Application Discovery Components

Application Discovery contains these components:

An agent, which discovers the presence of applications and processes on a managed system, collects information about the managed system and its applications, and communicates that information to the central Application Discovery server.
- An agent is fully autonomous.
- An agent is the only component that is platform-specific (by operating system type and version).
The server, which communicates with agents, runs all of the algorithms, tracks events, stores templates, and passes data to the user interface.
The WBEM provider, which provides transport for commands issued from the central management server (CMS) to the agents.
The user interface, which displays collected data and provides mechanisms that allow the user to modify and refine aspects of user interface, agent, and server behavior; and data display.
SSL certificate helper files, which build necessary administrative command files. These files include commands to manage and exchange SSL certificates, allowing the agent and the CMS to authenticate the legitimacy of the transmission.
The initialization scripts, which initialize the database, install the user interface into HP SIM (including the help system for Application Discovery), and set up the conditions for certificate exchange between agent and server.
The templates, which define the objects of discovery for identification and data collection.

Agents and WBEM providers are installed and run on the managed systems where applications are to be discovered and monitored. The Application Discovery server and user interface are installed on the CMS. The templates also reside on the CMS.

The data transmitted by Application Discovery agents includes the following:

Running process information, including command lines and command-line arguments, working directories, users, and environment variables
Installed software information
Operating system and architecture versions
iCAP system identifiers




	NOTE: An application inventory in a data center or enterprise setting is sensitive material. Therefore, all communication paths in Application Discovery are encrypted and authenticated to check for proper user authorization. See "Configuring Components" for information about steps that must be taken to ensure that Application Discovery's security measures are in place and functioning correctly. For a discussion of access by user job roles, see "User Authorizations" in the VSE Software Management Help online reference. For help with communication problems, see the "Troubleshooting" section in Application Discovery Help.

Application Discovery Components

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