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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter AppSpeed User’s Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- AppSpeed Overview
- Viewing Performance Data
- AppSpeed Views
- Viewing Summary Data for Applications and Servers
- Viewing Application Data
- Viewing Server Data
- Viewing Transaction Data
- Performance Indicators
- Working with the Topology Map
- AppSpeed Administration
- Event Management
- Troubleshooting Errors While Using AppSpeed
- Index
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Chapter 3 Working with the Topology Map
Locate an Object on the Map
Youcansearchforanobjectonthetopologymap.
Locate an object on the map
Typethenameoftheobject(orpartofthename)inthetextboxandclickthemagnifyingglassicon.
Thefirstmatchingobjectthatisdetectedisselectedonthemap.
Tolocatethenextobjectthatmatchesthe
name,clickNext.
Manually Editing Topology Maps
AppSpeedmapsserversandapplicationstopologyfromthenetworktrafficmonitoredonthedeployedhosts.
Insomecases,youmightwanttochangethetopology,forexample,tomergetwoseparatelymapped
applicationsortoviewasinglemappedapplicationastwoseparateones,dependingontheserversitrunson.
Youmightalsowanttoremoveobjectsbecausetheyareobsoleteorlessrelevant.
Youcansplit,merge,remap,ordeleteapplications,accordingtoyourrequirements.
Ifyousplit,merge,orremapanapplication,thehistoricalmonitoringandconfigurationdataoftheserversor
applicationroots,suchasthresholds,isreset.
Split an Application
Anapplicationcanbesplitsothatitcanbemonitoredastwoseparateapplications.Forexample,ina
server‐basedscenarioyoumightwanttosplitthemonitoringprocessofanapplicationthatisrunningona
stagingserverandonaproductionserver,sothattheyaremonitoredas
twoseparateapplications.
Anapplicationissplitaccordingtoeithertheserveronwhichitisrunning,oronitsapplicationroots.An
applicationrootisatransaction(usuallyadatabaseoradomain)withintheapplicationthatallsubordinate
transactionshaveincommon.Eachapplicationcanhavemultipleroots.For
example,inanapplication
root‐basedscenario,youmightwanttomonitorastwoseparateapplications,twodatabasesthatwere
originallymappedunderasingleapplication.TherootsarevisibleonthePropertiestabfortheapplication.
Split an application
1ClicktheAdministrationtab,andintheManagementToolspaneclickTopologyManagement.
2Click
ManageApplications.
3 SelecttherequiredapplicationandclickSplit.
Youcanonlysplitasingleapplication.
4Intheconfirmationdialogbox,selecttheserversorapplicationrootstosplitfromtheapplication.
5Typeanameforthenewapplication,andclickSplit.
Merge Applications
Youcanmergetwoormoreapplicationssothatyoucanmonitorthemasasingleapplication.Forexample,
youmightwanttomonitortwoindividualdatabaseapplicationsasasingleapplication.
Merge applications
1ClicktheAdministrationtab,andintheManagementToolspaneclickTopologyManagement.
2ClickManageApplications.
3 Selecttwoor
moreapplicationstomergeandclickMerge.