AppManager Product Status Update David Mount Technical Manager – UK, Ireland & Middle East
Jan 12, 2016
AppManager Product Status UpdateAppManager Product Status Update
David MountTechnical Manager – UK, Ireland & Middle EastDavid MountTechnical Manager – UK, Ireland & Middle East
Please Note…
• This session will be linked with the ‘AppManager Deep Dive’ session, and will run through the break at 15:15
• The Product Status Update (Level 200) will run until 15:00
Agenda
• AppManager 7 new features overview– Agent Auto-deployment– Rules-based Management Groups– Monitoring Policy Exceptions– Control Center Enhancements
• AppManager 7.01 Overview
AppManager Agent Auto-deployment
• Description– Automated detection of new machines & applications– Automated remote deployment of agents & modules– Rapid response to changing environments (every 5 min by default)– Multiple, firewall-friendly deployment servers
• Benefits– Significantly reduces cost of deploying and upgrading agents– Reduces monitoring exposure when changes occur– Reaches into “nooks & crannies” of the managed environment to
install agents
• Bottom Line– Fully automate monitoring configuration from metal to production
• When combined w/ Rule-based Management Groups & Monitoring Policy
AppManager Agent Auto-deploymentControl: Requires little intervention, but won’t run amuck either
Control: Requires little intervention, but won’t run amuck either
Security: Rule-specific credentials enable distinct handling for each security domain
Security: Rule-specific credentials enable distinct handling for each security domain
Scheduling: Granular control over when deployments happen
Scheduling: Granular control over when deployments happen
Firewall-friendly: Use deployment servers positioned in appropriate DMZsFirewall-friendly: Use deployment servers positioned in appropriate DMZs
Rules-Based Management Groups
• Description– Dynamic membership for Control Center Management
Groups– Easy-to-use wizard for creating rich, query-based rules– Computers added & removed automatically
• Benefits– Reduces the overhead of maintaining computer groups in a
dynamic, changing IT environment– Eliminates the need to manage views in Operator Console– With Monitoring Policy, ensures appropriate jobs are
deployed each computer• Bottom Line
– Fully automate monitoring configuration from metal to production
• When combined w/ AutoDeployment & Monitoring Policy
Rules-Based Management Groups
Rules Wizard: Easily create rich, but understandable rules
Rules Wizard: Easily create rich, but understandable rules
Templates: Quickly build rules using NetIQ-supplied Expression Templates
Templates: Quickly build rules using NetIQ-supplied Expression Templates
Rich Criteria: Powerful new ways of filtering computers into Management Groups
Rich Criteria: Powerful new ways of filtering computers into Management Groups
Monitoring Policy Exceptions
• Description– Job Parameter Override: One policy but with unique job
parameters on each machine– Job Status Override: Ability to stop or start Monitoring Policy
jobs– Job Comments: Ability to apply comments to specific jobs
explaining an exception or “naming” them for future reference• Benefits
– Flexible Monitoring Policy increases IT efficiency while facilitating IT agility
• Bottom Line– Fully automate monitoring configuration from metal to
production• When combined w/ AutoDeployment & Rule-based Management
Groups
Monitoring Policy Exceptions
Override Column: Custom Properties can be designated to override almost any job parameter in any KS
Override Column: Custom Properties can be designated to override almost any job parameter in any KS
Control Center Enhancements
• Service Map Enhancements– Auto-populating embedded Server Views– Filtered embedded Event Views– Selectable Icon Size– ‘Right Click’ extensible menus– Delegated Service Map Authoring
• Improved Efficiency– Maintenance Mode– Improved Navigation and Organisation
• Improved Scalability
AppManager 7.01 Update
• SQL Virtual Node– Discover SQL Clusters from virtual node perspective– Drop Jobs on virtual node and generate logical data
stream
Discovery: Virtual Cluster Nodes in treeview
Discovery: Virtual Cluster Nodes in treeview
Jobs: Master job plus job running on each physical node
Jobs: Master job plus job running on each physical node
AppManager 7.01 Update
• Vista Support– Run agent and AM consoles on Vista (32 bit)
• AppManager 7.0.1 Unix– Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 support– Improved agent stability and new Syslog architecture