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 DeleteFingerprint—Removesafingerprint.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Aging
ADMallowsyoutocreateentityagingpolicies.Agingistheremovalofaninactiveentityanditsowned
entitiesfromADM.Aninactiveentityisanetworkelement,service,ordependency,andanyoftheirderived
elements,suchasaJ2EEordatabaseinstancethathavenotbeenverifiedas
liveforsomepredefinedamount
oftime.Forexample,aservicerunninginyournetworkispopulatedintheMDR,andisthereforevisibleto
youthroughtheADMconsole.Ifthisserviceisuninstalledatalatertime,itshouldnolongerbeshownasa
runningservicein
theADMconsole.Creatinganentityagingpolicyallowsyoutoviewthemostupdatedstate
ofyournetwork,sinceitisaconstantlychangingenvironment.
Agingisperformedthroughagingpolicies.Whenyoucreateanewagingpolicy,thedefaulttimelimitisseven
days.Youcanchangethisdefault
asdescribedintheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelp
TheAgingPolicieslistcontainsgeneralinformationaboutexistingagingpolicies.ToaccesstheAgingPolicies
list,selectManage>Aging.TheAgingPolicieslistisshownbelow.
ClickonthetopofacolumnontheAgingPolicieslist
tosortthelistbythatcolumn.
Youcanperformthefollowingactionswithagingpolicies:
 AddPolicy—Createsanewagingpolicy.
 CopyPolicy—Makesacopyofanexistingagingpolicy.
 EditPolicy—Modifiesanexistingagingpolicy.
 DeletePolicy—Removesanagingpolicy.
 EnablePolicy—Enablesanagingpolicy.
 DisablePolicy—Disablesanagingpolicy.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Table 3‐3listsanddescribestheagingpolicyinformationintheAgingPolicieslist.