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Procedure
1 In the inventory pane, click the object for which you want to view relationships.
2 Click the Relationships tab under the Environment tab.
The relationship graph and properties of the object are displayed. (You can also directly select the object
and see its object properties by double-clicking the object from the relationship graph.)
3 Use the Relationships graph pane buttons to examine objects in the graph.
4 Use the Show drop-down list to select the type of relationships to view.
5 (Optional) To view the properties of any object in the relationship graph, click the object.
View the Properties of the Application Object
The vCenter Operations Manager user interface displays the relationships graph and object properties of an
application object. The properties of an application object include Process, Listening Port, Category, Runs on,
and Dependent of Service.
At the virtual machine level, the relationship graph also displays the application that are running on this virtual
machine and applications that this selected virtual machine depends on. If you select any application from the
relationship graph, the application object properties of that application is displayed. The virtual machines that
are above the application node are a set of virtual machines that depend on the selected application. The virtual
machines that are below the application node are the virtual machines that the application runs on.
Procedure
1 In the inventory pane, click the virtual machine object.
2 Click the Relationships tab under the Environment tab.
The relationship graph and properties of the virtual machine object are displayed. The relationship graph
also displays the applications that run on the virtual machine and the applications that the virtual machine
depends on.
3 Click the application object for which you want to see the object properties.
The application object properties are displayed. You can also directly select the application object and see
its relationship graph and application object properties by double-clicking the application object from the
relationship graph.
Table 3-2. Properties of the Application Object
Application Description
Title Displays the name of the selected application.
Process Displays the process name of the selected application.
Listening Port Displays a list of listening port numbers of the selected
application.
Category Displays the name of the category the selected application
belong to.
Runs on Displays the name of the entity on which the selected
application is running. If it is an external entity, IP address
is displayed. If it is a virtual machine that is managed by
vCenter Operations Manager, you can click on the link to
navigate to that virtual machine.
Dependent of Service Displays a set of virtual machines that depend on the
selected application. You can click the link to navigate to
the dependent virtual machine.
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