User`s guide

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ThischapterdescribestheManagetabthatenablesyoutocreate,edit,anddeletegroups,policies,fingerprints,
andusers.Youcanrundiscoveryandmanagethesystemfromthistab.Also,itallowsyoutocreateand
manageapplicationpatternsandagingpolicies.Topicsinclude:
 “Groups”onpage 17
 “Discovery”onpage 17
 “ApplicationPatterns”onpage 18
 “Changes”onpage 18
 “Fingerprints”onpage 19
 “A g i n g ” onpage 20
 “Users”onpage 21
 “System”onpage 22
Groups
TheManagetabopenstotheGroupstabbydefault.Agroupisabuilt‐inoruser‐definedcollectionofoneor
moreCIs.ADMprovideswiththeabilitytocreategroupssothatyoucaneasilyview,analyze,andtrackthe
specificsubsetofdata.Groupcreationallowsyou
toclassifyCIsintologicalsetsorcollectionssothatactions
suchascreatingreports,policies,orviewingtheinventoryisappliedtospecificgroups,insteadoftheentire
databaseofCIs.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
performthese
actions.
Discovery
Discoveryisacontinuousprocessthatcreatesandmaintainsadetailedmodelofyourapplication
environment.ADMdiscoversCIs.
InADM,therearethreetypesofdiscovery:PassiveDiscovery,IPDiscovery,andDetailDiscovery.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
perform
discovery.
Managing ADM
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NOTETheManagetabisvisibleonlytoadminuser.
IMPORTANTOnlyadminuserscancreategroupsfromManage>Groups.Chapter 4providesmore
informationonADMgroups.
NOTEChapter 5providesmoreinformationondiscovery.