting Visibility of Applications Within Application Discovery Data Tables Set Visibility for Hosts on Application Discovery Screens 26 To help you control the amount of data presented to you Application Discovery provides several ways to modify the visibility of objects in Application Discovery screens In addition to modifying host visibility discussed here you can also change the visibility of packages and applications To change visibility of a host 1 Click the following tabs in Application Discovery Admin Config then Discovery Procedures In the table listing all hosts find the column labeled Visible Click the button to toggle visibility of hosts on Application Discovery screens to yes Y or no N Select N to prevent the host and its accompanying data from showing in Application Discovery data tables Select Y to allow the host and its accompanying data to show in Application Discovery data tables Set Visibility for Matched Applications To help you control the amount of data presented to you HP Application Discovery provides several ways to modify the visibility of objects in HP Application Discovery screens In addition to modifying application visibility discussed here you can also change the visibility of packages and hosts To change visibility of a matched application
14. event notification It will help you understand how Application Discovery can be useful to you Intended Audience This document is intended for system and application administrators responsible for installing configuring and monitoring application health and availability within a network Administrators are expected to have knowledge of operating system concepts commands and configuration Parts of this document are also intended for data center operators Operators are expected to be able to identify significant events and communicate them to others This document is not a tutorial New and Changed Information in This Edition This document is new and contains conceptual procedural and example material to provide detailed information about how to use Application Discovery It contains the following information e An Introduction to Application Discovery e Components and Concepts that underlie the workings of Application Discovery e Procedures that can be done within Application Discovery to modify the display of data within Application Discovery and to create user defined application definitions recognized by HP Virtualization Manager as well as by Application Discovery e Tasks and Examples that illustrate more complex ways to use Application Discovery e Troubleshooting instructions for solving errors in the configuration and operation of Application Discovery Typographic Conventions This document uses the following typo
15. file var opt amgr agent properties opt amgr bin amgrd lt timestamp gt Starting agent Check the connection status of HP Application Discovery agent opt amgr bin amgrd connectionstatus OK 57 58 AUTHORS amgrd was developed by Hewlett Packard Company FILES var opt amgr amgrd log Has 2 MB limit then rolls over to alternating backup logs var opt amgr amgrd log 1 First alternate backup log var opt amgr amgrd log 2 Second alternate backup log SEE ALSO HP Application Discovery Help Reference HP Application Discovery Version 4 0 User s Guide VSE Management Software Version 4 0 Getting Started Guide VSE Management Software Version 4 0 Installation and Update Guide for HP UX http docs hp com en vse Related manpage agent_config Commands for Controlling HP Application Discovery Agent and Certificates agent_config NAME agent_config Access HP Application Discovery Certificate on Managed System SYNOPSIS Path opt amgr bin agent_ config agent config a dir config directory agent config amx agent config c agent config printAgentTrust agent config r agent config start agent config stop DESCRIPTION The agent_config command allows you to interact with an HP Application Discovery agent to print its certificate or to remove a counterpart CMS certificate and to check the status of the agent to start an AD agent or to stop an AD agent You can use agent_config remotely from
16. kk ke kak Ka KK KE KAKA KA KAYA 17 Event Tab Showing Configuration Fields for Data Center and Administrative Events 29 Template Summary Including Applications Affected by the Template 31 List of Tables 3 1 3 2 4 1 D 1 D 2 D 3 D 4 Possible Values Lon Agent State sc 4xai4444 5515315355054550 2 4341505n 4 5h0 kaa d bake n n dak su kabe wa nek aken xa e an aba k D 23 An Example Comparison of Match Behavior in AD and gWLM for Same Executable Path and PAT Um D S cries canen Gay naye ce eh KEREKER ERA Ke E diva K r an va SEK Re a y RE ke ad ee dir vue E ka Ne E n Ya ve HEWAR KAY k 33 An Example Comparison of Match Behavior in AD and gWLM for Same Executable Path and Ag U Te D aces oo e a EE oE EEEE be EREN AS H RA K3 ce W nA jA ase oft e Wey kad n RAA B sats TAWA H n an n ba WE WE AA ba R S a eni AMA As RA 46 Description of Event Types Used in HP Application Discovery EE eke 67 Event Severity Types Used in HP Application DiSCOVeTry E Erkek keke keke 68 Event Types Specific to HP Application DiScovery EEEEE ereke nce 68 Event Viewing Location Types Used in HP Application Discovery EEE eee 68 10 About This Document This document presents procedural and example information to help you become familiar Application Discovery how to manipulate the data presentation and how to manage
17. login amgr_ remote config start mx n hostname u login amgr_remote_ config stop mx n hostname u login DESCRIPTION From the central management server the amgr_remote_config command allows you to interact with an HP Application Discovery agent on a managed node to print its certificate or to remove a counterpart CMS certificate and to check the status of the agent on that node You can execute amgr_remote_config from the HP System Insight Manager graphical user interface or from the command line on the central management system You will need root access to use this command Options If no options are specified the usage string is printed and the command exits The amgr_remote_config command recognizes the following options a Exchange certificates between the central management server and the managed node c Check agent state on a managed node Agent state is printed dir path Designate the path to the directory where the certificates are located The default location for certificates is var opt amgr ss1 mx Use HP Systems Insight Manager s CMS credential to invoke the remote HP Application Discovery agent configuration program Note u and dir are ignored when mx is specified n hostname Name of system where task is to be done r Remove the target CMS certificate from a managed node start Start the agent as a daemon on a managed node and enable restart on reboot stop Stop the agent on a managed n
18. opt amgr ssl onthe managed node amgr remote config a n foo hp com u aduser dir var opt amgr ssl Check the state of HP Application Discovery agent on managed node foo hp com using HP System Insight Manager mxexec amgr remote config c mx n foo hp com AUTHORS amgr_remote_config was developed by Hewlett Packard Company FILES opt amgr bin amgr remote config Remote HP Application Discovery agent configuration program opt amgr lib AmgrRemoteConfig jar Helper Java program for amgr_remote_config var opt amgr ssl cms host CMS host name var opt amgr ssl cms_cert pem HP Application Discovery CMS certificate var opt amgr ssl tempcerts HP Application Discovery temporary certificate directory SEE ALSO HP Application Discovery Help Reference HP Application Discovery Version 4 0 User s Guide VSE Management Software Version 4 0 Getting Started Guide VSE Management Software Version 4 0 Installation and Update Guide for HP UX http docs hp com en vse Related manual page mxexec 62 Commands for Controlling HP Application Discovery Agent and Certificates B Completing Certificate Exchange Introduction HP Application Discovery uses Secure Sockets Layer SSL certificates to authenticate and secure data transmission between HP Application Discovery agents and the HP Application Discovery server Once HP Application Discovery components are installed the accompanying certificate information for HP Application Di
19. setting for hosts shown in Application Discovery 26 setting for matching applications 27 setting for packages shown in Application Discovery 27 template attribute 34 visibility errors no applications in Application Discovery 44 no hosts in Application Discovery 46 no packages in Application Discovery 48 vseassist 1M 49 51 vseinitconfig 1M 49 51 W warm up discovery 17 warmup 27 WBEM connection status 47 WBEM provider about 15 configure for Application Discovery 43 77 configuring password 65 uninstall for Application Discovery 43 workload definition process map error 50 78 Index
20. the HP SIM graphical user interface or from the command line on a managed system You will need root access to use this command Options If no options are specified the usage string is printed and the command exits The agent_config command recognizes the following options a Copies CMS certificate from standard input to directory specified by config_directory First line following this is expected to be the name of the CMS Agent certificate is printed to standard output amx Print agent certificate to standard output G Check agent state on a managed node dir config_directory Destination to which to copy the certificate printAgentTrust Print the trusted certificate of the HP Application Discovery agent pushWbemAccessList Store HP Application Discovery WBEM provider access list from standard input r Remove the target CMS certificate from a managed node start Start the agent as a daemon on a managed node stop Stop the agent on a managed node Installation The agent_config command can be installed from a depot available on the HP VSE Managed Node Software Update Web site For installation instructions please visit the VSE Management Web site at the following URL http docs hp com en vsemgmt agents html Beginning with VSE Management Software Version A 03 00 00 agent_config is installed on the CMS when the VSE Management Software is installed RETURN VALUES 0 The command completed successfully no errors we
21. value Effect Child processes will be shown as separate application instances in HP Application Discovery yes child processes are considered part of the parent application instance Effect Child processes will not be shown as separate application instances in HP Application Discovery Managing Application Templates 35 A NOTE Ifyou want to define a template based on ownership or how many instances are currently j running you can check the Unmatched procs table on a particular host screen or the Processes not matched by this template table on a template editing screen to get this information See for tips on finding specific process attributes Rule Fields and Their Descriptions The following figure shows the Rules portion of an application template Fields and their descriptions follow the image Type to add or And User Group Path Cmdline Field Description Rule Rules can be simple or complex and are based on types that can be added to or deleted from the rule Possible type values used to construct a rule include Or Can contain a list of one or more And Or User Group Path or Cmdline values Effect Any one of the rules within this statement can be true to match a process to the application And Can contain a list of one or more And Or User Group Path or Cmdline values Effect All of the rules within this statement must be true to match a process to the applicat
22. 1 A On HP UX On HP UX HP Application Discovery program binaries are installed in opt amgr HP Application Discovery data are located in var opt amgr To back up HP Application Discovery copy the entire contents of these two directories to storage media On Microsoft Windows Program binaries are stored in the Virtual Server Environment install directory in C Program Files HP Virtual Server Environment data For information on where HP VSE is installed by default see HP Insight Control Management Quick Setup Poster For information on backing up data for all VSE components see the vseinitconfig options in the command reference of the VSE Management Software Installation and Update Guide for HP UX or for Windows as appropriate for your setup 42 Procedures 4 Troubleshooting and Error Messages Introduction This page is organized by symptom each of which is followed by possible indicators or causes to investigate Errors in Installation Failure message on installation of Application Discovery agent AppDiscAgent 1 A Check that OpenSSL is installed on the managed node and that it is free of outstanding security issues To learn about the latest security bulletins check http www openssl org news OpenSSL OpenSSL is required on managed systems so that the Application Discovery agent software can securely send application information to the CMS To obtain the latest version of OpenSSL
23. 18 precedence 18 recognition 18 application template errors 32 application templates creating new 32 creating rules for 37 edit 30 examples of aggregation rules 38 find 30 removing a type from a rule 39 rule types 37 tab 30 32 37 usage precedence 31 Applications tab 26 applications clear filters 44 no access icon in Virtualization Manager system screen 49 no access links in gWLM workload screens 50 no access links in Virtualization Manager workload screens 50 none listed in Application Discovery application tables 44 private memory calculation 19 setting event attributes for 29 setting visibility for 24 show 44 applications hidden 44 Architecture template attribute 34 assistance 53 Attribute fields data for in unmatched process table 41 B backup Application Discovery files 41 73 C certificate create for Application Discovery agent 44 exchanae incomplete for Application Discovery agent 44 49 certificates about 15 completing the exchange 63 exchange 47 exchanging from the command line 63 exchanging from within HP Systems Insight Manager 63 cimprovider 43 Clear filter 25 clutter reducing number of processes shown in Application Discovery unmatched process table 40 Cmdline defining an application template rule 36 collapse tables 26 Collapse table 26 color set theme for user interface 24 components agent 15 server 15 SSL certificates 15 templates 15 user inter
24. C or And user Group C Path cmdline And S r2 CS NDDDKDKXKXKXKXKEL EKA Del Rue N ezan Del AND Fill in the empty values to complete the rule description for this template and click Apply You might need to scroll to the right to locate the Apply and Cancel buttons For guidance on the values that work in each field see Key to Application Template Values page 32 and Check Unmatched Processes to Find Application Candidates page 40 Aggregation Rule Examples The following images demonstrate several ways to construct an aggregation rule in Application Discovery that will collect exactly the processes that you want associated to this template to be defined as an application The following figure shows a simple aggregation rule that collects processes by specified executable path and command line argument 38 Procedures Type to add C or C And C user C Group C Path Cmdine And amp Add Rul Del Rul We e an DH Cmdline myapp Server The following figure shows an aggregation of multiple processes by specified executable path into one application Type to add C or C And C user C Group Path C Cmdline or 7 Add Rule Del Rule gt Add Rule Del Rule Add Rule Del Rule Add Rule Add Rule Path e Del OR Path Path Path li The following figure shows an aggregation of multiple processes specified using regular expressions Type to a
