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
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Chapter 6 Application Patterns
Clickthecolumnheadingtosortthelistbythatcolumn.
YoucanperformthefollowingactionswithApplicationPatternDefinitions:
AddApplicationPattern—Createsanewdefinition.
CopyApplicationPattern—Makesacopyofanexistingdefinition.
EditApplicationPattern—Modifiesanexistingdefinition.
DeleteApplicationPattern—Removesanexistingdefinition.
DiscoverNewInstances—Discoversnewinstancesofanapplicationpatterndefinition.
Import—ImportsapplicationpatterndefinitionsfromotherADMs.
Export—ExportsapplicationpatterndefinitionsfromotherADMs.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesproceduresonhowtoperformthese
actions.
Application Pattern Instances
TheApplicationPatternInstancesListcontainstheapplicationpatterninstancecreatedasaresultofdiscovery
ofinstancesofassociatedapplicationpatterndefinitions.
Table 6-1. Application Patterns Definition Column Descriptions
Column Description
BuiltIn ADMhasasetofdefaultApplicationPatternDefinitionsthatyoucanuseasisorastemplatestocreate
customApplicationPatternDefinitions.TheCopyoptionallowsyoutocopyabuilt‐inApplication
PatternDefinitionandcustomizethecopytocreateanewgroup.Discoveryofthe
built‐inApplication
PatternDefinitionsisperformedonceadaybydefault.Theflagautomaticallydiscoversnewinstances
onceadayandisclearedbytheuser.
Name NamegiventotheApplicationPatternwhenitwascreated.
Description DescriptionoftheApplicationPatternDefinition(optional).
LastDiscovery ThelasttimetheADMsearchedfor
theApplicationPattern.ThefirsttimeanApplicationPattern
Definitioniscreated,ADMsearchestheADMdatabasefortheCIsthatmeetthecriteriaspecifiedinthe
ApplicationPatternDefinition.ApplicationPatternInstancesareofferedforeachdiscoveredinstance
ofthedefinedpattern.SelecttheinstancesyouwanttheADMto
save.Theseinstanceswillnowbe
displayedintheApplicationPatternInstancestab.
IftheAutomaticallydiscoveroptionisselectedinthedefinition,theADMwillautomaticallysearch
fornewinstancesonceadayandupdatetheexistinginstances.
CreatedBy UsernameofthepersonwhocreatedthisApplicationPatternDefinition.
Creation
Date DatetheApplicationPatternDefinitionwascreated.ThedateisfortheADMappliancewherethis
definitionisdefined.
UpdatedBy UsernameofthepersonwholastmodifiedtheApplicationPatternDefinition.
UpdateDate DatetheApplicationPatternDefinitionwaslastmodified.ThedateisfortheADMappliancewhere
thisdefinition
isdefined.
NOTEYoucannotdeleteanApplicationPatternDefinitionifitisbuilt‐inorifoneormoreApplication
PatternInstancesreferencethatdefinition.