6.1
Table Of Contents
- Application Discovery Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Overview
- Installing ADM
- Setting Up ADM
- Securing ADM
- Maintenance
- Upgrading ADM
- Migrating to a New Appliance
- Troubleshooting ADM
- Uninstalling ADM
- Time Zones
- ADM API Tutorial
Administration Guide
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Managing Services with adm_control
ADMprovidestheadm_control.plscripttostart,stop,andmonitorADMservices.Youcanstartorstopany
service,butifyoustopanyservicealldependentservicesarestoppedasaresult.Alldependentservicesis
listedduringthestopprocess.Table 5‐2listsanddescribesthecommandsforthe
ADMservices.
ServicenameisanameofServicedefinedinTable 5‐1.
NOTEEveryappliancehasonlyrelev antservicesstartedandalltheothersaredisableddependingontherole.
To run an adm_control.pl command
1Logintotheapplianceasuserroot.
2Typetheadm_control.plcommandasdemonstratedinTable 5‐2,forexample:
adm_control.pl --stop all
AllservicesthatarelistedinTable 5‐1stop.
Product Support Packages
Createtheproductsupportpackagestobackup,restore,ortroubleshoottheADM.
Productsupport packagescontainareal‐timecaptureoftheADMdatabase,configurationfiles,customization
files,andlogs.Table 5‐3describesthefilestheproductsupportpackagecontainsanditsuse.
VMwarerecommendsthatyoucreateandsave
asupportpackagepriortoperforminganymaintenance
procedures,suchasanupgrade,restore,andfreshinstallationsorbeforecontactingVMwareCustomer
Support.
SupportpackagesarebackupsoftheADMandrelevantconfigurationfiles.Thesepackagescontain
troubleshootinglogfilesandareusedtorestoreyourADMenvironment.
Table 5-2. ADM Service Commands
Use the Following Command To
adm_control.pl‐‐status<servicename> DisplaythestatusoftheADMservice.
adm_control.pl‐‐stop<servicename> StoptheADMservice.
adm_control.pl‐‐start<servicename> StartastoppedADMservice.
adm_control.pl‐‐restart<servicename> StopandrestarttheADMservice.
adm_control.pl‐‐help Displayallofthecommandoptions.
adm_control.pl‐‐commandall Applythecommandto
allservices.
Table 5-3. Product Support Packages Files and Uses
File Use
Databasedata BackupandrestoreoftheADMdatabase.
ActiveProbeandPassiveListenerdefinitionfiles BackupandrestoreoftherequiredADMconfigurations.
DetaildiscoveryandPassiveDiscoveryfingerprints BackupandrestoreofthecustomADMconfigurations.
Logs Troubleshooting.
Licensefile Serialnumberusedformanagedserverhost.