6.1
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
ADM User’s Guide
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TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
enablerole‐basedaccesscontrol.
System
TheadministratorcanperformseveralmanagementfunctionsonanADMsystem.NavigatetoManage>
Systemtoperformthefollowingfunctions:
SelfTest—Performsinternaltestsandlooksforerrors.
SystemReboot—RebootstheADMappliance.
SystemLog—Displaysthesystemlogfile,whichshowsthetimeofeachevent,logmessage,andseverity.
Forexample,servicesrestartisanevent.
DeleteAllSystemLogs—Deletesallthesystemlogfiles.
AgingLog—Displaystheaginglogfiles,whichshowsthetimeofeachevent,logmessage,andseverity.
Forexample,removalofanentityisanevent.
DeleteAllAgingLogs—Deletesalltheaginglogfiles.
SupportPackageList—Displaysthelistofallcreatedsupportpackages.
CreateProductSupportPackage—CreatesaproductsupportpackageandaddsittotheSupportPackage
List.
MailConfiguration—Setsyourmailserverandaddress.
ActiveProbesConfiguration—Configuresactiveprobes.VMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManager
AdministrationGuideprovidesinformationaboutaddingandconfiguringanactiveprobe.
AdvancedConfiguration—Setsparsingofconfigurationfiles.UseonlywhenanITCompliance
Analyzer‐ApplicationEdition(ITCA‐AE)applianceisconnectedtoADM.
Update—UpdatestobedonethroughthecommandlineinterfaceusingtheADMAppliancePlatform.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuideprovidesmoreinformationabout
updatingADMusingADMAppliancePlatform.
RestartDiscovery—Restartsdiscovery.
Licensing—Displayslicenseinformationandallowsyoutouploadanewlicense.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Licensing
YoumusthaveanADMlicensetoinitiatediscoveryprocess.
To view existing licenses
1FromtheADMconsole,navigatetoManage>System.
2IntheActionsleftpane,clickLicensingtodisplaytheLicensepropertiespage.
Thefollowingdetailsaredisplayedforexistinglicenses:
LicenseFeature—Thetypeoflicense.
AmountLicensed—Thenumberofserversregisteredinthelicense.
AmountUsed—Thenumberofserversalreadydiscovered.
ExpirationDate—Thedateonwhichthelicenseisscheduledtoexpire.
SerialNumber—The25digitserialnumberstring.
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MPORTANTOnlytheAdministratorcanviewanduploadthelicensefromtheManagetab.