A custom server template contains descriptive criteria
that is used to assign unknown server processes to the custom server.
You specify this criteria when defining the template for the custom
server in the Discovery Management Console.
The following information associated with running processes
is parsed to match the process to a particular custom server:
- Program name
- The name of the executable program.
- Window Service name
- The name of a Window operating system service.
- Argument
- The arguments passed to the program.
- Environment
- The environment variables set for the program.
- Port
- The TCP port number on which the process is listening.
The custom server general information and criteria
details include the name, the type of server, and identifying criteria
for the custom server. To view details about that unknown server,
double-click an unknown server in the Topology, and click the Runtime tab.
You
can then use this information to create a search criteria for a custom
server using the General Information and Criteria
tab of the Custom Server Details window.
To add a custom server, complete the following steps
from the Discovery Management Console:
- In the Functions pane, click .
The Custom
Servers pane is displayed.
- In the Custom Servers pane, click Add.
The Custom Server Details notebook
is displayed.
- In the Name field, type the name
of the custom server.
- From the Type list, select the type
of custom server that you are adding.
- Under Action, complete one of the following steps:
- Click Discover if you want to discover
all instances of the server.
- Click Ignore if you want to suppress discovery
of all instances of the server.
- To enable the custom server definition, click Enabled.
- To select an icon to associate with the custom server,
click Browse and select the icon that you want
to use.
- Under Identifying Criteria, complete one of the following
steps:
- To match all of the identifying criteria, click All
Criteria.
- To match any of the identifying criteria, click Any
Criteria.
- Complete the following steps to define the criteria for
the custom server:
- From the first list, select the criteria type.
- From the second list, select the operator.
- In the field provided, type the text argument for the
criteria type and operator.
- To remove the identifying criteria, click Remove.
- To define new criteria, click Add Criterion.
- To add configuration files, click the Config
Files tab.
The Config Files page
is displayed.
- On the Config Files page, click Add.
The Search Path for Capture File window
is displayed.
- From the Type list, select one of
the file types to capture:
- Config File
- Software Module
- Application Descriptor Directory/File
- From the Search Path list, select
one of the following search paths for the configuration file:
- /
- The root of the file system.
- $PWD
- The current working directory of the running program.
- $Home
- The home directory of the user ID of the running program.
- C:
- A directory on your local computer.
- %ProgramFiles%
- The program files directory.
- %SystemRoot%
- The system root directory
Type the path and file name of the configuration
file in the text box, or type * (asterisk) to specify all files in
the selected directory.
- To capture the contents of the configuration file, click Capture
file contents and optionally specify the maximum number
of bytes of the captured configuration file.
-
To recurse through the directory structure to search for the specified file, select
Recurse Directory Search (if you use TADDM 7.3.0.3, or later), or
Recurse Directory Content (if you use TADDM 7.3.0.2, or earlier).
- To save the settings for your custom server, click OK.