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Data Monitoring - Applications

View and manage the applications that are monitored by the management console.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Why are the application properties not editable? If you have selected more than one application, you cannot edit all of the application properties, or server assignments, but you can edit the common application properties. To edit an application, make sure you have only selected the application you want to edit. If necessary, click Reset List to clear all selections in the list, and then select the application you want to edit.
• Why does Flash Player prompt me to allow local storage of data? The Flash Player stores information locally to improve the responsiveness and usefulness of the Applications List. The Flash Player does not persist data on the local computer so there is no security risk to consider when allowing the Flash Player to store data.
• Where is my application? If CA Application Delivery Analysis uses domains to separate duplicate IP traffic, choose the domain you want. Keep in mind that applications are not associated with domains, so when you choose a domain, you are filtering the servers and networks on which application traffic occurs.
• Can I permanently delete an application? When you delete the application, you can optionally choose to add an application exclusion rule to prevent the management console from automatically monitoring the application port.
• How do I rename an application? Select the application you want and click Edit. Note that if more than application is selected, you cannot rename the application. If necessary, click Reset List to clear all of your selections, and then edit the application.
• How do I find the busiest applications? Use the Bytes column to find the busiest applications. CA recommends creating user-defined applications to assign particular servers to your busiest applications.
• Why should I add port exclusion rules? A port exclusion filters the application port traffic at the monitoring device and maximizes the available resources on the management console database, while at the same time focusing the management console user’s attention on the applications of interest. A port exclusion takes precedence over system- and user-defined applications. For example, if you want to create a user-defined application, and there is an existing port exclusion that matches the port range you want, you must edit the port exclusion to allow the management console to monitor the port range, and then create the application.
• How can I tell if the management console has collected data for an application recently? The Last Seen column displays the last time that the management console computed response time metrics for the application. Normally, the management console computes average application response time metrics every 5 minutes. The Last Seen column displays how long it has been since the management console last saw traffic on the application. If the status is Inactive, the management console has not seen traffic for the server in the past 7 days.

Application List

Use the Application List to view and manage the applications that are monitored by the management console. The Application List includes system-defined applications that are automatically created from observed application port traffic, and user-defined applications.

Application

Displays the TCP port number or name of the application. If a system-defined application runs on a well-known port, the management console names the application using the well-known name rather than the port number. Clicking to expand a:

System-defined application

Lists matching server subnets or servers where a monitoring device has observed the application port traffic.

User-defined application

Lists its assigned server subnets and servers.

TCP Ports

Displays the TCP port on which the application sends and receives packets.

Type

Displays the application type, such as Standard, for a Standard TCP application.

Servers

Lists server count information. Depending on the configuration type of the application, the count information varies. For a:

System-defined application

Lists the number of servers where a monitoring device has observed the application traffic.

User-defined application

Lists the number of assigned servers.

Subnets

Lists server subnet count information. Depending on the configuration type of the application, the count information varies. For a:

System-defined application

Lists the number of server subnets where a monitoring device has observed application traffic.

User-defined application

Lists the number of assigned server subnets.

Segments

For a WAAS-optimized application, lists the number of network segments for which the management console has computed application response time metrics. Normally, the management console computes response time metrics for the [Client], [WAN], and [Server] segments.

Use this information to find WAAS-optimized applications that do not report optimization data for all 3 segments to the management console. Note that for a non-optimized application, the number of network segments is 0.

Bytes

Lists the total amount of application traffic, in bytes, from the last 7 days. Use this information to find your busiest applications. For a:

User-defined application, the Bytes and Last Seen values reflect data for each server subnet and server that is assigned to the application.

System-defined application, the Bytes and Last Seen values reflect the observed application traffic across all of the server subnets and servers that are defined in the management console.

When you create a user-defined application, this column continues to show the byte count for the data that was collected by the corresponding system-defined application for 7 days. After 7 days, if you have assigned all servers that host the application to the user-defined application, this column should have a value of 0 bytes.

Last Seen

Displays a timestamp of the most recent 5-minute interval during which the management console reported application traffic on any server.

If the Last Seen status is Inactive, the management console did not collect data for the application in the past 7 days.

To collect data, the application must meet the database threshold for Network Round Trip Time observations.

Configured By

Indicates whether the management console automatically created the application:

System

Indicates that the application was automatically created by the management console from observed application port traffic.

User

Indicates that the application was created by a management console administrator.

Port Exclusion List

Use the Port Exclusion List to view and manage application port exclusion rules and exclude the application traffic that you do not want the management console to monitor.

TCP Ports

Displays the TCP port that is filtered at the monitoring device.

Domain Rule?

Indicates whether the port exclusion rule applies to all servers in the currently selected domain. If you have not set up domains to separate duplicate traffic, a domain-wide rule applies to all servers.

Use the Show Me menu to choose the domain you want. If you have not set up domains, the list of domains is not displayed.

Server Count

Lists the number of servers that the rule excludes.

Subnet Count

Lists the number of server subnets that the rule excludes.

More information:

How Applications Work

Manage Console Settings

How Network Segments Work