You can use Application Discovery to do the following:
Access application data from within the HP SIM user interface.
Automate discovery of standard applications supplied with
HP operating systems.
Automate discovery of applications often run on HP operating
systems within data centers. For example, Application Discovery includes templates to discover
common applications generated by Oracle® and SAP software.
Edit or create application discovery template to
make them specific to your environment.
Discover systems suitable for agent installation.
Determine the location of running and installed applications.
Monitor the activity of running processes and applications.
Define severity for application-oriented events to trigger
notification messages, and control where the messages display (in Application Discovery and/or HP SIM).
Discover the presence or absence of Application Discovery agents and check
their status.
Monitor the behavior and performance of the Application Discovery server.