HP Intelligent Management Center v5.1 SP1 Application Manager Administrator Guide

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Application group management
APM divides applications into several groups according to the different authorities of user. A new
adding application cannot be added into any group automatically, which means any users such as
administrators, maintainers, or even viewers is applicable to check its application monitor report. So
be sure to add the applications into groups to make the authority more clear.
For more information, see "Application group management."
Threshold and Port configuration management
APM provides you threshold and port configuration management function to manage the alarm
activated conditions and service listening port.
• Threshold Configuration
APM provides you threshold configuration for monitoring the application indexes. Once the indexes
value meets the threshold, it will trigger a related alarm. The threshold is divided into two types: global
threshold and user defined. You can configure the global threshold in the Threshold Configuration, and
configure the custom threshold in the application monitor report.
• Port Configuration
Listening port makes applications collecting monitor data, each one application may listen to some
ports. APM manage and monitor the status of the applications through the listening ports. It is
applicable to APM to find a new application automatically by scanning the listening ports of the host.
But if you add a new application manually, the administrator needs to specify the listening port for the
application in the APM.
For more information, see “Threshold and Port Configuration.”
APM Widget management
APM provides Widget function to facilitate administrator use, it including the following two types:
• Application Monitor
Monitor application’s availability and health status.
• Host Monitor
Monitor application host’s availability and health status.
For more information, see “Widget management.”