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Application Discovery Manager
User’s Guide
vCenter Application Discovery Manager 6.1
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Contents
Contents 3
AboutThisBook 7
1ArchitectureOverview 9
WhatDoesADMDo? 9
EssentialConcepts 10
ADMComponents 10
ActiveProbe 11
ArchitectureSolutions 11
Single‐boxSetup 11
DistributedApplianceSolutions 12
2GettingStarted 15
AccessingtheADMConsole 15
LogIntotheADMConsole 15
3ManagingADM 17
Groups 17
Discovery 17
ApplicationPatterns 18
Changes 18
Fingerprints 19
IdentifyingApplicationbyPorts 19
Aging 20
DeletingAgingLogs 21
Users 21
Role‐BasedAccessControl 21
System 22
Licensing 22
4Groups 25
Overview 25
Requirements 26
Built‐InGroups 26
User‐DefinedGroups 26
ImportingandExportingGroupDefinitions 29
5Discovery 31
DiscoveryTypes 31
DiscoveryPlans 32
PassiveDiscovery 32
Policies 32
Plans 32
IPDiscovery 32

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Policies 33
DetailDiscovery 33
DetailDiscoveryTab 33
DeployingDetailDiscovery 36
DetailDiscoveryConfiguration 36
HowDoActiveProbeConfigurationsAffectDetailDiscoveryPolicies? 36
DetailDiscoveryPolicies 36
ConfiguringStandardOSAgents37
DealingwithFirewalls 37
CheckingforResults 37
DetailDiscoveryProtocols 37
SSH 38
SNMP 39
WMI 40
Telnet 43
VI‐SDK 45
DiscoveringDependencieswithDetailDiscovery 46
ADMDependencyDiscoveryMethods 46
ChoosingaMethodofDependencyDiscovery 47
DiscoveryStrategyforUsingOnlyDetailDiscoveryforDependencies 48
VMwareDiscovery 49
VMwareTerminologyOverview 49
VMwareDiscoveryinADM 49
UseCase 50
UsingVI‐SDKforDetailDiscovery 52
Capabilities 52
6ApplicationPatterns 55
Overview 55
ApplicationPatternDefinitions 55
NodeRules 56
ConnectivityRules 56
MandatoryNodeRules 56
UnifyingNodeRules 57
ApplicationPatternInstances 58
ViewingApplicationPatternDefinitionsandInstances 58
ApplicationPatternDefinitions 58
ApplicationPatternInstances 59
ApplicationDiscoveryProcess 60
UseCase:CreatingDefinitionsandViewingtheResultingInstances 61
7Report 63
Reporttypes 63
ExportingandPrintingReports 64
8Connectors 65
ConnectorsOverview 65
EMCSmartsIntegration 65
Status 66
Configuration 67
Log 68
UnregisterADM 68

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CompleteSynchronize 68
DisplayingADMdatainSAM 68
CustomReports 70
9Solver 71
Overview 71
ReportsintheSolverTab 71
Index 73

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TheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)User’sGuidedescribestheuserinterfaceof
theADM.Italsoprovidesinformationthatthecustomersneed,tomanagetheADM.
Intended Audience
ThisdocumentispartoftheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerdocumentationset,andis
intendedforusebycorporateinformationtechnology(IT)personnelwhoneedstomonitorenterprise
applicationsandresourcesandmakedecisionsaboutacquiring,allocating,andmodifyingtheseresources.
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TheVMwarevCenter™ApplicationDiscoveryManager(ADM)isanenterprisedatacentermanagement
solutionthatusesagentlessdiscoveryandprovidescontinuousdependencymappingofapplications.
ADMhelpsyougainanunderstandingofyourservicedependencies.ADMalsoprovidesautomatedand
real‐timeapplicationdiscoverycapabilityacrossphysicalandvirtualenvironments.
Anaccurateapplicationdependencymapisessentialtovirtualizeapplications,movedatacenters,buildasite
recoveryplan,andtomoveaservicetothecloud.
