Add Business Application
A Business Application is a first class citizen with tiers. Business Applications are
groups of related objects in your environment that mimic an application in your business.
You can create application to application relationships. Once you add a Business Application
to
VMware Aria
Operations
, you can use the
Business Applications page to track the health of objects in the application. You can
optimize capacity, cost, and run What-if Analysis on Business Applications.How Business Applications
Work
The tier is a convenient way to organize
objects that perform a specific task in an application in your organization. For
example, you can group all of your database servers together in a tier. Business
Applications need not contain tier objects. Application or custom group objects can
be connected to a Business Application without a tier object, and a tier object can
contain no objects.
The objects in a tier are static. If the
set of objects in a tier changes, you must manually edit the Business Application.
However, if the Business Application is created by
VMware Aria
Operations
, the changes
in the actual application will be reflected in the Business Application object
without manual edit.Construct a Business Application to view
a particular segment of your business. The Business Application shows how the
performance of one object affects other objects in the same Application, and helps
you to locate the source of a problem. For example, if you have an application that
includes all the database, Web, and network servers that process sales data for your
business, you see a yellow, orange, or red status if the application health is
degrading. From the Business Applications page, you can investigate which server is
causing or exhibiting the problem.
The Add Business Application
Screen
When you click
Add
, VMware Aria
Operations
displays a blank canvas on the left pane, and options to
select objects on the right pane. The Select Members
section in
the right pane has two tabs. The Inventory
tab displays a list
of all objects in you environment in a tree structure. You can search for objects
here. The Custom Groups
tab displays all the custom groups in
your environment. You can use the search bar to search for custom groups. Drag and drop objects from the right pane to the tier objects on the left pane. You
can also drag and drop objects directly to the Business Application. Click
Save
to create the Business Application.The new Business Application canvas is
what you use to build your Business Application.
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Vertical icon | Change the layout of the canvas from horizontal to vertical. |
Undo icon | Undo the last action. |
Redo icon | Redo the last action. |
Fit View icon | Fit the Business Application structure within the boundary of the
canvas. Use this option after you zoom into the canvas. |
Add Tier icon | Add a new tier to the Business Application |
Edit Tier icon | Available when you click a tier. Click the edit icon in a tier to
edit the name and description of the tier. |
Edit Business Application Details icon | Available when you click a Business Application. Click the edit
icon in the Business Application to open the Business Applications
Detail dialog box. Alternatively, click the DETAILS link next to the
name of the Business Application. |
Preview | Available for custom group and application objects when you have
added objects to a tier. Click the preview icon after you have added
an Application to a tier to see how services and objects within the
application are related. This interactive element is displayed on
the right pane. You can view links, switch to spherical view or list
view. If you have too many objects to can use the filter option to
find objects. |
The
Select Members
pane is where you select objects to add to the Business Application. Drag an object
to add to a tier in the canvas. Applications and custom groups can be nested under a
Business Application. Custom groups can be added to applications and vice versa.To find an object, search by name. Each
object listed includes identifier information to help distinguish between objects of
similar names.
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Search | Available in the Inventory and
Custom Groups tabs. Search for objects to
add to the Business Application. Filter your search by clicking the
filter icon. In the Inventory tab, by using the
filter option, you can choose to see only objects which are
Applications. |
Inventory | Browse the inventory to select objects to add to the Business
Application using drag and drop. |
Custom Groups | Browse custom groups to add to the Business Application using
drag and drop. You can nest custom groups or add them to the
Business Application directly. You can add custom groups to
Applications. |
The Business Applications Details dialog
box is where you add information to build out a model of your Business Application
resources through applications and other infrastructure objects in your
environment.
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Description | Provide a description for your Business Application. |
Application Tag | Provide a tag for your Business Application. |
Business Criticality | This is your Business Application business criticality. Select
between Medium, Critical and Low. Default is Medium. |
Environment | This is where your Business Application is deployed. Select from
one of the following options:
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