HP 5992-3838 User Manual

HP Application Discovery Version 4.0 User'sGuideHP Part Number: 5992-3838Published: May 2008

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About This DocumentThis document presents procedural and example information to help you become familiarApplication Discovery, how to manipulate the d

Related InformationThe following documents and resources contain useful additional information.• HP WBEM Solutions:http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterpris

1 IntroductionHP Application Discovery works from within HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) to giveyou the ability to inventory running and installed

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2 Components and ConceptsApplication Discovery ComponentsApplication Discovery contains these components:• The Application Discovery agent, which disc

NOTE: An application inventory in a data center or enterprise setting is sensitive material.Therefore, all communication paths in Application Discover

Figure 2-1 Segment of Process Inventory DataFor example, if the discovery ratio is low, the number of processes that HP Application Discoveryis matchi

• Install an HP Application Discovery agent in order to monitor processes and applicationson that host. See VSE Management Software Version 4.0 Instal

On HP-UX:Supplied templates are stored in /var/opt/amgr/templates/amgr/ to make it easier toupdate templates with new releases of HP Application Disco

© Copyright 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Legal NoticesConfidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession,

On the AD Server tab screen, you can see a graphic display of Application Discovery memoryconsumption plotted against discovery data for processes and

3 ProceduresWith Application Discovery, you can perform the following tasks:• Check the progress of discovery.• Define an application for discovery.•

Using HP SIM to Stop the AD Agent1. Initiate this task by selecting Configure →Configure VSE Agents→Stop AD Agents fromthe HP SIM top menu bar.2. Usin

6. If desired, scroll down to access a printable copy of the report. Click the View PrintableReport button to open the printable version of the report

Adjusting the User InterfaceYou can alter several visual and behavioral aspects of the Application Discovery user interfacefor the duration of your us

Set Number of Table RowsTo help you to view manageable chunks of data, you can select the maximum number of rowsto display within an Application Disco

NOTE:Hidden applications. Note that the filtering discussed in this section concerns manipulatingdata that is currently displayed in the tables. Some

2. In the table listing all hosts, find the column labeled 'Visible'.3. Click the button to toggle visibility of hosts on Application Discov

Modifying the Maximum Size of an Event ListTo set event list size, do the following steps.1. Click the Admin/Config tab, then the AD Server tab.2. Loc

Setting Event AttributesIntroduction to Event Settings in Application DiscoveryApplication Discovery logs various application and administrative event

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2. Select the location desired for each event type. The default setting is "Show in AD", meaningshow this event type in the Application Disc

NOTE:HP supplies a default set of application templates with Application Discovery. Editing one ofthese templates does not actually change the origina

NOTE: My application does not appear in the "Applications affected..." table. Why?There are several possible explanations for this to occur:

Constructing Regular Expressions:HP Application Discovery recognizes regular expressions constructed using Perl 5 or POSIXsyntax and semantics. To lea

Summary Fields and Their DescriptionsThe following figure shows the Summary portion of an application template. Fields and theirdescriptions follow th

DescriptionFieldBy default during initial discovery, HP Application Discovery sets objects recognizedas packages to "no" and objects recogni

NOTE: If you want to define a template based on ownership or how many instances are currentlyrunning, you can check the 'Unmatched procs' ta

NOTE: If you want to define your application based on specific ownership, path, or commandline arguments, you can check the 'Unmatched procs&apos

3. You can add a new type after "User" within the original And statement by clicking the AddRule button at (below), or you can add additiona

The following figure shows an aggregation of multiple processes by specified executable pathinto one application.The following figure shows an aggrega

Navigating with Tabs ...26Navigating with Tabl

This example shows which Del Rule button to click to remove the Group type within an Andstatement and to remove the entire And statement.Check Unmatch

For more details about this part of an application template, see “Summary Fields and TheirDescriptions” (page 34).Filling in the Template Attribute Fi

On HP-UX:On HP-UX, HP Application Discovery program binaries are installed in /opt/amgr. HPApplication Discovery data are located in /var/opt/amgr. To

4 Troubleshooting and Error MessagesIntroductionThis page is organized by symptom, each of which is followed by possible indicators or causesto invest

# /opt/amgr/bin/agent_wbem_config Loading Application Discovery schema Loading Application Discovery metadata4. Check that the Application Discovery

Have you recently restored or removed and reinstalled the CMS? :A restore or removal of the central management server also removes the certificate rec