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26. Each nPartition operates independently of other nPartitions and either runs a single instance of an operating system or is further divided into virtual partitions nPartitions can be used as compartments managed by HP Global Workload Manager gWLM as long as several requirements are met Refer to the gWLM online help for a description of nPartition requirements See also virtual partition A package groups application services individual HP UX processes together A workload that is not currently associated with a system A workload becomes parked if its system is set to none when it is created or later modified A parked workload that was previously associated with a system may have historical data associated with it from HP Capacity Advisor or HP Global Workload Manager gWLM As with any workload the historical data will be lost if the workload is deleted When migrating a workload from one system to another it may be useful to park the workload removing the association with the original system until the new system becomes available This preserves the historical data for the workload across the migration 1 A subset of server hardware that includes core memory and I O resources on which an operating system OS can be run This type of partitioning allows a single server to run an OS independently in each partition with isolation from other partitions 2 A resource partition made up of either a Fair Share Scheduler or a process
27. Fields for Data Center and Administrative Events Applications Events Admin Config Data center events 2 3 Administrative events Application installed Normal Show in AD Application Discovery agent a accessible Application started Normal Show in AD Application Discovery agent Application stopped Normal Show in AD changed identity mao Application Discovery agent lication templat zava n template Normal Show in AD dropped message mene lication Discovery agent Application template Warning Show in AD r ry age parse error Application Discovery agent Application template Narmal Shaw in AN The Events tab shows two panes one for data center events and one for administrative events Each pane contains A list of event types that can be managed Drop down lists that allow you to set the level of severity for each event type Each severity has an iconic indicator associated with it that can be seen in Application Discovery by clicking the Events tab or in HP SIM by looking at the uncleared events lists Lists that allow you to specify where event notifications shall post for viewing Setting Event Severity 1 Click the drop down arrow to reveal the choices The choices are displayed in descending order of criticality 2 Select the level of warning severity desired for each event type 3 Click Submit to save the change The new settings are applied im
28. HP Application Discovery Version 4 0 User s Guide HP Part Number 5992 3838 Published May 2008 O Copyright 2008 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Legal Notices Confidential computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Acknowledgments This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation http www apache org HP UX Release 10 20 and later and HP UX Release 11 00 and later in both 32 and 64 bit configurations on all HP 9000 computers are Open Group UNIX 95 branded products Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries Linux is a U S registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Oracle is a registered US trade
29. Visualization screen 49 no by application link in gWLM workload screens 50 no by application link in Virtualization Manager workload screens 50 no applications in Application Discovery 44 no hosts in Application Discovery 46 no indicators in Virtualization Manager real time utilization meters 50 no packages in Application Discovery 48 O OpenSSL obtaining for HP UX and Linux 43 Or defining an application template rule 36 OS operating system template attribute 34 OSver OS version template attribute 34 overview 13 P package set agent polling interval for 28 set data collection frequency 22 package inventory 17 package inventory completion checking 48 Packages tab 26 27 packages not visible in Application Discovery 48 setting visibility for 24 setting visibility for Application Discovery screens 27 Path defining an application template rule 36 Pid scope template attribute 34 ports error when blocked by firewall 46 procedures Application Discovery 21 process set agent polling interval for 28 set data collection frequency 22 unmatched 16 process identifier setting scope 34 process interval using to find wait time for template matching 32 process inventory 16 process maps no running application error 51 workload definition error 50 workload parked error 51 writing error 50 processes shared memory calculation 19 76 Index R refresh data screen 24 page view data
30. ables that list applications are preceded by the Application Visibility drop down that lets you toggle to Show hidden apps Select this option and scan the table for your application Also check that no filters are in operation in the table If one or more filters have been applied to the table they are listed on the right in the dark gray table header bar To remove current filters right click anywhere on the table and select Clear all filters If you cannot find the application Application Discovery is not currently recognizing the application as matched to a template It is possible that certificate exchange has not been completed See Completing Certificate Exchange page 63 for instructions on completing the certificate exchange The Application Discovery agent starts running and begins sending data to the Application Discovery server on completion of the certificate exchange Troubleshooting and Error Messages A Have you recently restored or removed and reinstalled the CMS A restore or removal of the central management server also removes the certificate recognition previously established between Application Discovery server on the CMS and Application Discovery agents on managed nodes This relationship must be re established when the CMS is reinstalled or restored by completing the Application Discovery certificate exchange 3 Check that Application Discovery is showing that the discovery ratio is 100 a
31. ar ccie yi Kun W G k kura i pi bake cary ea ies sebra N k ka i 21 Starting the Agent from the Command Line L erkek keke k keke ke 21 Stop Running Agent doserater aE 255135132 inca tae Nc en Bek e N an UE ceran PIRANE KN G vake NE Ken en tuts 21 Using EHP SIM t Stop the AD A Sent s al n eyd e Hl van k lake A h Ee ek ede ki080 d n 22 Stopping the Agent from the Command Line EL ekere keke ee k re kek keke 22 Reconfigure a Running Agent from the Command Line EL eke kk ek keke 22 Checking Agellt St l ais te cai Aides dssuidecauuv onales kl kenara il elisa aka ed yun Hand ka wna tapas Ee WA A K kera Kwe Laas UR EL He a e e Wu Se a kan 22 Explanation Of Agent States i sk 2 kesin k ra Werin ke kl hek Her kek K n Er keve Se esel bava eV ade kek n eza ETE ia 23 Working With Data VieWS 3 y5y4 a dr 3 caal anya y ben a cek pases Eker EEEa a REESEN renee VAR Sync en W 44 va nek Ve AWEK 23 nell D D din Tt eden Peoria aera aa te E E 24 Set Screen Data Refresh kate fy dl d melak Hel w 34 aa Hi el a a Wada a eleke k Wek ba aa 24 Set General Visibility sarsi etae b d r an ROK aye Sere 006 kela sele inay E yi Ser eter ae nere OK Ee 24 Seb COlOr Temes yaye n e e aA yeka N ee nad SRE ei Sesh See a ec a es 24 Set Number of Table ROWS ccccccccccccccccscccssccsscessccsscessccssceeccssceecesseescesscue
32. ase Other Controls Available from Right Clicking on a View Table E Refresh the page data Right click anywhere in the view screen and select Refresh page Collapse a table Right click on any table row and select Collapse table to remove the rows of data from view This function is most useful when multiple tables are present on a screen and you want to quickly move to other tables Expand a table Within a collapsed table right click anywhere in the table title bar and select Expand table to expose the data for that table NOTE On screens showing multiple tables the tables have an expand collapse icon El or El in the upper left corner of the table title bar Click the icon to expand or collapse the table Navigate Between Views Application Discovery provides two navigation aids to help you move from data view to data view Navigating with Tabs Application Discovery provides a set of tabs for navigating among the aggregated data views At the top level these views are categorized as Applications Hosts and Events Under the Admin Config tab you can find additional views for AD Templates Packages and AD Agents Click the tabs to move from view to view Navigating with Table Links As you review the tables in different views you can see some data entries are linked In particular you can see that application name and host name are usually linked Clicking an application name or host name opens a view showing
33. ation you can do the following e Edit an existing template to better define the application to which it applies e Copy an existing template and modify it to collect a new set of unmatched processes into an application e Create a new template to collect a set of unmatched processes into an application See Managing Application Templates page 30 for instructions on creating and editing templates Understanding Application Templates 18 HP 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 can be copied and edited to quickly create a new similar templates or you can create a completely new template that contains no predetermined settings Application template storage Template attributes are stored in the form of an XML document This means that each attribute is encapsulated in XML tags that must be valid in their structure HP Application Discovery provides a template editor to help you build valid XML template documents Application template recognition HP Application Discovery recognizes the uniqueness of a template based on its name and its version and informs you when you try to use a name and version combination that is already in use by another application template Application template precedence On HP UX HP Application Discovery looks for templates stored in the var
34. ation of one terminal group session Effect All associated pids are treated as one running application instance for that session However because sessions on HP UX and Linux are maintained per user this has the effect of delineating running applications per user Thus if you log in twice two concurrent terminal windows you can have two separate instances of this running application This effect is similar to that obtained by setting user scope one any any number of pids per application Effect Pids have no specific effect on defining the application described by this template User scope How many users processes can be associated with one instance of this application one one user s processes per application Effect A separate instance of this application will be shown for each different user who runs this application This effect is similar to that obtained by setting pid scope session any any number of different users per application Effect Number of users has no specific limiting effect on defining the application described by this template That is only one instance is recognized regardless of how many users are running the application concurrently is pidtree Shall child processes spawned by the parent be considered part of the parent application instance or as a separate instance no child processes are not considered part of the parent application instance This is the default
35. be discovered Check that Application Discovery server is running on the CMS Typeps elf grep amgrserver jar on the command line of the CMS You should see a Java process running the Application Discovery server If you do not see this Java process type opt amgr bin cms_start You must be logged in as user root on the CMS to initiate this command NOTE If none of these measures are sufficient other underlying problems may be the cause See also the suggestions in Host Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens page 46 that relate to communication between the Application Discovery server and the WBEM provider and between the WBEM provider and the Application Discovery agent Cannot Enter Application Discovery User Interface You can see this message when this problem occurs You are not authorized to view this screen Please login with the right credentials To gain access to Application Discovery user interface via links in Virtualization Manager you must set your user authorizations to include AD Monitor Tools or AD All Tools depending on your job role See User Authorizations in VSE Management Software Help for more information Errors in Application Discovery User Interface Operation Issues listed in this section include the following UI Unable to Connect to Server Messages page 51 Java UI exception Message Displays page 52 UI Unable to Connect to Server Messages
36. cate helper files which build necessary administrative command files These files include commands to manage and exchange SSL certificates allowing the agent and the CMS to authenticate the legitimacy of the transmission e The Application Discovery initialization scripts which initialize the database install the user interface into HP SIM including the help system for Application Discovery and set up the conditions for certificate exchange between agent and server e 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 e Running process information including command lines and command line arguments working directories users and environment variables e Installed software information e 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 Application Discovery Components 15 A NOTE An application inventory in a data center or enterprise setting is sensitive
