Discovering applications for multiple application profiles

To discover applications for multiple application profiles by application type:

  1. Select an application type in the navigation tree.
  2. Click one or more check boxes to the left of the application profiles displayed in the list.
  3. Click Discover applications from the For selected menu at the upper-left corner of the list.

    Discover applications command on the For Selected menu

  4. If a dialog appears indicating, "Some of the Application Profiles you selected do not have discoverable components and will not be included in the search.", click OK. A navigation tree appears mirroring your WhatsUp Gold device list which shows dynamic groups and discovery scans.
  5. Select the groups and/or devices for which you want to discover applications by clicking the applicable check boxes in the navigation tree.
  6. Click Discover applications. The Application Discovery: Discovery Results page appears.

After applications are discovered by APM, use the list of newly discovered applications to select which ones to monitor and subsequently create application instances.

You can also discover applications for multiple application profiles from the All Applications page using the Discover Applications button.

To discover applications for multiple application profiles using the Discover Application button:

  1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears.
  2. Click to select the box to the left of an application profile to include the application profile in application discovery.

    Click to select an application profile.

  3. After you have selected the desired application profiles, click Discover Applications. If a dialog appears indicating, "Some of the Application Profiles you selected do not have discoverable components and will not be included in the search.", click OK. A navigation tree appears mirroring your WhatsUp Gold device list which shows dynamic groups and discovery scans.
  4. Select the groups and/or devices for which you want to discover applications by clicking the applicable check boxes in the navigation tree.
  5. Click Discover applications. The Application Discovery: Discovery Results page appears.
  6. After applications are discovered by APM, use the list of newly discovered applications to select which ones to monitor and subsequently create application instances.

See Also

APM configuration

Viewing application performance configuration

Discovering applications using application profiles

Discovering applications by application type

Monitoring newly-discovered applications

Understanding applications

Configuring APM to monitor applications

Working with application profiles

Working with components

Working with application instances

Working with critical component groups

Working with discrete applications