ThischapterdescribesdifferentADMarchitecturesolutionsandalsodescribeshowtoconfigureanddeploy
them.Topicsinclude:
“WhatDoesADMDo?”onpage 9
“EssentialConcepts”onpage 10
“A D M Components”onpage 10
“A r c h i t e c t u r e Solutions”onpage 11
What Does ADM Do?
ADMperformsthefollowinghigh‐levelfunctions:
ADMdiscoversConfigurationItems(CIs).Italsodiscoverstherelationshipsanddependenciesbetween
theseinstancesinrealtime.ThediscoverydataisstoredintheManagementDataRepository.Themap
featureintheUserInterface(UI)providesagraphicalrepresentationoftherelationshipsand
dependenciesbetweenalltheCIs.
ADMdeterminesthebaselineofusagefortheseconfigurationitems.Further,theADMdetects
inconsistenciesfromthenorm.
ADMprovidesimpactandpredictivereportingandhelpsyoutroubleshooterrors.
ADMhelpstoaccuratelyanswerthefollowingquestions:
Whathosts,applications,andconnectionsdoIhave?
HowareCIsused?
Whatarethedependenciesamongthem?
Architecture Overview 1
NOTEADMprovidesbothknownandunknowninformationaboutaninfrastructure.Ittellsyouwhat
youknow,andwhatyoudonotknow.Forexample,youmightthinkthatnolaptopsarecommunicating
withadatabaseserver.Usingthemap,youcanseethehoststhatyouknowareinyourinfrastructure.
However,youmightalsoseethattherearehostsorlaptopscommunicatingwiththedatabaseserver.
NOTEBaselineisthefirst24hoursofactivityofaconfigurationitem.

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WherearethehiddenoptimizationopportunitiesandhowcanIcapitalizeonthem?
Howwilltheseapplicationchangesimpactmybusiness?
Whataretherisks?
WhataretheproblemsandhowcanIsolvethem?
Essential Concepts
Table 1‐1definesessentialconceptsofADM.
ADM Components
VMwareprovidesADMononeormoreappliances.Themodeoftheappliancedetermineswhichcomponent
isrunning.ADMcomponentsaredescribedinTable 1‐2.
Table 1-1. Essential Concepts
Concept Definition
ConfigurationItem(CI) ACIisahost(thiscanalsoincludenetworkdevicessuchasswitchesorrouters),an
application(alsoknownasaservice),oranetworkconnection.Forexample,aLinux
host,Ciscorouter,orVMware®ESX™ServerareallhostCIs.Oracleisanapplication
CI.HTTPandSSHarenetworkconnectionCIs.
Discovery Discoveryisacontinuousprocessthatcreatesandmaintainsadetailedmodelofyour
applicationenvironment.ADMdiscoversCIs.Chapter 5containsmoreinformation
aboutdiscovery.
ManagementData
Repository(MDR)
TheMDRisthedatabaseofADM.Whenconfigurationiteminformationis
discovered,itisstoredintheMDRafterreconciliation.
Groups Agroupisabuilt‐inoruser‐definedcollectionofoneormoreCIs.Theadminuserscan
creategroupssothattheycaneasilyview,analyze,andtrackthespecificsubsetof
data.GroupcreationallowstheadminusertoclassifyCIsintologicalsetsor
collectionssothatactionssuchascreatingreports,policies,orviewingtheinventory
isappliedtospecificgroups,insteadoftheentiredatabaseofCIs.Chapter 4contains
moreinformationaboutgroups.
Change AchangeisanychangetoaCI.Forexample,achangetoaconfigurationfileonahost
isachange.
Changetracking Changetrackingreferstoachangeinthediscoveredenvironment,suchasachange
intheamountofactivityonahost,achangeinthedemandonahostorservice,ora
newhostorconnectionthatispresentinthediscoveredenvironment.Change
trackingreferstobehavioralchanges.ADMallowsyoutocreatechangetracking
policiesthattrackbehavioralchangesinyourapplicationenvironment.