37. cognition previously established between Application Discovery server on the CMS and Application Discovery agents on managed nodes This relationship must be re established when the CMS is reinstalled or restored by completing the Application Discovery certificate exchange 64 Completing Certificate Exchange C Configuring the WBEM Provider Password Introduction WBEM is a management information retrieval and command protocol Application Discovery uses a WBEM provider to allow the central management server CMS to send commands to agents running on managed nodes Sending a WBEM command to a managed node requires remote login from the CMS to a managed node An authorized user name and matching password are used to log in The users who are authorized to access the Application Discovery WBEM provider on a managed system are the same users who are registered with HP Systems Insight Manager HP SIM to access system metrics Ensure that the following WBEM user IDs are registered with HP SIM root bin and amgr Registering any one of these IDs enables the WBEM provider to be connected to from the Application Discovery CMS Every registered WBEM user must have a valid password To register a WBEM user ID and password with HP SIM do the following e For global configuration across multiple machines select Options Protocol Settings Global Protocol Settings Find the section Default WBEM Settings and edit as needed e For an indiv
38. d Index Symbols packfreq set package collection frequency 22 procfreq set process collection frequency 22 start start agent 21 stop stop agent 21 A AD agent checking state 50 failure on installation 43 AD Agents tab 26 AD server check for running server process 49 50 51 52 start 49 50 51 52 unable to connect to Application Discovery user interface 51 AD server not available 49 AD Template tab 27 Admin Config tab 26 administration event types 67 agent check state 17 event types 67 finding current state 22 modifying behavior 21 reconfigure while running 22 setting polling intervals 28 start 21 starting from within HP Systems Insight Manager 21 status 22 stop 21 stopping from within HP Systems Insight Manager 22 tab 17 agent _wbem_cleanup uninstall Application Discovery WBEM provider 43 agent _wbem_config configure Application Discovery WBEM provider 43 agents about 15 state values 23 alert set viewing location 29 amgr_config 21 amgr_remote_config certificate exchange example 63 amgrd 21 22 And defining an application template rule 36 application event types 67 hide 34 setting visibility for 27 show 34 Application Discovery accessing from HP Systems Insight Manager 21 Application Discovery agent modifying behavior 21 Application Discovery procedures 21 Application Discovery server about 15 memory use graph 27 application template format
39. d 26 navigation to views via links 26 unmatched processes 40 table size restricting number of rows 25 tabs navigation 26 tasks configure WBEM provider password 65 exchanging certificates for application discovery 63 starting agent 21 stopping AD agent 22 template rule types 36 table of attributes 34 table of rule attributes 36 template errors 32 Templates tab 26 templates 16 about 15 creating new 32 creating rules for 37 edit 30 editing 16 event types 67 examples of aggregation rules 38 find 30 modifying 18 removing a type from a rule 39 rule types 37 tab 30 32 37 usage precedence 31 Title template attribute 34 troubleshooting VSE CMS configuration 49 U Ul tab 24 unmatched process defined 16 unmatched processes understanding 40 User defining an application template rule 36 user authorizations lack of blocks entry to Application Discovery user interface 51 user identifier setting scope 34 user interface about 15 changing behavior of Application Discovery 24 changing the look of Application Discovery 24 controlling screen table size 25 set color theme 24 User scope template attribute 34 utilization meters no data for application based workloads 50 V Version template attribute 34 view changing 25 filtering data in tables 25 navigating to and from 26 sorting data in tables 25 table link navigation 26 visibility applying to all network applications 24
40. d feedback directly to the VSE Management Software development team vse hpuxweb fc hp com NOTE HP cannot provide product support through this e mail address To obtain product support contact your HP Support Representative your HP Services Representative or your authorized HP reseller For more information about support services visit http www hp com go support For other ways to contact HP visit http welcome hp com country us en contact_us html We encourage your comments concerning this document We are committed to providing documentation that meets your needs Include the document title manufacturing part number and any comment error found or suggestion for improvement you have concerning this document Also please let us know what we did right so we can incorporate it into other documents 1 Introduction HP Application Discovery works from within HP Systems Insight Manager HP SIM to give you the ability to inventory running and installed applications across your system network and to centrally monitor application activity Within VSE Management Software HP Application Discovery integrates with HP Virtualization Manager to give you the power to group running processes into custom applications that can be added to a workload for more comprehensive resource management The HP Application Discovery server and user interface run on the central management server CMS Working in tandem with the agent that you i
41. d gWLM this way e In AD an executable and arg 0 are compared directly to one another to make a match e IngWLM the inode of an executable and the inode of arg 0 are compared to one another to make a match The following examples demonstrate the different results that you can expect when using the same executable and arguments in Application Discovery as compared to Global Workload Manager gWLM Introduction 45 Table 4 1 An Example Comparison of Match Behavior in AD and gWLM for Same Executable Path and Arguments Example Inputs AD gWLM Executable Process arg 0 usr sbin biod match match usr sbin biod biod no match match biod no match match usr sbin biod match not allowed biod biod match not allowed biod match not allowed To check your application template data against the process data that Application Discovery has catalogued you can consult the following e Processes unmatched by this template table for a particular host e Processes unmatched by this template table e Applications affected by this template table Or to see examples of working templates click the following tabs Admin Config then AD Templates Click a template name to see its attributes A NOTE Where large amounts of data are present in tables it can be useful to sort or filter the data to find the exact process and associated attributes for which you are searching 2 gt NOTE If none of t
42. d set of rules properties or metadata that describe an object in a computing network e In HP Application Discovery templates specify the data collection and matching rules to be used to define and discover an application e When referring to a logical server a template is the collection of information that defines the logical server and its attributes A template logical server has no actual resources associated with it A process that Application Discovery can discover that does not match existing templates or packages that Application Discovery is using for discovery and monitoring Unmatched processes might include custom and third party applications A software entity provided by HP Integrity Virtual Machines VMware ESX or Microsoft Virtual Server This technology allows a single server or with Integrity Virtual machines nPartition to act as a VM Host for multiple individual virtual machines each running its own instance of an operating system referred to as a guest OS Virtual machines are managed systems in the HP Virtual Server Environment VSE A software partition of a server or of a single nPartition where each virtual partition can run its own instance of an operating system A virtual partition cannot span an nPartition boundary See also nPartition virtual machine Application Discovery makes it possible for you to control the amount of data appearing on user interface screens by letting you determine what application
43. dd C or C And C user C Group Path C cmdline Or u FSS oon ELE ci crim KER How to Remove Types from the Aggregation Rule You might want to remove types from a rule to correct it or refine it To remove a type click the Del Rule button to the right of the type field that you want to remove To delete And or Or statements click the Del AND or the Del OR button to the right of the closing brace for that statement When an And or an Or rule is deleted all the rules that it encloses are deleted also Managing Application Templates 39 This example shows which Del Rule button to click to remove the Group type within an And statement and to remove the entire And statement Type to add C or C And C User Group Path Cmdline Ana User Hm Gls ws ee ila GK an uUa Ea cme Ce C Ea Ls be Check Unmatched Processes to Find Application Candidates In Application Discovery processes running on a host system that do not match existing template or package definitions are called unmatched processes Characteristics of unmatched processes can be entered into a template to define an application Understanding the Tables Showing Unmatched Processes The create and edit application template screens show unmatched processes found across the computing network in a table called Processes not matched by this template The same data types are also displayed for a particular host on each ind
44. e kede Pa a ekran Ke Ke M L oe 37 Aggregation R l Exampl Sii 4 44c008325 5x0s k4 80953456k K S SEKE k wek eka mead R keh Kin nA RO e 1 bnina aeons 38 How to Remove Types from the Aggregation Rule L ekere k k keke 39 Check Unmatched Processes to Find Application Candidates EEE eee 40 Understanding the Tables Showing Unmatched Processes EE keke keke 40 Using the Table Data to Fill in An Application Template EL eee 40 Filling in the Summary Fields Using Table Data L kereke eee kek ke keke 40 Filling in the Template Attribute Fields EELL eke eke alerted 41 Filling in the Rule Fields Using Table Data L ekere keke kek ke kek Yeke 41 Backing Up Application Discovery Files EL eee keke ke eke eae kek keke kek Ke KK HH 41 4 Troubleshooting and Error Messdqges ur rere kekek erkeke keke ekere ekere kek 43 troduction 2i diye xin del dee a SEKI aaa ek oa bbe KA ka KHE HENA Ken e ae Sng BONA Ka teers Baa ne ET KE Kaka ken yek kan n 43 Errors B BA i B N DD bate E titer ten ee meta ine case aie Shae etter E ET 43 Failure message on installation of Application Discovery agent AppDiscAgent 43 Data Missing in Application Discovery Screens E EEE eee ete a kk K k Keke ke 44 Applications Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens EEe eke 44 Host Not Visible in A
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46. em vMem time o Appdiscm 3 0 00 00 20070301 1 1 1 953m 1 1 M 2340o o co 8 11 23 1 1 1 2w 0 859M gt 2061M 0 Oce 8 11 23 1 1 1 2w d 0 11 76 27 035 In Application Discovery application memory shown is the sum of all private memory in use by all the processes in that application and the sum of all shared memory in use by all the processes in that application That is shared memory is displayed as though it is not shared This means that the totals shown for memory usage are an overstated approximation of actual memory usage for any particular application Here is why accurately summing memory shared among processes is difficult to do e The degree of sharing among processes is unknown For a given process the shared memory can be shared with every process on the system only some processes on the system only some processes within the application or with all of the processes within the application e The right answer for how to sum shared memory for processes depends in part on how the individual administrator uses the information for planning For example is the administrator thinking of adding an application instance to the host Is he or she thinking of moving an application instance to another host Is the administrator thinking of moving the entire application to another host To arrive at a usable deterministic answer all the shared memory for each process is summed This conservative calcu
47. face 15 WBEM provider 15 configure WBEM provider password 65 controls right click on view screens 26 create template to define application 18 D daemon agent status 22 data filtering in view tables 25 hide in view table 25 refresh page 26 reveal in view table 25 sorting in view tables 25 data missing Application Discovery screens 44 define application 18 Description template attribute 34 description event attributes 67 Discovery tab 16 26 discovery how it works 16 how to refine 18 74 Index package 19 percentages 16 processes 19 ratio 16 refine with changes to agent 17 refining by changing templates 18 refining by creating new templates 18 statistics 19 understanding state 16 warm up 17 discovery ratio 45 display reducing number of processes shown in Application Discovery unmatched process table 40 documentation 53 product 53 E edit AD application templates 30 edit template to define application 18 editing discovery templates 16 errors Application Discovery installation 43 Application Discovery user authorization 51 in application template values 32 no applications in VSE workload screens 49 remote command execution 46 SSH configuration on managed node 47 version compatibility 43 errors in Application Discovery AD server not available 49 certificate exchange 47 configuration 51 logon not authorized 47 port blocked by firewall 46 regular expressi
48. for HP UX go to the Security and Manageability page on HP Software Depot web site http software hp com Find OpenSSL and click the download link On Linux systems OpenSSL is usually installed by default or it can be installed from the Linux distribution media To avoid a number of known security vulnerabilities use one of the following versions 0 9 71 or later for the 0 9 7 branch or 0 9 8d or later for the 0 9 8 branch Check the web site http www openssl org news for announcements of OpenSSL security advisories and dates on various historical OpenSSL software releases Check that HP WBEM Services software is installed on the managed node and that it is a compatible version To obtain a new version of HP WBEM Services for HP UX go to the Security and manageability page on HP Software Depot web site http software hp com Find WBEM Services for HP UX For details on which is the appropriate version to download by operating system version please consult the VSE Management Software Installation and Update Guide system requirements for WBEM AppDiscAgent runs with any 2 x version of HP WBEM Services for HP UX To obtain a new version of HP WBEM Services for Linux go to the Internet ready and networking page on HP Software Depot web site http software hp com Find HP WBEM Services for Linux and click the download link Check that the Application Discovery WBEM provider has been installed on the managed node
