Application Discovery 7.2 User Guide

Event lists are pruned periodically to the number set in “Max Events”. The new setting is applied
the next time the list is pruned.
Setting data polling interval
You can set the frequency at which the Application Discovery agent sends fresh data to the
Application Discovery server. You can set polling for processes and for packages separately.
Prerequisite: You must have “Matrix OE All tools” authorization to set visibility attributes. (See
“User authorizations” in Matrix Operating Environment help for a discussion of tool box permissions.)
1. Click the following tabs: Admin/Config, then AD Agents.
2. Find the global settings box on the left of the screen.
Table 2 Global settings for refresh of data from Application Discovery agent
DescriptionInterval type
Frequency of update for host and process data. Default value: 5m (once every
5 minutes)
Global host/process interval
Frequency of update for package data. Default value: 5h (once every five
hours)
Global package interval
3. Select an interval from the drop down list that appears to the right of each interval type.
Setting event attributes
Introduction to event settings in Application Discovery
Application Discovery logs various application and administrative events occurring in the computing
network. It records events that occur in association with applications, host machines, agents, and
templates. You can set the desired severity for an event type and the location at which the event
alert can be seen.
Prerequisite: You must have “Matrix OE All tools” authorization to set visibility attributes. (See
“User authorizations” in Matrix Operating Environment help for a discussion of tool box permissions.)
To access and modify the attribute fields for events, click the Admin/Config tab, then the Events
tab. The next figure shows part of the event configuration fields.
Figure 9 Event tab shows configuration fields for data center and administrative events
The Events tab shows two panes: one for data center events and one for administrative events.
Each pane contains:
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