Table 4-1 An Example Comparison of Match Behavior in AD and gWLM for Same ExecutablePath and ArgumentsgWLMADExample InputsProcess arg[0]Executablematc

Once this action is taken, check that Application Discovery is receiving messages from thehost. (See #8 in this section.)5. Check that SSH is configur

See “Configuring the WBEM Provider Password” (page 65)to learn how to configurethe WBEM provider to complete this authorization.Alternatively, you can

When the values are not the same and the warm-up ratio is less than 100%, this mayindicate that an inventory is still being taken for that host. Expec

5 Getting Assistance in Using Application Discovery...53Application Discovery Resources...

If you do not see this Java process, type /opt/amgr/bin/cms_start . You must be loggedin as user 'root' on the CMS to initiate this command.

4. Check to see if the workload is parked.A parked workload does not generate process maps anywhere. Process maps that existedprior to parking the wor

NOTE: Be aware that one possible cause for incorrect configuration is the case whereinstallation and startup deviate from the documented process. In t

5 Getting Assistance in Using Application DiscoveryThe following resources are available to help you learn how to best use Application Discoveryor to

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A Commands for Controlling HP Application DiscoveryAgent and Certificatesamgrd and agent_config can be run on HP-UX and Linux managed systems where th

amgrdNAMEamgrd -- Change Behavior of HP Application Discovery Agent on Managed SystemSYNOPSISPath: /opt/amgr/bin/amgrd [options]amgrd [-start] [-norel

-[no]daemon [Do not] run the agent as a daemon. -daemon is the defaultsetting for amgrd. Use -nodaemon only for triage as theagent will die if the ter

AUTHORSamgrd was developed by Hewlett-Packard Company.FILES/var/opt/amgr/amgrd.logHas 2 MB limit; then rolls over to alternating backup logs/var/opt/a

agent_configNAMEagent_config -- Access HP Application Discovery Certificate on Managed SystemSYNOPSISPath: /opt/amgr/bin/agent_configagent_config -a [

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EXAMPLESCheck agent state.# /opt/amgr/bin/agent_config -cAgent not runningRun the agent using amgrd.# /opt/amgr/bin/amgrd -startCheck agent state agai

amgr_remote_config (1M)NAMEamgr_remote_config -- Access HP Application Discovery Certificates Remotely from the CentralManagement Server (CMS)SYNOPSIS

2 An error occurred and the command did not complete successfully.3 Unrecognized command parameters are detected.4 Missing post-install configuration

B Completing Certificate ExchangeIntroductionHP Application Discovery uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates to authenticate and securedata tran

-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 passwor

C Configuring the WBEM Provider PasswordIntroductionWBEM is a management information retrieval and command protocol. Application Discoveryuses a WBEM

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D Key to Event AttributesEvent TypesTable D-1 Description of Event Types Used in HP Application DiscoveryDescriptionEvent Type NameData Center EventsA

Event Severity TypesTable D-2 Event Severity Types Used in HP Application DiscoveryMeaningIconIndicates a failure and signals the need for immediate a

Glossaryagent A program with a well-defined task that runs in the background and that is used to captureinformation or do processing tasks.aggregate d

List of Figures2-1 Segment of Process Inventory Data...172

resources, yet each virtual machine is a complete environment in itself and runs its own instanceof an operating system (referred to as a guest OS).Se

serverPhysical server: Hardware that can run one or more operating systems, including apartitionable complex. Also, hardware that can run an instance

WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management. A set of web-based information services standardsdeveloped by the Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. A WBEM

IndexSymbols-packfreqset package collection frequency, 22-procfreqset process collection frequency, 22-startstart agent, 21-stopstop agent, 21AAD agen

Ccertificatecreate for Application Discovery agent, 44exchanae incomplete for Application Discovery agent,44, 49certificatesabout, 15completing the ex

eventskey to severity types, 68key to types, 67setting attributes for , 29, 67setting attributes for applications, 29setting list size, 28examplesAppl

no 'Applications' icon in Virtualization ManagerVisualization screen, 49no 'by application' link in gWLM workload screens, 50no &a

Application Discovery, 45gWLM as compared to Application Discovery, 45Summary fieldsdata for in unmatched process table, 40support, 53TtabAD Agents, 1

configuring password, 65uninstall for Application Discovery, 43workload definitionprocess map error, 5078 Index

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List of Tables3-1 Possible Values for Agent State.........................