User`s guide

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Chapter 3 Managing ADM
 EnablePolicy:Enablesachangetrackingpolicy.
 DisablePolicy:Disablesachangetrackingpolicy.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Setting Up Scripts
YoucanconfigureachangetrackingpolicytorunascriptontheADMapplianceinresponsetoanalert.
TheADMconsolecanrunanyscriptthatcanrunonaLinux‐basedcomputer.Youcanwriteascriptforeach
changetrackingpolicy,orthesamescriptforseveralchangetrackingpolicies.Whenyouspecifyascript,the
changetrackingpolicyautomaticallyrunsitwhenevertheselectedchangeeventoccurs.Forexample,ifyou
wanttowriteascriptthatpagestheappropriatepersonorgrouptonotifythemofthechangeevent.
Thescript:
 Needstobeinthe/home/nlayers/Seneca/custom_scriptsdirectory.
 CanbeanyscriptthatcanrunonaLinux‐basedcomputer.
 Runsinaseparateprocess.
 RunsundertheADMuseraccount.Thisaccountdoesnothaverootpermissions.Itisjustaregularuser
account.
 Canbeanyscriptthatcanperformalltheoperationsonthenetworkfromtheinterface.Thisdependson
thenetworkstructureandpermissions,butusuallythereisnointernetaccessandlimitedaccesstoother
resourcesonthenet.
 Invokesotherprogramsinstalledontheappliance.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
setupascripttoautomateachangeresponse.
Fingerprints
FingerprintsarethecoreoftheADMbusinessapplicationdiscovery.Theyuniquelyidentifybothpackaged
andcustomdevelopedin‐houseapplications.
Identifying Application by Ports
Fingerprintsenableyoutoidentifycustomapplicationsbytheportstheyuse.Whenacustomserviceor
connectionthatmatchesadefinedfingerprintisdiscovered,itappearswiththeservice/connectionnamethat
yousupplied,insteadofanunclassifiedserviceorconnection.WhenyounavigatetoManage>Fingerprints,
alist
ofalldefinedfingerprintsappears.
Thefingerprintslistcontainstheinformationforeachfingerprint,asshowninTable 3‐2.
Table 3-2. Fingerprints List
Column Description
Port Portthatthisservice/connectionuses.
Transport Methodoftransportthattheportcoulduse,eitherTCPortheUserDatagramProtocol(UDP).
Protocol Communicationsprotocolyourservice/connectionuses.
Service Nameoftheservicethatyoucreatedtousethisport.