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Modifying Applications
To maintain your applications in vCenter Operations Manager, you might need to add or delete tiers, add or
delete resources from tiers, change the names of tiers, or delete applications.
Edit an Application
When you edit an application, you can add and delete tiers, add and delete resources from tiers, and change
the names of tiers.
IMPORTANT Do not delete a tier that contains resources for which metrics are being collected. If metrics are
being collected when you delete a tier, vCenter Operations Manager generates alerts regarding the negative
performance of the individual resources that correspond with their respective applications. In addition, metric
collection might malfunction.
Procedure
1 Select Environment > Applications Overview.
2 Select the application to edit.
3 Click the Edit Selected Application icon.
4 Edit the application.
Option Action
Add a tier to the application
Click the Add New Tier icon and type the tier name in the row that appears.
For example, if you are configuring a tier of Web servers, you might type
Web Servers.
Remove a tier from the application
Select the tier in the list and click the Remote Selected Tier icon.
Change the name of a tier
Double-click the existing name and type a new name.
Add a resource to a tier
a Select the tier in the Tiers pane.
b Select the resources to add to the tier from the resource list.
c Drag the selected resources from the tier Resources pane.
Delete a resource from a tier
a Select the tier in the Tiers pane.
b Select the resources to remove from the tier in the resource list.
c Click the Remote Selected Resources From Tier icon.
5 Click Save to save your changes.
Delete an Application
If you do not need an application, you can delete it. When you delete an application, the fingerprints, alerts,
and anomalies associated with the application are also deleted.
Procedure
1 Select Environment > Applications Overview.
2 Select the application to delete.
3 Click the Remove Selected Application icon.
4 Click Yes on the confirmation window to delete the application.
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