Aging - VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1.1 User Manual

ADM User's Guide
You can perform the following actions from the Actions pane on the left side of the screen:
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Add Fingerprint: Creates a new fingerprint.
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Edit Fingerprint: Modifies an existing fingerprint.
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Delete Fingerprint: Removes a fingerprint.
The VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Online Help provides step‐by‐step instructions on how to
perform these actions.

Aging

ADM allows you to create entity aging policies. Aging is the removal of an inactive entity and its owned
entities from ADM. An inactive entity is a network element, service, or dependency, and any of their derived
elements, such as a J2EE or database instance that have not been verified as live for some predefined amount
of time. For example, a service running in your network is populated in the MDR, and is therefore visible to
you through the ADM console. If this service is uninstalled at a later time, it should no longer be shown as a
running service in the ADM console. Creating an entity aging policy allows you to view the most updated state
of your network, since it is a constantly changing environment.
Aging is performed through aging policies. When you create a new aging policy, the default time limit is seven
days. You can change this default as described in the VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Online Help
The Aging Policies list contains general information about existing aging policies. To access the Aging Policies
list, select Manage > Aging. The Aging Policies list is shown below.
Click on the top of a column on the Aging Policies list to sort the list by that column.
You can perform the following actions with aging policies:
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Add Policy: Creates a new aging policy.
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Copy Policy: Makes a copy of an existing aging policy.
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Edit Policy: Modifies an existing aging policy.
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Delete Policy: Removes an aging policy.
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Enable Policy: Enables an aging policy.
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Disable Policy: Disables an aging policy.
The VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Online Help provides step‐by‐step instructions on how to
perform these actions.
Table 3‐3 lists and describes the aging policy information in the Aging Policies list.
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