49. g screen to get this information See Filling in the Summary Fields Using Table Data page 40 for tips on finding specific process attributes for this purpose Attribute Fields and Their Descriptions The following figure shows the Attributes portion of an application template Fields and their descriptions follow the image 34 Procedures ls visible amp yes O no Pid scope any v User scope any ls pidtree yes no Field Is visible Description By default during initial discovery HP Application Discovery sets objects recognized as packages to no and objects recognized as templates to yes This field designates whether or not the application shall be visible to users of the HP Application Discovery user interface e yes show the application data associated with this object e no hide the application data associated with this object NOTE Visibility actually has no affect on template matching but is included here as a convenience It is a global setting that allows you to control data presentation in all HP Application Discovery screens It is not stored as a user preference Pid scope How many process identifiers pids are allowed in an application one one pid per running application Effect Each new concurrent run of this application is shown as a separate instance from the others in HP Application Discovery session any number of pids per application for the dur
50. graphical conventions audit 5 A manpage with the name audit located in Section 5 Command A command name or qualified command phrase ComputerOut Text displayed by the computer Ctrl x A key sequence A sequence such as Ctrl x indicates that you must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while you press another key or button ENVIRONVAR The name of an environment variable for example PATH ERRORNAME The name of an error usually returned in the errno variable Key The name of a keyboard key Return and Enter both refer to the same key UserInput Commands and other text that you type Variable The name of a placeholder in a command function or other syntax display that you replace with an actual value The contents are optional in formats and command descriptions If the contents are a list separated by you must choose one of the items The contents are required in formats and command descriptions If the contents are a list separated by you must choose one of the items The preceding element can be repeated an arbitrary number of times Indicates the continuation of a code example Separates items in a list of choices Related Information The following documents and resources contain useful additional information e HP WBEM Solutions http h71028 www 7 hp com enterprise 9920 0 0 225 121 html jumpid reg R1002 USEN PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expressions at http www pcre org for building aggregation
51. he following Completing Certificate Exchange page 63 Start the HP Application Discovery Agent page 21 Working With Data Views For expanded discussions about what can be seen in each Application Discovery data view see the Application Discovery Help reference in the software Working With Data Views 23 Adjusting the User Interface You can alter several visual and behavioral aspects of the Application Discovery user interface for the duration of your user session Application Discovery does not store these changes as user preferences To take advantage of these settings select the following tabs Admin Config then UI The following images show the controls available from the UI tab Browser Configuration Refresh interval 20 sec Application visibility Dont show hidden apps Color theme Table bucket size blue 50 Set Screen Data Refresh Interval Application Discovery can refresh data to the interface screens at variable intervals You can select the interval you prefer or you can turn the refresh interval off To change the refresh interval use the Refresh interval drop down to select the setting that you prefer Your selection is applied automatically and immediately See also Other Controls Available from Right Clicking on a View Table page 26 Set General Visibility You can alter application visibility by setting this configuration Use the Application visibi
52. heck that Application Discovery is receiving messages from the host See 8 in this section Check that SSH is configured correctly on the managed node In this case you may need to repair the HP Systems Insight Manager agent on the managed system Click the following menu selections Configure then Configure or Repair Agents Make sure to check the box for configure SSH access before running the repair agent To verify that the repair action has resolved any SSH configuration problem you can issue a remote 1s command toward the managed system by doing the following a Select Tools Command Line Tools gt UNIX Linux ls b In the text field type tmp If the contents in tmp are visible then SSH is working correctly If the configuration is still not working you may see an error message Ssh Operation failed for node managed_node The connection could not be established Reason Failed to read remote identification In conjunction with this you may also notice that running mxagentconfig and selecting Configure Configure or Repair Agents fail on the target managed node To reconfigure SSH on the managed node do the following steps Log on the managed node as user root cd ssh lt root user home directory gt ssh rm Erase all possible corrupted contents ssh keygen b 2048 t rsa Generate root ssh key ps elf fgrep sshd Find the sshd PID kill 1 lt pid gt Re start sshd
53. hese measures are sufficient other underlying problems may be the cause See also the suggestions in Host Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens page 46 Host Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens 46 1 Check that the host appears on the list of hosts managed via HP Systems Insight Manager An unlisted host is not being managed via HP Systems Insight Manager and therefore cannot be discovered by Application Discovery To learn how to add a managed system to HP Systems Insight Manager s system list see Setting up managed systems in HP Systems Insight Manager User Guide Check that the host is marked as visible in Application Discovery a Click the following tabs in Application Discovery Admin Config then Discovery b Find the column heading Visible Hosts marked with Y are currently visible in Application Discovery screens Hosts marked with N are hidden Check that no firewall is blocking port 22 used by SSH or port 5989 used by WBEM on managed systems Unblock the ports Once this action is taken check that Application Discovery is receiving messages from the host See 8 in this section Check that the managed node has been configured to allow remote command execution by the CMS To set the managed node to allow remote command execution type the following opt mx bin mxagentconfig a n hostname u root Troubleshooting and Error Messages Once this action is taken c
54. ication table listing When the information for the application is displayed you can see a link to the template for that application in the Application Summary box Name Postgres database session 128 Version Title Postgres database 0S OSver Arch Template Postgres database Change AD Application Template Values To edit the selected application template do the following 30 1 2 3 Click the Edit button to reveal the fields that can be edited Change the field values as desired to describe the processes that constitute this application Click Apply to overwrite the template with the new values You might need to scroll to the right to see the Apply and Cancel buttons Procedures E NOTE HP supplies a default set of application templates with Application Discovery Editing one of these templates does not actually change the original template Instead the original is automatically copied for editing On HP UX When you edit and save changes to an HP supplied application template the resulting values are stored as var opt amgr templates local filename atd where filename is the same as the original template file name HP does not support altering the original application templates supplied with Application Discovery in the var opt amgr templates amgr directory On Microsoft Windows When you edit and save changes to an HP supplied application template the resulting values are stored in the VSE
55. idual managed node select Options Protocol Settings System Protocol Settings Select the target system When configuration screen is displayed find the section WBEM Settings and edit as needed In case of failure Any failed login attempts discovered by the Application Discovery user interface create an entry in the HP SIM audit log The WBEM provider on each managed system is responsible for logging failed WBEM login attempts Introduction 65 66 D Key to Event Attributes Event Types Table D 1 Description of Event Types Used in HP Application Discovery Event Type Name Description Data Center Events Application installed An application has been installed on a host Application started An application has been started on a host Application stopped An application has been stopped on a host Application template created A new template has been found on the CMS Application template parse error A template cannot be parsed due to errors in the template Application template removed A template has been removed from the CMS Application template updated A template has changed on the CMS Application uninstalled An application has been uninstalled on a host New application type A new type of application is running on one or more hosts Unable to refresh workload Record of workload data is lost to HP Application Discovery Administrative Events Application Discovery agent Agen
56. installed directory C Program Files HP Virtual Server Environment data templates local filename atd where filename is the same as the original template file name HP does not support altering the original application templates supplied with Application Discovery in the C Program Files HP Virtual Server Environment data templates directory Once you apply the application template a short time passes while Application Discovery attempts to match the newly edited application to discovered processes currently running in the network As matching completes applications matching this template description appear in the table called Applications affected by this template below the template summary as shown in the following figure at Figure 3 2 Template Summary Including Applications Affected by the Template I c RESA oero B2 AD application template Postgres database Attributes of the processes that constitute this application are summarized here Name Postgres database ls visible yes Version none Pid scope session Title Postgres database User scope any Description none os any OSver any Architecture any Applications affected by template 3 Effect Tt Application defined Postgres database session 170 1 m y eyshem com H Managing Application Templates 31 EA NOTE My application does not appear in the Applications affected table Why There are several po
57. ion User Supply the user name associated with the process In addition to literal names regular expressions are allowed Effect Make matching to a process dependent on a particular user Group Supply the group name of the process Regular expressions are allowed Effect Make matching to a process dependent on a particular group Path Supply the executable path of the process Regular expressions are allowed Effect Make matching to a process dependent on a particular executable path Cmdline Supply the command line arguments used to start the process Regular expressions are allowed Effect Make matching to a process dependent on a particular command line argument 36 Procedures 2 NOTE Ifyou want to define your application based on specific ownership path or command line arguments you can check the Unmatched procs table on a particular host screen or the Processes not matched by this template table on a template editing screen to get this information See Filling in the Rule Fields Using Table Data page 41 for tips on finding specific process attributes for this purpose Create an Application Template Rule Application Discovery provides a set of options and fields that help you to define a valid application template rule The rule you create governs discovery of the application that you have defined You can create rules that apply generally or specifically to a process user or group Crea
58. ion acts as a VM Host for the virtual machines also referred to as guests The virtual machines share a single set of physical hardware 69 logical server managed workload monitored workload node nPartition package parked workload partition percent resident memory policy process map processor set pruned regular expressions running application 70 Glossary resources yet each virtual machine is a complete environment in itself and runs its own instance of an operating system referred to as a guest OS See also virtual machine VM Host A feature provided by HP Virtualization Manager a logical server is a set of configuration and metadata that you create activate and assign to operate within a physical or virtual machine An active logical server can be moved from one location to another and its characteristics can be modified This feature allows you to populate an enclosure load balance servers and evacuate servers in case of disaster it allows you to provision resources only when needed and increase utilization of limited compute resources A workload that is managed by HP Global Workload Manager gWLM A workload that can be monitored by HP Virtualization Manager but has no policy associated with it Monitored workloads are not managed by HP Global Workload Manager gWLM See system A partition in a cell based server that consists of one or more cells and one or more I O chassis
59. ions The following figure shows the Summary portion of an application template Fields and their descriptions follow the image Name new template Version none Title none Description none OS Architecture Fields marked are required z OSver H x Field Description Name Required Unique name given to the template to represent the application Version Required Version number of the application this template matches Title User defined name for the template Description User defined summary describing the template os Operating system to which the template applies If this field is left blank HP Application Discovery tries to match the template within all operating systems for which it has information OSver Operating system version to which the template applies If this field is left blank HP Application Discovery tries to match the template against all operating system versions for which it has information Architecture Architecture to which the template applies If this field is left blank HP Application Discovery tries to match the template against all architectures for which it has information A NOTE If you want to define a template based on where the processes that you want to collect into an application are running you can check the Unmatched procs table on a particular host screen or the Processes not matched by this template table on a template editin
