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

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1 Application Manager overview ····························································································································1
Installation and network planning ··································································································································· 1
Installation requirements ·········································································································································· 1
APM network planning ············································································································································ 2
Application classes management ···································································································································· 2
APM communication management ································································································································· 4
APM monitor features ······················································································································································· 5
Application monitor management ·························································································································· 5
Application group management ····························································································································· 6
Threshold and Port configuration management ···································································································· 6
APM Widget management ····································································································································· 6
2 Quick start ······························································································································································7
Prerequisites ······································································································································································· 7
Application monitor configuration ·································································································································· 7
Adding an application monitor via Auto-discovery ······························································································ 8
Adding an application monitor manually ·············································································································· 9
Adding monitors for various types of applications ···························································································· 10
Viewing monitoring report ············································································································································ 11
Analyzing root cause of unhealthy applications ········································································································ 13
3 Monitor management ····································································································································· 15
Application monitor ······················································································································································· 15
Viewing an application monitor list ···················································································································· 15
Customizing a monitor list ···································································································································· 16
Querying an application monitor ························································································································ 17
Adding an application monitor ··························································································································· 17
Editing an application monitor ···························································································································· 18
Deleting monitoring application ·························································································································· 19
Management an application monitor ················································································································· 19
Start Polling ···························································································································································· 19
Host monitor ··································································································································································· 20
Viewing a host monitor in the host mode ··········································································································· 20
Viewing a host monitor in the list mode·············································································································· 20
Class monitor ·································································································································································· 21
Viewing a class monitor ······································································································································· 21
Custom a monitor ··························································································································································· 22
Viewing a custom monitors list····························································································································· 22