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Add a Port Exclusion

Add a port exclusion to specify a range of ports that you want the management console to ignore across:

• All the servers in a domain. If you have not defined domains, you can configure the management console to ignore port traffic across all servers by adding a port exclusion to the default domain.
• All the servers in a server subnet. If necessary, you can create a custom server subnet to ignore application port traffic on a particular range of server IP addresses.
• One or more servers. The management console can ignore port traffic for a particular server or servers. If necessary, you can add a server to the port exclusion.

When adding a port exclusion, if there are existing applications that match the port exclusion, the management console stops monitoring those applications.

When deleting an application, you can optionally create a port exclusion to prevent the management console from subsequently automatically monitoring the application.

Follow these steps to add a port exclusion:

1. Click the Administration page.
2. Click Data Monitoring, Applications in the Show Me menu.
3. (Optional) Choose the domain to which you want to add the port exclusion. If you have not defined domains to separate duplicate IP traffic, this option excludes port traffic across all monitoring devices in the default domain.
4. Scroll to the Port Exclusion List at the bottom of the page and click Add Exclusion.

   Port Exclusion Properties opens.

5. Specify the Starting Port and Ending Port to exclude a particular port or a range of ports.

   The Starting Port must be the same or lower than the Ending Port.

6. (Optional) To exclude the port range across all servers in the currently selected domain, choose Ignore application port traffic on all servers in the domain. Note that if you have not defined domains, the default domain applies to all servers.

   When you select this option, the management console prompts you to confirm that you want to ignore port traffic on the domain.

7. (Optional) To exclude the port range across a range of servers:
   1. Click Assign Subnets.
   2. In Port Exclusion Subnets, assign an existing server subnet or create an application subnet to exclude port traffic across a range of servers.

      To create an application subnet, specify the IP address and mask, then click Add Application Subnet.

      To assign an existing server subnet, double-click the subnet you want. The list of available subnets includes the server subnets that the management console uses to monitor the servers in your environment, and any application subnets you have created.

   3. Click Apply.
8. (Optional) To exclude the port range across a particular server or servers:
   1. Click Assign Servers.
   2. In Port Exclusion Servers, double-click an available server to add it to the port exclusion.
   3. Click Apply.
9. Click OK.
10. Click the link to synchronize monitoring devices with the current client network, server subnet, and application definitions on the management console.

    Monitoring devices temporarily stop monitoring application performance during synchronization. To minimize interruptions to monitoring, complete all of your changes before synchronizing monitoring devices.

More information:

Managing Servers

Managing Tenants

Delete a User-Defined Application