60. is the user name on the managed system and password is the password of that user on the managed system Completing Certificate Exchange from the Command Line From the command line you can exchange certificates with one or more managed hosts 1 2 Log in as a privileged user on the system hosting the CMS See User Authorizations for tool access information Assuming installation to default directories enter the following command on HP UX opt amgr bin amgr_remote_config a mx n system name u root and on Windows C Program Files HP Virtual Server Environment bin amgr_remot_config bat a mx n system name To configure multiple hosts add n system_name for each host to be configured By default amgr_remote_config uses Secure Shell SSH to complete this action securely across the network Introduction 63 A u option supported on HP UX only You might be prompted to provide a password for the specified user for each system login You must supply the password in order to proceed 3 Once the login is accomplished the CMS sends its SSL certificate to the agent on the managed host and the agent supplies its SSL certificate to the CMS HP Application Discovery agents can now transfer data securely to the CMS and the CMS can authenticate the transmission A Have you recently restored or removed and reinstalled the CMS A restore or removal of the central management server also removes the certificate re
61. ith s for seconds m for minutes or h for hours Set the process collection frequency to a number t with s for seconds m for minutes or h for hours Connect to try to connect to or only communicate with the Application Discovery server on machine s where s is the address of a machine running a central management server Start an agent and read in persisted data This option is needed explicitly to enable the setting of restart and starting or restarting on the same invocation Stop a running agent usage Show current usage information and exit version Show current HP Application Discovery version and exit Set log verbose to v which can have the following values 0 Disable log 1 LOG_FATAL 2 LOG_ERROR 3 LOG_WARN 4 LOG_ALWAYS 5 LOG_NOTE default 6 LOG_TRACE The amgrd command can be installed from a depot available on the HP VSE Managed Node Software Update Web site For installation instructions please visit the VSE Management Web site at the following URL http docs hp com en vsemgmt agents html Beginning with VSE Management Software Version A 03 00 00 amgrd is installed on the CMS when the VSE Management Software is installed RETURN VALUES 0 The command completed successfully no errors were detected 1 An error occurred and the command did not complete successfully EXAMPLES Start HP Application Discovery Agent as a daemon and allow it to run with default options picked from the
62. ividual host page in a table called Unmatched Processes Processes not matched try thes template 1 Host OS OSver Arch pid ppid user group sid ct path arguments cwd _t y system con HPUX 61123 wes G68 1 root fost 363 1 atiibnetevcypyptne uaritihetave ya yabin You can sort or filter this table to find processes with which you want to define an application A TIP YY One way to reduce the amount of noise cluttering your tables is to create a template that collects uninteresting processes into an application that can be hidden Using the Table Data to Fill in An Application Template Find data in the unmatched processes table and type it into the appropriate fields in an application template to define the constituents of the application template Filling in the Summary Fields Using Table Data In the following image you can see the columns directly relevant to the Summary fields in an application template dark gray By entering a specific operating system OS operating system version OSver and or architecture Arch you can limit the application of the template to particular systems in your network 40 Procedures El Processes not matched by this template 1 my system com HP UX 6 11 23 ia64 358 For more details about this part of an application template see Summary Fields and Their Descriptions page 34 Filling in the Template Attribute Fields In the foll
63. ization Alternatively you can configure the managed system s WBEM authorization to trust the CMS to perform a remote root WBEM user logon Do this by clicking Configure Configure or Repair Agents Make sure to mark the box for Configure WBEM client certificate authentication before you run the tool Once this action is taken check that Application Discovery is receiving messages from the host See 8 in this section Check that Application Discovery is receiving messages from the host a b Click the following tabs in Application Discovery Admin Config then AD Agents Find the column headings providing message data on the far right of the data table on this screen Check that the cells have data and that the time stamp is within the period set by the Global Host Process Interval selector on that screen 2007 02 05 04 20 PM 2007 02 05 365 34 31Kb 7s 04 20 PM 2007 02 05 242 30 73Kb 4 58 04 20 PM Packages Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens 48 1 Check that the package is marked as visible in Application Discovery a Click the following tabs in Application Discovery Admin Config then Packages b Find the column heading Visible Packages marked with Y are currently visible in Application Discovery screens Packages marked with N are hidden Check that Application Discovery is showing that total packages and completed packages have the same value a Click the fo
64. lation should allow you to safely estimate resource usage for the applications shown Understanding Server Resource Consumption Application Discovery consumes varying amounts of server resources as it goes about its work of discovering application and system data for display and storage To monitor this resource usage select the Admin Config tab and then the AD Server tab How Memory Usage is Calculated 19 On the AD Server tab screen you can see a graphic display of Application Discovery memory consumption plotted against discovery data for processes and packages The following figure is an example of what you might see 1100 r 3250 seed t1000 j 3000 800 L 900 2750 t 2500 800 700 L 2250 600 4 700 u 2000 3 H800 S 4760 9 500 A 3 r500 m 1500 2 anys a E 400 My laoo 1250 lao j 1000 300 ae i ii t750 200 Sew 500 j 100 250 4 4 00 0 0 8 00 PM 12 00 AM 4 00 AM 8 00 AM Time Cc Used mem MiMaxmem W Totprocs M Tot unmatched procs M Pack total Pack complete The key to the graphic is as follows Used mem Memory usage by the Application Discovery server Max mem Maximum memory available for use Tot procs Total number of processes found matched and unmatched to known templates or packages Tot unmatched procs Total number of processes found that have not been matched to known templates or packages Pack total Total number
65. lick the following tabs in Application Discovery Admin Config then Discovery b Find the column heading Host Hosts recognized by Application Discovery are listed here If the host that you are looking for is not listed here it may be that you need to deploy an agent on the host and exchange certificates so that the host is recognized and inventoried by Application Discovery No Indicators Showing in VSE Workload Real Time Utilization Meters This information applies to workloads associated with Application Discovery applications 50 1 Check that the Application Discovery agent is running Click the following menu choices in HP Systems Insight Manager Configure gt Configure VSE Agents Check AD Agent States Follow the instructions for selecting hosts and checking agent state If the Application Discovery agent is installed but is not running click Configure Configure VSE Agents Start AD Agents and follow the instructions for selecting hosts and starting agents Check that Application Discovery agent is writing process maps for this workload on the managed system 1 Log on to the managed system 2 Goto var opt amgr procmaps 3 Check for the existence of files Note that file names are internally generated and do not have a logical correlation with user known names specifically user assigned workload names 4 Check the file timestamps If any file is more than 60 seconds old this is already conservative
66. lity drop down to affect visibility of applications across your network e Use Don t show hidden apps when you want to enable the hide functionality for individual applications This is the default setting e Use Show hidden apps when you want to quickly locate all discovered applications without changing the hide settings for individual instances Your selection is applied automatically and immediately on all data tables in Application Discovery Another way to do this is to use the drop down selector the appears above tables that list applications The following figure shows these visibility selectors The visibility setting selected here is also applied to all application tables in Application Discovery screens Applicaton Don t show hidden apps Yi Application Show al application instances visibity instances visbity See also Set Visibility for Packages on Application Discovery Screens page 27 Set Visibility for Matched Applications page 27 Set Visibility for Hosts on Application Discovery Screens page 26 Set Color Theme Select one of four color choices by setting the Color Theme attribute Your selection is applied automatically and immediately to the Application Discovery user interface 24 Procedures Set Number of Table Rows To help you to view manageable chunks of data you can select the maximum number of rows to display within an Application Discovery table Application Discovery apportions the
67. llowing tabs in Application Discovery Admin Config then Discovery b Find the following column headings in the data table on this screen Check that the values for Tot Pkg and Cmplt Pkg are the same and that the Warmup ratio is 100 Troubleshooting and Error Messages When the values are not the same and the warm up ratio is less than 100 this may indicate that an inventory is still being taken for that host Expect the warm up period for completing the package inventory to take about 20 minutes 3 Itis possible that certificate exchange has not been completed See Appendix B for instructions on completing the certificate exchange The Application Discovery agent starts running and begins sending data to the Application Discovery server on completion of the certificate exchange EA Have you recently restored or removed and reinstalled the CMS A restore or removal of the central management server also removes the certificate recognition previously established between Application Discovery server on the CMS and Application Discovery agents on managed nodes This relationship must be re established when the CMS is reinstalled or restored by completing the Application Discovery certificate exchange 2 NOTE If none of these measures are sufficient other underlying problems may be the cause See also the suggestions in Host Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens page 46 Application Errors in VSE W
68. lly The VSE Management Software Installation and Update Guide is available with the software and on http docs hp com Start the HP Application Discovery Agent You can start the agent from the HP SIM top menu or from the command line Using HP SIM to Start the Agent 1 Initiate this task by selecting Configure Configure VSE Agents Start AD Agents from the HP SIM top menu 2 Using the HP SIM 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 HP Application Discovery Agent and Certificates page 55 Stop a Running Agent You can stop the agent from the HP SIM top menu bar or from the command line Starting Application Discovery 21 Using HP SIM to Stop the AD Agent 1 Initiate this task by selecting Configure Configure VSE Agents Stop AD Agents from the HP SIM top menu bar 2 Using the HP SIM system list select the HP UX systems where you want to stop an agent Click Apply 3 Verify the system selection and click Next 4
69. mark of Oracle Corporation Redwood City California UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group Table of Contents About This SCO ei tce cessceacsseusenatdvdvecanncensentseuinosesssucsanan s eaincenssadosniss decnshenedasoaascun tere AK Ke Ke 1 bazan Ue SS VNDJ r eroee r WVW7 A w w w w eeeeeb p s r rXXWEee ee 11 New and Changed Information in This Edition eee eker keke keke k kek Ke ke ke 11 Typographic Cony eI iOS seiorn k Hi n d r k K n reke kla day y Di n n ERE Veda Hi yen l te V 11 snr etya tcc DDD _ eAeAeAD DDDDDDDDRERRRMBMH r O 12 Publishing Historyssa sore coat 5554505525155 y y4 ie NE k ya ce SE E BERA HES Ked kad 05 NTE Ked d 0y i san re AS 12 HP Encourages Your Comments 4 2 4 x1 551414044854155 x1 x r b ka N Kak ure s a bay ek nae dip kak 12 ins tier fo aAA EE EE AAE E A EN EE DB EA 13 Features Of A pplication DIsCOVery isien oh ade EERS cleats hate eae eines 13 2 Components and COneeptsi isi calicalocscelticivtant sacderiasiotdanscuisne wltelumiteatideanciadcueaias 15 Application Discovery ComponentSs E E ekere eee kereke keke keke kak Ke KA ke KK KE KA KA KA KA KAKA 15 Refining Application Disco V fy scesero ru n k lk k ri kalak von Ve sak ake naa ea cilen aa Kavana REEERE el e kj ea e Va kewek 16 How Discovery Works ronin irnia lee err n lusts an
70. matched processes some may reflect the presence of custom or third party software HP Application Discovery helps you to refine discovery in the following ways e It provides a summary view into total discovery across your data center or network e It provides a list of candidate servers and indicates whether or not they have HP Application Discovery agents running or installed for discovery e It provides a way to edit existing application templates and create new ones When you modify or add templates to better adapt them to your environment you refine the ability of HP Application Discovery to report application behavior in your particular network TIP At times you might simply need to find where an application is running or installed For this information click the Applications tab to browse current data Understand Your Current Discovery State To view the current state of discovery click the Admin Config tab and then the Discovery tab Discovery Ratio 16 From the Discovery tab you can see the discovery ratio for each managed system running an HP Application Discovery agent as well as the total discovery of processes and packages for all monitored systems Use this information to help determine where to expend effort to improve discovery The following figure shows a segment of process inventory data Components and Concepts Figure 2 1 Segment of Process Inventory Data Unmatch For example if the discovery