Applicationpattern ADMdiscoversbusinessapplicationsbycreatingapplicationpatterns.Theadminuser
cancreatethesefromtheManagetab,oraVMwareProfessionalServices
representativecanprovideyouthese.Anapplicationpatterndefinitionconsistsofa
setofrules—noderulesandconnectivityrules—thatdescribetherequestedpattern.
ADManalyzestheapplicationpatterndefinitionanddiscoversinstancesofthe
applicationpattern.Noderulesaregroup‐likerulesthatdescribetheinstancesinthe
topologygraph.Connectivityrulesdescribetheedgesinthetopologygraph(thatis,
theconnectivitybetweentwoinstances).
Entityaging ADMletsyoucreateentityagingpolicies.Forexample,aservicerunninginyour
networkispopulatedintheMDR,andisthereforevisibletoyoufromtheUser
Interface(UI).Ifyouuninstallthisserviceatalatertime,youshouldnolongerseeit
asarunningserviceintheUI.Creatinganentityagingpolicyletsyouviewthemost
updatedstateofyournetwork,sinceitisaconstantlychangingenvironment.(An
entityisanetworkelement,serviceordependency,andanyoftheirderivedelements
suchasaJ2EEordatabaseinstance.)

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Chapter 1 Architecture Overview
Active Probe
TheactiveprobeistheADMprocessusedforbothDetailandIPdiscovery.Activeproberespondstothe
policiesdefinedthroughthemanagementcomponent,discoverstheitemsassignedthroughthepolicies,and
returnsthedatatothemanagementcomponent.Thisdataisreconciled,stored,andpresentedintheconsole.
To configure the active probe
1Assign
discoveryitemstoaspecificCollector.
2Definetheprotocolsthataresupportedfordiscovery.
3 Connectthemanagementcomponent(Aggregator)tothediscoverycomponent(Collector).
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuideincludesthestepsforconfiguringthe
activeprobeforDetailandIPdiscovery.
Architecture Solutions
ADMprovidesaSingle‐boxsetupandDistributedsetuptomeettheneedsofdifferentenvironments.The
followingsectionscontainmoreinformationaboutthearchitecturesolutions.
Single-box Setup
InaSingle‐boxsetup,alltheADMmodesareenabledonasingleapplianceasshowninFigure 1‐1.
Table 1-2. ADM Components
Component Description
ActiveDiscovery‐
Unix
Collectsdatafromtheconfigurationobjectsinyourdatacenter.Thefollowingdiscoverytypes
apply:
IPdiscovery—DetectshostsorotherconfigurationitemswithaspecificIPaddresswhen
passivediscoveryfailstodiscoverthem.
Detaildiscovery—ExtendstheinformationobtainedusingpassiveandIPdiscovery.Ituses
commonnetworkprotocolstoremotelyqueryserversinthemanagednetworkandobtains
supplementaryinformationaboutnetworkhoststhatisaddedtothedatabase.
ActiveDiscovery‐
Windows
AdiscoveryenginethatusesWMIbaseddiscoverypoliciesforperformingactivediscoveryon
Windowsmachines.
PassiveDiscovery Passivelyobservesthenetworktrafficbyperformingadeep‐packetanalysistodiscover
applicationsandcomponentrelationshipsinphysicalandvirtualenvironments.
Passivediscoveryalsoallowsyoutodothefollowing:
Mapdependencies.
Counttheactivityofthesedependencies.
Identifyservices.
Aggregator Receivesdatafromthediscoverycomponentsandreconcilesthedatabeforetransferringittothe
databasecomponent.TheaggregatoralsoprovidestheuserinterfaceforusingADMandisthe
integrationpointforvariousintegrations,forexample,ERDB.
Database AnOracleRDBMSusedtostorediscovereddataandADMconfiguration.

