Manage Application Templates

Find an Application Template

You can access individual application templates by clicking the AD Templates tab, then the Admin/Config tab.

In the Templates table, click the name of the template that you want to modify.

The data for that template opens in a new screen.

	TIP: Another way to get to a template for editing is to click on the associated application name in an application table listing. When the information for the application is displayed, you can see a link to the template for that application in the Application Summary box.

Change AD Application Template Values

To edit the selected application template, do the following:

	NOTE: HP supplies a default set of application templates with Application Discovery. Editing one of these templates does not actually change the original template. Instead, the original is automatically copied for editing. When you edit and save changes to an HP-supplied application template, the resulting values are stored as /var/opt/amgr/templates/local/filename.atd, where filename is the same as the original template file name. HP does not support altering the original application templates supplied with Application Discovery in the /var/opt/amgr/templates/amgr directory.

Once you apply the application template, a short time passes while Application Discovery attempts to match the newly edited application to discovered processes currently running in the network. As matching completes, applications matching this template description appear in the table called 'Applications affected by this template' (below the template summary), as shown in Figure 3-12 at :

Figure 3-12 Template Summary Including Applications Affected by the Template

	NOTE: My application does not appear in the "Applications affected..." table. Why? There are several possible explanations for this to occur: It takes some time for template matching to complete. Action: Wait a couple of minutes to see whether or not matching occurs. For a more precise indicator of the matching interval (and therefore, the likely wait-time), click the Admin/Config tab, then the AD Agents tab, and find the column labeled 'Proc intrvl' (Process interval) for the server where you expect the application to be running. The process interval roughly represents the time needed to refresh the matching data. There is an error in the template values such that the application described in the template does not match any currently running processes. Action: Double-check your template values and edit if necessary. The template is correct, but the application described is not currently running. Action: Ensure that the application designated in the template is running on the host where you expect it to be. For more information, see “Data Missing in Application Discovery Screens” in the troubleshooting section of Application Discovery Help.

Create a New Template

The process for creating a new application template is similar to editing an existing template.

Your new application template immediately appears in the list of all templates that is displayed when you click the Admin/Config tab, then the AD Templates tab. The new template definition is applied the next time that matching is compared to the collected data.