71. material Therefore all communication paths in Application Discovery are encrypted and authenticated to check for proper user authorization See VSE Management Software Version 4 0 Installation and Update Guide for HP UX for information about steps that must be taken to ensure that Application Discovery s security measures are in place and functioning correctly For a discussion of access by user job roles see User Authorizations in the VSE Software Management Help online reference For help with communication problems see Introduction page 43 Refining Application Discovery Refining discovery is the process of optimizing agent and template configurations to enrich data display in HP Application Discovery How Discovery Works HP Application Discovery includes a set of application templates that cover a spectrum of typical application types expected to be found on systems operating within a network or data center A template is a set of rules that defines the matching criteria for the processes that constitute an application This default set of templates allows HP Application Discovery to find identify and display information for a significant percentage of installed packages and running applications and processes On any one system a percentage of processes found to be active on a host might not be matched to a provided template or a discovered package These are referred to as unmatched processes Of these un
72. mediately If needed you can Cancel the changes that you have made This action returns any changed settings shown in the drop down to their previous saved state See Key to Event Attributes page 67 for an explanation of event types and severity levels Setting Alert Location To set the alert location 1 Click the drop down arrow to reveal the choices Setting Event Attributes 29 Select the location desired for each event type The default setting is Show in AD meaning show this event type in the Application Discovery event tables only Use Send to SIM to show the event type in HP Systems Insight Manager event tables as well as Application Discovery event tables Click Submit to save the change The new settings are applied immediately to the data displays If needed you can Cancel the changes that you have made This action returns any changed settings shown in the drop down to their previous saved state See Key to Event Attributes page 67 for the explanation of event types and alert locations Managing Application Templates Find an Application Template You can access individual application templates by clicking the AD Templates tab then the Admin Config tab In the Templates table click the name of the template that you want to modify The data for that template opens in a new screen TIP Another way to get to a template for editing is to click on the associated application name in an appl
73. mponents HP Integrity servers include two types of server hardware standalone servers and cell based servers 2 Virtualserver A software based virtual environment that can run an operating system A virtual server includes a subset of the server hardware resources including cores memory and I O Virtual servers may be virtual partitions under vPars or virtual machines under Integrity VM 3 HP Systems Insight Manager uses the term server for any standalone server nPartition or virtual server that is running an instance of an operating system or an instance of the vPars monitor See also system A monitored workload associated with a Serviceguard cluster and a particular Serviceguard package within the cluster The workload and the utilization data reported follows the package it is associated with as it moves between the nodes of the cluster Secure Sockets Layer Protocol for validating identity and for creating an encrypted connection between a server and a Web browser 1 A server nPartition virtual partition or virtual machine that is running an instance of an operating system 2 Entities on the network that communicate through TCP IP or IPX To manage a system some type of management protocol for example SNMP DMI or WBEM must be present on the system Examples of systems include servers workstations desktops portables routers switches hubs and gateways See also server An HP supplied or user define
74. mxagentconfig a n managed node NOT WN 8 amgr_remote_config a n managed_node mx Once this action is taken check that Application Discovery is receiving messages from the host See 8 in this section Check that Application Discovery agent is authorized to exchange data with the CMS and that exchange is complete Click through the following HP Systems Insight Manager menus Configure Configure VSE Agents Check AD Agent States Any status other than Connected indicates that a certificate exchange may be necessary See Introduction page 63 for completing the certificate exchange The Application Discovery agent starts running and begins sending data to the Application Discovery server on completion of the certificate exchange Once this action is taken check that Application Discovery is receiving messages from the host See 8 in this section Check that the WBEM connection is working correctly on the managed node To check the status of the WBEM connection do the following in Application Discovery user interface a Click the AD Agents tab b Look for the WBEM Stat column in the Hosts Agents table If the status message for WBEM is WBEM down do the following Check that HP Systems Insight Manager CMS has an authorized logon with the managed system Introduction 47 8 See Configuring the WBEM Provider Password page 65 to learn how to configure the WBEM provider to complete this author
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76. nstall on your managed systems HP Application Discovery gives you access to system and process information captured by the deployed agents With Application Discovery you can do the following e Discover the location and number of recognized running and installed applications in your network or data center Monitor the activity and resource usage of running processes and applications Define and adapt application templates to your environment for better discovery of your third party and custom applications and to make them available for adding to monitored workloads e Select the event types for which you want to receive notifications and set their level of importance Features of Application Discovery You can use Application Discovery to do the following e Access application data from within the HP SIM user interface e Automate discovery of standard applications supplied with HP operating systems Automate discovery of applications often run on HP operating systems within data centers For example Application Discovery includes templates to discover common applications generated by Oracle and SAP software e Find unmatched processes that represent third party or custom software e Edit or create an application discovery template to make it specific to your environment e Determine the location of running and installed applications e Monitor the activity of running processes and applications e Define severity for
77. ode and prevent restart on reboot u login_info User login information for entry on the managed node This option is necessary when not using mx and user must be root or similarly privileged Installation The amgr_remote_config command can be installed from a depot available on the HP VSE Managed Node Software Update Web site For installation instructions please visit the VSE Management Web site at the following URL http docs hp com en vsemgmt agents html Beginning with VSE Management Software Version A 03 00 00 angr_remote_config is installed on the CMS when the VSE Management Software is installed RETURN VALUES 0 The command completed successfully no errors were detected 1 SSH command shell itself returned with error 61 An error occurred and the command did not complete successfully Unrecognized command parameters are detected Missing post install configuration of AD agent is detected Missing post install configuration of AD CMS is detected Specified host name contains invalid characters EXAMPLES Exchange certificates between HP Application Discovery CMS and managed node foo hp com using HP System Insight Manager mxexec ON QI Fe WN amgr remote config a mx n foo hp com Exchange certificates between HP Application Discovery CMS and managed node foo hp com without using mxexec For example aduser has login access on a managed node with root privileges CMS certificates are copied into var
78. of expected packages according to initial survey Pack complete Total packages found during and on completion of inventory 20 Components and Concepts 3 Procedures With Application Discovery you can perform the following tasks Check the progress of discovery e Define an application for discovery e Modify the behavior of agents running on managed systems e 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 HP SIM interface 2 Accept the certificate required by HP SIM 3 Select Tools gt Integrated Consoles HP Application Discovery HP Application Discovery opens in the main display panel of the Applications view Modifying Agent Behavior Use the information in this section to control the HP 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 e Setting Data Polling Interval page 28 e Checking Agent State page 22 Install the HP Application Discovery Agent on a Managed Node See Installing VSE Agent Software on Managed Systems in the VSE Management Software Installation and Update Guide for instructions on how to install the HP Application Discovery agent via the HP Systems Insight Manager HP SIM menus or manua
79. on syntax in application templates 45 reporting Java user interface exceptions 52 user interface unable to connect to server 51 WBEM connection 47 errors in process maps check for parked workload 51 check for running application 51 check that Application Discovery is writing process maps 50 check that workload is defined 50 event set to be seen in Application Discovery only 29 set to be seen in HP Systems Insight Manager 29 set to ignore 29 set viewing location 29 event type application running 68 newly available 68 transitional 68 Events tab 26 events key to severity types 68 key to types 67 setting attributes for 29 67 setting attributes for applications 29 setting list size 28 examples Application Discovery and gWLM match behavior 46 building aggregation rules for application templates 38 exchange certificates 44 49 executable defining within an application template rule 36 expand tables 26 Expand table 26 F features 13 filter data in view tables 25 in or out 25 Filter in 25 Filter out 25 filters clear all 44 firewall blocking port 22 46 blocking port 5989 46 frequency set for package data collection 22 set for process data collection 22 G graphic display modify 27 Group defining an application template rule 36 H help documentation 53 hidden hosts 26 packages 27 hide application 34 host event types 67 setting visibility for Application Discovery sc
80. onal Event Types Specific to HP Application Discovery Table D 3 Event Types Specific to HP Application Discovery Icon Meaning Transitional Indicates that an activity has not completed Newly Available Indicates that an object usually an HP Application Discovery agent is connected and ready for data transmission application is running Indicates that the application is running application is not running Indicates that this application has run in the past but is not running now Event Viewing Locations Table D 4 Event Viewing Location Types Used in HP Application Discovery Selection Meaning Location Ignore Do not show this event in event views Show in AD Show this event only in HP Application Discovery event views Send to SIM Show this event in HP Systems Insight Manager event views as well as in HP Application Discovery views 68 Key to Event Attributes Glossary agent aggregate data views application Application Discovery application discovery Capacity Advisor central management server CMS discovery discovery ratio Global Workload Manager gWLM host host name host OS HP Virtualization Manager Integrity Virtual Machines Integrity VM A program with a well defined task that runs in the background and that is used to capture information or do processing tasks Screens in Application Discovery that display a collection of data
81. opt amgr templates local directory before applying the standard templates supplied with HP Application Discovery Application templates found in the local directory have precedence over templates supplied with the product Components and Concepts A On HP UX Supplied templates are stored in var opt amgr templates amgr to make it easier to update templates with new releases of HP Application Discovery New application templates provided by HP can replace templates in this directory Copies of these templates which are stored in var opt amgr templates local are unaffected by release updates to the software On Microsoft Windows Templates are stored in the VSE install directory C Program Files HP Virtual Server Environment data templates For information on where HP VSE is installed by default see HP Insight Control Management Quick Setup Poster How Memory Usage is Calculated Processes have private memory which is owned privately by each process and they have shared memory Shared memory can be shared in theory with none one some or all other processes on the same system In Application Discovery memory calculations are made for matched applications and displayed in the detail screen of a host total memory usage and by application as shown in the following image ADpECAlION vebil y Snow madsen apps E Applications 31 0 hidden Stat Ev Application t Version Usr Pr Up Uptime Stop CPU pM
82. or set that runs within a single OS This type of partitioning controls resource allocations within an OS See also nPartition virtual partition A measure of the fractional amount of physical memory in use by a particular application for a period of time A collection of rules and settings that control workload resources managed by HP Global Workload Manager gWLM For example a policy can indicate the minimum and maximum amount of CPU resources allowed for a workload and a target to be achieved A single policy can be associated with multiple workloads A script residing in etc opt vse scripts that enables you to create output process IDs PIDs See PSET When a file is reduced to a set number of lines based on criteria determined by the system application or the software user Application Discovery recognizes regular expressions constructed using Perl 5 or POSIX syntax and semantics An application that is continually or intermittently active and able to consume resources server Serviceguard workload SSL system template unmatched process virtual machine virtual partition visibility VM Host warmup 1 Physical server Hardware that can run one or more operating systems including a partitionable complex Also hardware that can run an instance of the vPars monitor Server hardware includes one or more cabinets containing all the available processing cores memory I O and power and cooling co