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Figure 1-1. Single-box Setup Architecture
Single-box Appliance Configuration
IfyouareusingaSingle‐boxsetup,youneedtoperformthestepsdescribedinVMwarevCenterApplication
DiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuide,aftercompletingtheinstallationinstructionsprovidedintheVMware
vCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAppliancePlatformInstallationQuickReferenceGuide.
VMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuidealsodescribeshowtomoveanexisting
Single‐boxsetuptoaDistributedsetuporDistributedwithremotedatabasesetup.
Distributed Appliance Solutions
ADistributedappliancesolutionhasthefollowingtwooptions:
Distributedsetup
Distributedwithremotedatabasesetup
Distributed Setup
TheDistributedsetuphasatleastonedesignatedapplianceenabledasaCollector,andanotherappliance
enabledasanAggregatorandDatabaseasshowninFigure 1‐2.
Figure 1-2. Distributed Setup Architecture
Database
All modes
Database
Aggregator
Collector
Management
Passive
Detail
Discovery
NOTEPassiveandDetailDiscoverycanrunonsingleormultipleCollectors.
Discovery
Database
Management
passive
discovery
detail
discovery
Discovery
Aggregator Database
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Distributed Appliance with Remote Database Solution
InaDistributedwithremotedatabasesetup,thereisadesignatedappliancetohostthedatabaseasshownin
Figure 1‐3.
Figure 1-3. Distributed with Remote Database (Split)
ThestepstoconfiguredistributedsetupanddistributedwithremotedatabasesetuparedescribedinVMware
vCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuide.
NOTEPassiveandDetailDiscoverycanrunonsingleormultipleCollectors.
Discovery
Database
Management
passive
discovery
detail
discovery
Discovery
Aggregator Database
Collector
passive
discovery
vCollector
passive
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ThischapterdescribesaccessingtheADMconsole.Topicsinclude:
“A c c e s s i n g theADMConsole”onpage 15
“LogIntotheADMConsole”onpage 15
Accessing the ADM Console
TheADMConsoleistheGraphicalUserInterface(GUI)toaccessandmanagetheapplianceprocesses.You
connecttotheADMconsoleusingabrowser.
Log In to the ADM Console
To log in to the system using the ADM Console
1OpenMicrosoftInternetExplorer
2TypetheIPaddressofthemanagementapplianceintotheURLandclickGo.TheWelcomescreen
appears.
3IntheUsernamefield,typeyourusername.
4InthePasswordfield,typeyourpassword.
5ClickLogin.
Getting Started 2
NOTEBeforerunningtheADMConsole,verifythattheMicrosoftWindowsclientmeetsthesystem
requirementsoutlinedintheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAppliancePlatformInstallation
QuickReferenceGuide.
NOTETheadminusercanloginbytypingadminintheUsernamefieldand123456inthePasswordfield.

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ThischapterdescribestheManagetabthatenablesyoutocreate,edit,anddeletegroups,policies,fingerprints,
andusers.Youcanrundiscoveryandmanagethesystemfromthistab.Also,itallowsyoutocreateand
manageapplicationpatternsandagingpolicies.Topicsinclude:
“Groups”onpage 17
“Discovery”onpage 17
“ApplicationPatterns”onpage 18
“Changes”onpage 18
“Fingerprints”onpage 19
“A g i n g ” onpage 20
“Users”onpage 21
“System”onpage 22
Groups
TheManagetabopenstotheGroupstabbydefault.Agroupisabuilt‐inoruser‐definedcollectionofoneor
moreCIs.ADMprovideswiththeabilitytocreategroupssothatyoucaneasilyview,analyze,andtrackthe
specificsubsetofdata.GroupcreationallowsyoutoclassifyCIsintologicalsetsorcollectionssothatactions
suchascreatingreports,policies,orviewingtheinventoryisappliedtospecificgroups,insteadoftheentire
databaseofCIs.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Discovery
Discoveryisacontinuousprocessthatcreatesandmaintainsadetailedmodelofyourapplication
environment.ADMdiscoversCIs.
