User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Application Discovery Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Architecture Overview
- Getting Started
- Managing ADM
- Groups
- Discovery
- Application Patterns
- Report
- Connectors
- Solver
- Index
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Thischapterdescribeshowtocreateapplicationpatterndefinitionsandviewtheresultsasapplicationpattern
instances.Topicsinclude:
“Overview”onpage 55
“ApplicationPatternDefinitions”onpage 55
“ApplicationPatternInstances”onpage 58
“ViewingApplicationPatternDefinitionsandInstances”onpage 58
“ApplicationDiscoveryProcess”onpage 61
Overview
Datacentersrunbusinessapplicationsthathandlethecorebusinessandoperationaldataoftheorganization.
Thesebusinessapplicationstypicallyconsistofseveralhostsrunningdatabases,applicationservers,file
servers,andvariousothercomponents.ADMprovidesapplicationpatternsthatallowsyoutoidentifyand
grouptogetherentitiesthatcomprisethevarious
instancesofabusinessapplication.
Creatingapplicationpatternshelpsyoutoeasilyfollowanychangesinaspecificbusinessapplication.The
instanceisupdatedautomaticallyifthereareserverchangesorachangeinservicesintheapplication,thus
relievingyoufromhavingtomanuallytrackchanges.
Application Pattern Definitions
TouseApplicationPatterns,youmustfirstcreateanApplicationPatterndefinition.AnApplicationPattern
definitionisatopologydefinedbyasetofendpoints(suchashosts,services,anddatabases)andtherelations
(connections)betweenthem.Figure 6‐1demonstratesanexampleofanapplicationpatternthatisaJboss
Server,
connectedtoanOracledatabasethroughaJavaDatabaseConnectivity(JDBC)connection.
Figure 6-1. Application Pattern Example
ADMprovidesthefollowingtypesofrulesforidentifyingApplicationPatterns:
Noderules
Connectivityrules
Application Patterns
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Jboss
server
Oracle
database
JDBC