vRealize Operations discovers applications based on user defined criteria such as object names, tags, or properties.

Where You View the Application Discovery Definitions

From the left menu, click Configure > Application and Services. From the right pane, click the Application Discovery: Rule Based tile.

Application Discovery: Rule Based

The rule based application discovery provides you the following options.
  • Specify grouping criteria for each rule, it can be tags, object names, or properties
  • Apply additional filters to the rule to limit the scope of objects considered for grouping

You can discover applications based on the user defined criteria such as object names, tags, or properties. After the rules are created you can assign these rules to specific objects. vRealize Operations discovers applications based on these rules and displays them in Applications Home page.

Edit or Delete Application Rule

You can modify or delete the application definition. To edit or delete the application definition, click the vertical ellipsis next to the application and select Edit or Delete. If you select the edit option you are redirected to the Edit Application Definition page, here you can modify the application definition and save the changes. If you select the delete option, you are prompted with a confirmation message, click Yes to delete the application definition. Please note that if you delete the application definition, the applications that were discovered by that definition are also deleted.