InADM,therearethreetypesofdiscovery:PassiveDiscovery,IPDiscovery,andDetailDiscovery.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
performdiscovery.
Managing ADM 3
NOTETheManagetabisvisibleonlytoadminuser.
IMPORTANTOnlyadminuserscancreategroupsfromManage>Groups.Chapter 4providesmore
informationonADMgroups.
NOTEChapter 5providesmoreinformationondiscovery.

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Application Patterns
ADMdiscoversbusinessapplicationsbycreatingapplicationpatterns.Anapplicationpatterndefinition
consistsofasetofrules—noderulesandconnectivityrules—thatdescribetherequestedpattern.
ADManalyzestheapplicationpatterndefinitionanddiscoversinstancesoftheapplicationpattern.Node
rulesaregroup‐likerulesthatdescribetheinstancesinthetopologygraph.Connectivityrulesdescribethe
edgesinthetopologygraph(thatis,theconnectivitybetweentwoinstances).
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpcontainstask‐basedinformationonapplication
patterns.
Changes
ADMallowsyoutocreatepoliciesthathelpyoutrackapplicationbehaviorandalertsyouwhenchangesoccur
inyourenvironment.Thesechangesmightbedemandchanges,suchasahighernumberoftransactionsfora
service,orbehaviorchangessuchasnewclientsaccessingaserviceornewservicesaddedintotheapplication
environment.
Achangetrackingpolicyisarulethatgovernswhathappenswhenaspecifiedchangeoccursamongthe
discovereditemsinagroup.Agroupcanhavemultiplepoliciesdefinedforit.Changetrackingpoliciesrun
onlyafterthesystemisinthemonitoringstage,aftercompletingdiscovery.
ChangepoliciesaredisplayedintheChangeTrackingPoliciesList.Toaccessthislist,navigatetoManage>
Changes.Table 3‐1listsanddescribestheinformationintheChangeTrackingPoliciesList.
Clickonthetopofthecolumntosortthelistbythatcolumn.
Toviewchangesintheenvironment,navigatetoChangeTracking>Changes.Thechangesthataredefined
intheManage>ChangestabareactuallydisplayedintheChangeTracking>Changestab.
ChangesarealsodisplayedintheDashboard>Changespane.
YoucanperformthefollowingactionsthatareaccessedfromtheActionsmenuontheleftsideofthescreen:
AddPolicy—Createsanewchangetrackingpolicy.
CopyPolicy—Makesacopyofanexistingchangetrackingpolicy.
EditPolicy—Modifiesanexistingchangetrackingpolicy.
DeletePolicy—Removesachangetrackingpolicy.
IMPORTANTTheadminusercancreateapplicationpatternsfromtheManagetab,oraVMwareProfessional
Servicesrepresentativecanprovidethesetoyou.Chapter 6providesmoreinformationonapplication
patterns.
Table 3-1. Change Tracking Policies List
Column Description
Active Thisboxhasagreenflagforanactivepolicyandagreyflagforaninactivepolicy.Anactive
policygenerateschangenotifications.
Name Nameassignedtothechangetrackingpolicywhenyoucreatedit.
Description Changetrackingpolicydescription.
CreatedBy Usernameofthepersonwhocreatedthischangetrackingpolicy.
CreationDate DatethischangetrackingpolicywasoriginallycreatedontheADMappliancewherethis
changetrackingpolicyisdefined.
UpdatedBy Usernameofthepersonwholastmodifiedthischangetrackingpolicy.
UpdateDate Datethispolicywaslastmodified.ThedateisfortheADMappliancewherethispolicyis
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EnablePolicy—Enablesachangetrackingpolicy.
DisablePolicy—Disablesachangetrackingpolicy.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Setting Up Scripts
YoucanconfigureachangetrackingpolicytorunascriptontheADMapplianceinresponsetoanalert.