83. orkload Screens Issues listed in this section include the following e Error Message Indicates Application Discovery Server Is Not Available page 49 e No Applications Icon for System Listed on Virtualization Manager Visualization Tab Screen page 49 e No by application Entry in VSE Workload Definition Criteria Drop down page 50 e No Indicators Showing in VSE Workload Real Time Utilization Meters page 50 e Cannot Enter Application Discovery User Interface page 51 Error Message Indicates Application Discovery Server Is Not Available 1 Application Discovery may not be correctly configured Run vseinitconfig a on the command line to correct the configuration of Application Discovery See also vseinitconfig 1M To identify other configuration problems that may be affecting Application Discovery server check the Troubleshooting notes in the VSE Management Software Help instructions or use vseassist 1M 2 Check that Application Discovery server is running on the CMS Type ps elf grep amgrserver jar on the command line of the CMS You should see a Java process running the Application Discovery server If you do not see this Java process type opt amgr bin cms_start You must be logged in as user root on the CMS to initiate this command No Applications Icon for System Listed on Virtualization Manager Visualization Tab Screen The Application Discovery icon appears on a
84. ou can improve the quality of discovery The next few sections discuss ways to refine discovery Refine Discovery by Checking Agent State HP 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 Refining Application Discovery 17 e Install an HP Application Discovery agent in order to monitor processes and applications on that host See VSE Management Software Version 4 0 Installation and Update Guide for HP UX for instructions e Start an agent on a system where the agent is installed but not running e Modify the behavior of an agent on a system to affect data freshness and retain history Refine Discovery by Creating Application Templates HP 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 applic
85. owing image you can see the columns indirectly relevant to the Attributes fields in an application template pid ppid user sid and ct These columns are indirectly relevant because you do not use the actual values in the columns to define the Attribute fields Instead this information is provided to help you decide which attributes are appropriate to select For example when viewing the data in the table looking at the relationships among process IDs users and sessions can help you determine what relationships you want to define in the application template 868 1 root root 868 1 For details about setting attributes in an application template see Attribute Fields and Their Descriptions page 34 Filling in the Rule Fields Using Table Data In the following image you can see the columns directly relevant to the Rule fields in an application template By entering one or more users User groups Group paths Path and or arguments Cmdline you can limit the application of the template to particular processes running in your network arguments root root 868 1 usrilib netsvclyp ypbind usr lib netsvc yp ypbind For more details about this part of an application template see Rule Fields and Their Descriptions page 36 Backing Up Application Discovery Files Prior to backing up the data store for Application Discovery stop the Application Discovery service Backing Up Application Discovery Files 4
86. pplication Discovery AD interprets executable path strings differently than HP Global Workload Manager gWLM HP Application Discovery looks at a process from the perspective of how it is named when it is running Therefore to successfully construct an application that HP Application Discovery recognizes you must provide attributes data strings that describe the running process Also when defining an application keep in mind that HP Application Discovery looks across your entire network for likely matches and not just on one particular managed node It might help to think of the difference between AD and gWLM this way e In AD an executable and arg 0 are compared directly to one another to make a match e IngWLM the inode of an executable and the inode of arg 0 are compared to one another to make a match The following examples demonstrate the different results that you can expect when using the same executable and arguments in HP Application Discovery as compared to HP Global Workload Manager gWLM Table 3 2 An Example Comparison of Match Behavior in AD and gWLM for Same Executable Path and Arguments Example Inputs AD gWLM Executable Process arg 0 usr sbin biod match match usr sbin biod biod no match match biod no match match usr sbin biod match not allowed biod biod match not allowed biod match not allowed Managing Application Templates 33 Summary Fields and Their Descript
87. pplication Discovery Screens E LEE eee keke keke 46 Packages Not Visible in Application Discovery Screens E ELE keke ke keke 48 Application Errors in VSE Workload Screens E ekere xe eke diane kek ke kek Ka KA Ke 49 Error Message Indicates Application Discovery Server Is Not Available 49 No Applications Icon for System Listed on Virtualization Manager Visualization Tab Sera N NN DJ eae nena orev epiv A eber 49 No by application Entry in VSE Workload Definition Criteria Drop dowa 50 No Indicators Showing in VSE Workload Real Time Utilization Meters E E 50 Cannot Enter Application Discovery User Interface E EL eee r keke keke 51 Errors in Application Discovery User Interface Operation E EE ereke keke 51 UI Unable to Connect to Server Messages EEh eee kek eke ekere ke kek Ke KK Yeke 51 Java ULexc ption Message Display Szrensen s r kk nuyens Kak G eka xak Ren E KER nie emit di 52 4 Table of Contents 5 Getting Assistance in Using Application Discovery sscecsceseeeseseeteeeeteeeeeees 53 Application Discovery R eSOU C 5i s diy acu enren WU goatee MEY kek eee k h das ne ER u vek Reb EE 53 A Commands for Controlling HP Application Discovery Agent and Certificates 55 eino CUE MENEE E designe tt occa nasa E negated waa watn veteanb ving Mea ndiel eaten
88. process maps are not being updated If you confirm that process maps are not being updated you can try the following actions to get process maps working correctly Check that the workload is defined for this host A workload receives process maps only for the host or hosts for or on which it is deployed To check that a workload is defined for a host click the Workloads tab in Virtualization Manager You may need to modify a workload to include this host or create anew workload for it For help on this topic see the Virtualization Manager Help reference Troubleshooting and Error Messages A Check to see if the workload is parked A parked workload does not generate process maps anywhere Process maps that existed prior to parking the workload are deleted See the discussion of General Workload Properties in Virtualization Manager Help and the glossary for information about parked workloads Check to see that the application associated with the workload is currently running In Application Discovery click the Applications tab Then under the Running tab sort by host Click the Host column header to toggle the list to sort in ascending or descending alphabetical order To rule out the possibility that the running application is hidden click the drop down menu above the Application Instances to Show hidden apps If the application that you are looking for is not in this list you must run the application so that it can
89. ratio is low the number of processes that HP Application Discovery is matching to templates is low Because more data can be gathered from known relationships a low ratio indicates that much less can be known and displayed for the processes that are using resources on that host Conversely if the discovery ratio is high HP Application Discovery can provide extensive amounts of data on system behavior This information is a richer source for informed decision making about resource allocation Warm up Ratio The warm up ratio indicates the degree to which the HP 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 HP 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 HP Application Discovery agent server communication The following figure shows a segment of package inventory data Figure 2 2 Segment of Package Inventory Data 2732 2236 81 8 496 2542 2542 100 0 Once you understand the current state of discovery on a managed host or across a network y
90. re detected 1 An error occurred and the command did not complete successfully 3 Unrecognized command parameters are detected 4 Missing post install configuration of AD agent is detected 59 60 EXAMPLES Check agent state opt amgr bin agent config c Agent not running Run the agent using amgrd opt amgr bin amgrd start Check agent state again opt amgr bin agent config c Connected AUTHORS agent_config was developed by Hewlett Packard Company FILES opt amgr bin agent config agent config file opt amgr bin amgrd Agent binary file var opt amgr ssl agent_cert pem Agent public certificate var opt amgr ssl agenttrust pem Agent trust file var opt amgr agent properties Agent property file SEE ALSO HP Application Discovery Help Reference HP Application Discovery Version 4 0 User s Guide VSE Management Software Version 4 0 Getting Started Guide VSE Management Software Version 4 0 Installation and Update Guide for HP UX http docs hp com en vse Related manpage amgrd Commands for Controlling HP Application Discovery Agent and Certificates amgr_remote_config 1M NAME amgr_remote_config Access HP Application Discovery Certificates Remotely from the Central Management Server CMS SYNOPSIS Path opt amgr bin amgr remote config amgr_remote_ config a mx n hostname u login dir directory amgr_remote_ config c mx n hostname u login amgr_remote_ config r mx n hostname u
91. reens 26 Host tab memory calculations shown 19 Hosts tab 26 hosts hidden 46 not displayed in Application Discovery screens 46 visibility in Application Discovery table display 46 HP Systems Insight Manager menus finding HP Application Discovery from 63 starting agent from 21 stopping AD agent from 22 installation errors Application Discovery 43 Application Discovery agent certificate 43 Application Discovery WBEM provider 43 HP WBEM Services 43 OpenSSL for HP UX 43 OpenSSL for Linux 43 interval setting for data refresh 24 intervals setting for data refresh 28 inventory applications 16 completion 45 packages 17 processes 16 J Java exceptions reporting errors in Application Discovery user interface 52 L link navigation 25 list size setting for events in Application Discovery 28 logging in to HP Systems Insight Manager 21 M make_agent_cert create Application Discovery agent certificate 44 memory how shared memoty is calculated in Application Discovery 19 usage over time by server 27 memory consumption Application Discovery server 19 message statistics where to look in Application Discovery 48 mxagentconfig enabling remote communication from HP Systems Insight Manager 63 N Name template attribute 34 navigation between view screens 26 by tab 25 by within table links 25 tab 26 via links in view tables 26 75 no Applications icon in Virtualization Manager
92. rget system for which you want to enable remote communication A Have you recently restored or removed and reinstalled the CMS A restore or removal of the central management server also removes the certificate recognition previously established between Application Discovery server on the CMS and Application Discovery agents on managed nodes This relationship must be re established when the CMS is reinstalled or restored by completing the Application Discovery certificate exchange See Completing Certificate Exchange page 63 for information Explanation of Agent States Table 3 1 shows the possible values for agent state Table 3 1 Possible Values for Agent State Value Meaning Connected Installed daemon running connected able to transfer data Disconnected Installed daemon running disconnected unable to transfer data Agent not running Installed daemon not running unable to collect data No CMS Cert No certificates exchanged between Application Discovery server and agent unable to complete data transfer Agent not installed Connected to target system no agent found No contact The server cannot connect to the target system The target system may be down or not configured for remote command execution from HP SIM See VSE Management Software Installation and Update Guide for HP UX or for Microsoft Windows for instructions on how to install an Application Discovery agent Also see t
93. rules in application templates e Virtual Server Environment VSE documentation at http docs hp com en vse html The HP VSE Managed Node Software Update web site http vsemgmt external hp com Publishing History The document printing date and part number indicate the document s current edition The printing date will change when a new edition is printed Minor changes may be made at reprint without changing the printing date The document part number will change when extensive changes are made Document updates may be issued between editions to correct errors or document product changes To ensure that you receive the updated or new editions subscribe to the appropriate product support service See your HP sales representative for details You can find the latest version of this document online at http docs hp com Document Part Software Version Supported Supported OS Versions Publication Date Number Operating Systems 5992 3838 A 04 00 07 For managed For information on support for specific May 2008 nodes HP UX operating system versions please Linux consult the appropriate installation For CMS guide viewable at HP UX http docs hp com en vse html Microsoft Windows HP Encourages Your Comments A Your comments and suggestions regarding product features will help us develop future versions of the Application Discovery and the VSE Management Software Use the following e mail address to sen
94. ry agent is deployed amgr_remote_config can be run on HP UX and Microsoft Windows central management servers 55 amgrd NAME amgrd Change Behavior of HP Application Discovery Agent on Managed System SYNOPSIS Path opt amgr bin amgrd options amgrd start noreload amgrd connectionstatus amgrd enableRestart amgrd enableRestart start amgrd enableRestart stop amgrd disableRestart amgrd disableRestart start amgrd disableRestart stop amgrd procfreq interval s m h amgrd packfreq interval s m h amgrd ping DESCRIPTION The amgrd command allows you to interact with an HP Application Discovery agent to start or stop its operation to change its mode of operation to collect information about it and to change its data collection frequency on the system where it resides You will need root access to use this command You can also execute amgrd from the HP SIM graphical user interface by following the Configure gt Configure VSE Agents menus to HP Application Discovery options such as Start AD Agents or Stop AD Agents Options If no options are specified the agent will start as a daemon with communication type of WBEM as these are the command defaults The agent will then look for configuration options in a file var opt amgr agent properties and run If var opt amgr agent properties does not exist or does not contain a server name property then the agent will run b
