HP-UX 11i Version 2 June 2007 Release Notes

General System Administration
HP Partitioning and Virtual Server Environment
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HP Application Discovery
HP Application Discovery (amgr), version 3.0.00, provides system administrators and
operators with a convenient graphical user interface for browsing an inventory of
applications and processes running within a computing network. Screens show the data
by host and by application, and you can monitor resource usage at the level of individual
processes within an application. In addition, Application Discovery provides automatic
detection of several types of application events. It also provides a template editor so that
you can define applications for discovery and addition to monitored and managed
workloads in VSE Virtualization Manager.
Summary of Change
Version 3.0.00 of Application Discovery is newly integrated into the Virtual Server
Environment, which is available from HP Software Depot at
http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot. The Application Discovery agent (AppDiscAgent)
is available with the software and here on the OE media.
AppDiscAgent
Starting with the June 2007 release, the Application Discovery agent is default-installed
on the OE media, and is also available from the AR media.
Install AppDiscAgent on each managed system where you have applications and
installed software that you want to inventory and monitor. The agent securely supplies
data to Application Discovery server at intervals that can be set by a system
administrator.
Defect fixes also have been incorporated into this release.
Impact
With Application Discovery, you will have expanded capability when defining workloads
for resource management, and will have a view into application resource usage at a level
not previously available.
Compatibility
Using AppDiscAgent 3.0.00 with previous versions of Application Discovery server is not
supported.
AppDiscAgent 3.0.00 requires the presence of Web-Based Enterprise Management
(WBEM) services, Secure Shell (SSH), and OpenSSL for correct operation and secure
data transmission. Consult the VSE Management Software Installation and Update
Guide, Version A.03.00.00 for details (with the software or online at
http://docs.hp.com/en/vse.html).
Performance
Application Discovery requires a “warmup period,” during which the agent collects the
initial set of data for a managed node. The degree to which “warmup” affects memory
usage by Application Discovery server on the central management system depends on
the number of managed nodes that are inventoried at the same time.