TheADMconsolecanrunanyscriptthatcanrunonaLinux‐basedcomputer.Youcanwriteascriptforeach
changetrackingpolicy,orthesamescriptforseveralchangetrackingpolicies.Whenyouspecifyascript,the
changetrackingpolicyautomaticallyrunsitwhenevertheselectedchangeeventoccurs.Forexample,ifyou
wanttowriteascriptthatpagestheappropriatepersonorgrouptonotifythemofthechangeevent.
Thescript:
Needstobeinthe/home/nlayers/Seneca/custom_scriptsdirectory.
CanbeanyscriptthatcanrunonaLinux‐basedcomputer.
Runsinaseparateprocess.
RunsundertheADMuseraccount.Thisaccountdoesnothaverootpermissions.Itisjustaregularuser
account.
Canbeanyscriptthatcanperformalltheoperationsonthenetworkfromtheinterface.Thisdependson
thenetworkstructureandpermissions,butusuallythereisnointernetaccessandlimitedaccesstoother
resourcesonthenet.
Invokesotherprogramsinstalledontheappliance.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
setupascripttoautomateachangeresponse.
Fingerprints
FingerprintsarethecoreoftheADMbusinessapplicationdiscovery.Theyuniquelyidentifybothpackaged
andcustomdevelopedin‐houseapplications.
Identifying Application by Ports
Fingerprintsenableyoutoidentifycustomapplicationsbytheportstheyuse.Whenacustomserviceor
connectionthatmatchesadefinedfingerprintisdiscovered,itappearswiththeservice/connectionnamethat
yousupplied,insteadofanunclassifiedserviceorconnection.WhenyounavigatetoManage>Fingerprints,
alistofalldefinedfingerprintsappears.
Thefingerprintslistcontainstheinformationforeachfingerprint,asshowninTable 3‐2.
YoucanperformthefollowingactionsfromtheActionspaneontheleftsideofthescreen:
AddFingerprint—Createsanewfingerprint.
EditFingerprint—Modifiesanexistingfingerprint.
Table 3-2. Fingerprints List
Column Description
Port Portthatthisservice/connectionuses.
Transport Methodoftransportthattheportcoulduse,eitherTCPortheUserDatagramProtocol(UDP).
Protocol Communicationsprotocolyourservice/connectionuses.
Service Nameoftheservicethatyoucreatedtousethisport.

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DeleteFingerprint—Removesafingerprint.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Aging
ADMallowsyoutocreateentityagingpolicies.Agingistheremovalofaninactiveentityanditsowned
entitiesfromADM.Aninactiveentityisanetworkelement,service,ordependency,andanyoftheirderived
elements,suchasaJ2EEordatabaseinstancethathavenotbeenverifiedasliveforsomepredefinedamount
oftime.Forexample,aservicerunninginyournetworkispopulatedintheMDR,andisthereforevisibleto
youthroughtheADMconsole.Ifthisserviceisuninstalledatalatertime,itshouldnolongerbeshownasa
runningserviceintheADMconsole.Creatinganentityagingpolicyallowsyoutoviewthemostupdatedstate
ofyournetwork,sinceitisaconstantlychangingenvironment.
Agingisperformedthroughagingpolicies.Whenyoucreateanewagingpolicy,thedefaulttimelimitisseven
days.YoucanchangethisdefaultasdescribedintheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelp
TheAgingPolicieslistcontainsgeneralinformationaboutexistingagingpolicies.ToaccesstheAgingPolicies
list,selectManage>Aging.TheAgingPolicieslistisshownbelow.
ClickonthetopofacolumnontheAgingPolicieslisttosortthelistbythatcolumn.
Youcanperformthefollowingactionswithagingpolicies:
AddPolicy—Createsanewagingpolicy.
CopyPolicy—Makesacopyofanexistingagingpolicy.
EditPolicy—Modifiesanexistingagingpolicy.
DeletePolicy—Removesanagingpolicy.
EnablePolicy—Enablesanagingpolicy.
DisablePolicy—Disablesanagingpolicy.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Table 3‐3listsanddescribestheagingpolicyinformationintheAgingPolicieslist.