95. s packages or hosts will be visible in the user interface or not Currently visibility settings are global in nature which means they apply to all screens in Application Discovery and are not specific to a particular user or job role A server running software such as HP Integrity Virtual Machines VMware ESX or Microsoft Virtual Server that provides multiple virtual machines each running its own instance of an Operating system The period of time during which Application Discovery is comparing discovered processes to the known installations of software and to template definitions of applications 71 WBEM Web Based Enterprise Management workload 72 Glossary Web Based Enterprise Management A set of web based information services standards developed by the Distributed Management Task Force Inc A WBEM provider offers access to a resource WBEM clients send requests to providers to get information about and access to the registered resources See WBEM The collection of processes in a standalone server nPartition compartment virtual partition compartment or virtual machine compartment HP Global Workload Manager gWLM extends this concept to include processor set compartments and Fair Share Scheduler group compartments gWLM enables you to monitor and manage workloads by automatically adjusting the resource allocations of compartments based on policies See also managed workload monitored workload Serviceguard workloa
96. scovery server and for HP Application Discovery agent must be exchanged to allow the server and agents to recognize legitimate transmissions Certificate exchange can be done from HP SIM within HP Systems Insight Manager HP SIM or from the command line on the central management server Using HP SIM to Complete Certificate Exchange 1 Kan Initiate certificate exchange by selecting Configure gt Configure VSE Agents gt Exchange AD Agent Certificates from the HP SIM top menu Select the HP UX systems where you want the exchange to occur using the HP SIM system selection list Click Apply Verify the system selection and click Next A description is displayed of the action about to take place When you are sure that you want to exchange certificates so that the HP Application Discovery agent can begin reporting data to the server click Run now to complete the certificate exchange A NOTE If you find that you are unable to exchange certificates from within HP SIM check the following That you have the correct permissions associated with your login ID That the targeted managed node is authorized to accept remote commands from HP SIM To set the correct SSH configuration that authorizes the acceptance of remote commands type the following command on the CMS mxagentconfig a n managed_system u login p password where managed_systemis the name of the target system for which you want to enable remote communication login
97. ssible explanations for this to occur It takes some time for template matching to complete Action Wait a couple of minutes to see whether or not matching occurs For a more precise indicator of the matching interval and therefore the likely wait time click the Admin Config tab then the AD Agents tab and find the column labeled Proc intrvl Process interval for the server where you expect the application to be running The process interval roughly represents the time needed to refresh the matching data There is an error in the template values such that the application described in the template does not match any currently running processes Action Double check your template values and edit if necessary The template is correct but the application described is not currently running Action Ensure that the application designated in the template is running on the host where you expect it to be For more information see Data Missing in Application Discovery Screens page 44 Create a New Template The process for creating a new application template is similar to editing an existing template 1 2 To start click the Admin Config tab then the AD Templates tab Click the Create New AD Template button The application template editor opens Fill in the application template values as desired See Key to Application Template Values page 32 Apply the changes This action saves the new template under the
98. stems within a specified network In Application Discovery discovery finds and identifies all running and installed applications within a specified network As used by Application Discovery this is a comparison of matched to unmatched processes running on a host The ratio is the percentage of processes that can be matched to applications See gWLM HP Global Workload Manager The HP VSE Management Software application that allows you to centrally define resource sharing policies that you can use across multiple HP servers These policies increase system utilization and facilitate controlled sharing of system resources gWLM s monitoring abilities provide both real time and historical monitoring of the resource allocation 1 A system or partition that is running an instance of an operating system 2 The physical machine that is the HP Integrity Virtual Machines VM Host for one or more virtual machines The name of a system or partition that is running an OS instance The operating system that is running on the host machine HP Virtualization Manager Provides hierarchical visualization of servers and workloads with seamless access to the management tools of the VSE technologies See Integrity VM HP Integrity Virtual Machines A soft partitioning virtualization product that allows you to install and run multiple systems virtual machines on the same physical host system Integrity server or nPartition The Integrity server or nPartit
99. system shown on the Visualization tab when Application Discovery agent and server are running correctly and the host system is known to Application Discovery 1 Check that Application Discovery server is running on the CMS Type ps elf grep amgrserver jar on the command line of the CMS You should see a Java process running the Application Discovery server Introduction 49 If you do not see this Java process type opt amgr bin cms_start You must be logged in as user root on the CMS to initiate this command Check that the host is known to Application Discovery a Click the following tabs in Application Discovery Admin Config then Discovery b Find the column heading Host Hosts recognized by Application Discovery are listed here If the host that you are looking for is not listed here it may be that you need to deploy an agent on the host and exchange certificates so that the host is recognized and inventoried by Application Discovery No by application Entry in VSE Workload Definition Criteria Drop down 1 Check that Application Discovery server is running on the CMS Type ps elf grep amgrserver jar on the command line of the CMS You should see a Java process running the Application Discovery server If you do not see this Java process type opt amgr bin cms_start You must be logged in as user root on the CMS to initiate this command Check that the host is known to Application Discovery a C
100. t is available for communication and data transfer accessible Application Discovery agent The agent has registered a change in the host operating system or changed identity architecture Application Discovery agent The agent has dropped a message dropped message Application Discovery agent The agent is not available for communication and data transfer inaccessible Application Discovery agent An agent has been found on a server recognized Application Discovery agent The agent has been restarted restarted Application Discovery agent The agent has sent a transmission started Application Discovery agent The agent has stopped sending transmissions stopped Application Discovery uncertified A message not recognized as legitimate certified has been received agent message from an agent New platform type A new type of platform has been recognized in the network Event Types 67 Event Severity Types Table D 2 Event Severity Types Used in HP Application Discovery Icon Meaning critical Indicates a failure and signals the need for immediate attention amp warning In a state that might become a problem Y Major Indicates an impending failure d HIRST Indicates a condition that can escalate into a more serious problem Normal Indicates that this object is behaving as expected d Info Requires no attention provides useful information Additi
101. tance See HP Encourages Your Comments page 12 Troubleshooting and Error Messages 5 Getting Assistance in Using Application Discovery The following resources are available to help you learn how to best use Application Discovery or to help you if you encounter difficulties Application Discovery Resources For expanded discussions of the topics in this document or for troubleshooting information refer to the Application Discovery Help reference in the Application Discovery user interface For information on installing Application Discovery components see VSE Management Software Version 4 0 Installation and Update Guide for HP UX For information on troubleshooting the configuration of Application Discovery components see the Troubleshooting section in VSE Management Software Help This document is available with the installed software To check for updated information look on the Web at http docs hp com en vse For information on network and browser compatibility see VSE Management Software Help topics which are accessible from any VSE product interface help link Expect updates to this software release You can obtain updated versions by visiting HP Software Depot http software hp com Application Discovery Resources 53 54 A Commands for Controlling HP Application Discovery Agent and Certificates amgrd and agent_config can be run on HP UX and Linux managed systems where the Application Discove
102. te an Aggregation Rule An aggregation rule is one in which you designate one or more characteristics in order to collect the associated process or processes into an application that can be matched by Application Discovery The following procedure assumes that you have opened an application template and are ready to edit the Rules form Aaminicontig Type to add or And User C Group Path Cmdline And t Add Rule Add Rule Del AND 2 To add a type within the And statement braces select a type and click the Add Rule button aligned with the dot within the And statement In the example below a User type is added when the button is clicked Type to add or And User C Group Path Cmdline And Add Rule Del AND Add new rule below this line The result when the Add Rule button is clicked is as follows Managing Application Templates 37 3 Type to add C or and user C Group C Path C Cmdine And z Ee WWW User cs CLUB You can add a new type after User within the original And statement by clicking the Add Rule button at below or you can add additional statements or types after the original And statement by clicking the Add Rule button at Type to add C or And user C Group C Path C Cmdine And veer T54 IKA oe ser KEMA Continue in this way until you have added all the types that you want in the rule Type to add
103. unique name that you have supplied You might need to scroll to the right to locate the Apply and Cancel buttons Your new application template immediately appears in the list of all templates that is displayed when you click the Admin Config tab then the AD Templates tab The new template definition is applied the next time that matching is compared to the collected data Key to Application Template Values The tables on this page provide the definitions for the editable fields in HP Application Discovery AD templates Summary Fields These fields let you provide unique identifiers for the template itself These fields also include options for restricting the application definition to a particular operating environment Attribute Fields These fields let you set limits on how many users and how many processes can be associated with the template You can also set visibility of the resulting application in HP Application Discovery screens Rule Fields These fields let you build a rule that describes the process constituents for the resulting application Regular expressions are allowed in these fields when designating user executable path and command line arguments 32 Procedures Constructing Regular Expressions HP Application Discovery recognizes regular expressions constructed using Perl 5 or POSIX syntax and semantics To learn more consult PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expressions at http www pcre oreg NOTE HP A
104. ut it will not know the location of the CMS to which it should send data The amgrd command recognizes the following options configf Use configuration file f instead of default file configfreq interval s m h Set configuration check frequency to a number f with s for seconds m for minutes or h for hours connectionstatus Check status of the HP Application Discovery agent disableRestart By itself disableRestart removes any inittab entry for amgrd and exits With start amgrd removes any inittab entry for amgrd and runs the agent With stop amgrd removes any inittab entry for amgrd and stops the agent enableRestart By itself enableRestart adds an inittab entry for amgrd and exits With start amgrd adds an inittab entry for amgrd and runs the agent With stop amgrd adds an inittab entry for amgrd and stops the agent 56 Commands for Controlling HP Application Discovery Agent and Certificates no daemon no debug noreload packfreq interval s m h procfreq interval s m h server s start verbose v Installation Do not run the agent as a daemon daemon is the default setting for amgrd Use nodaemon only for triage as the agent will die if the terminal session ends or the terminal is disconnected Do not run the agent in debug mode Do not read in persisted data used when agent is started or restarted Set the package catalog collection frequency to a number t w
105. w in the selected column to toggle between ascending and descending order Filter Data in View Tables The default filter The initial filter state of a table is set to none so that all known data for that table view is displayed Hiding specific rows by a selected criteria You can hide specific rows of data by right clicking on any text in a table row and choosing to filter in or filter out a piece of data For example you may want to hide all rows containing server_name_y Todoso right click on server name_y in any table cell containing that server name and select Filter out server name _y All rows containing that name are no longer be visible in the table when the view refreshes Showing hidden rows To return the table to its original default state thereby revealing all rows hidden up to this point right click on any table row and select Clear filter The table returns to its original state Working With Data Views 25 A NOTE Hidden applications Note that the filtering discussed in this section concerns manipulating data that is currently displayed in the tables Some applications are not shown in the table They might be common low level processes that are hidden by default or they might have been hidden by a user To quickly see how many applications might be hidden from view look at the upper right hand corner of the application table Running application instances 1 28 hidden Application Postgres datab
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