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Analysis UI – Host Grouping
Turning Data into Information
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Outline
Analysis Tools Automatic Groups Freezing Manual Groups
Managing Manual Groups
The Visualization Tool
Host Profiles
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Analysis Tools
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Tools for Initial Analysis
One of Atrium Discovery’s key goals is to allow a rapid initial analysis of a datacenter
A key tool to starting this process is the Automatic Grouping feature This allows rapid formation of Manual Groups Once Groups of Hosts are defined then they can easily be exported
as a Host Profile report
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Finding Automatic Grouping
Automatic Grouping Channel
Standard Default Dashboard Baseline Dashboard Infrastructure tab
Fast Access
to 3 core groups
Top 5 Highly Connected
Groups
Overview via Explore button
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Understanding the Overview
Groups
Inter Group
Communication
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Drilling into Automatic Groups (1)
Right Clickto get Action Menu
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Drilling into Automatic Groups (2)
Highly connected Hosts
Other Automatic Groups communicating with this one
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Drilling into Automatic Groups (2)
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Excluding Hosts from Automatic Grouping
Excluded Host
Automatic Groups need recalculating!
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Updating Automatic Groups
Excluded Hosts Group
Unconnected GroupsUpdate Banner
Automatic Groups are also recalculated at the end of every Discovery Run
You may wish to stop discovery during analysis
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Freezing to a Manual Group (1)
Create a “Test Harness” group
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Freezing to a Manual Group (2)
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Freezing to a Manual Group (3)
Manual Groups icon
The Group we created
Contents of Test Harness group
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Returning to the Automatic Group
Select All
Automatic Grouping Detail visualization
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Managing Manual Groups
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Renaming and Deleting Manual Groups
Edit Group Name
Delete Group
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Changing Display Options
Show in
VisualizationsShow in
Lists
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Working Set
Toggle Working Set Flag
Only show Working Set
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Groups from List Views
Manual Group Control Group Filter Box
Group Membership
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Groups from Node Views
Manual Group Control
Group Filter Box
Group Membership
Group Membership Label
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Editing Group Contents
Select the Group in the Group Menu
Then use the Selection Controls and Manual Group Control to edit
contents
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Using the Visualization Tool
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Using the Visualization Tool
Controls
Area
Display
Area
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Visualization Display Elements
Group Labels
Node Label
Node Icon Node Selected Handles
Root Node Highlight
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Interacting with Visualizations (1)
Right Click on a node or
connection for further options
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Interacting with Visualizations (2)
Hover over a node or
connection for further detail
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Automatic Grouping Control
Return to Overview
Recalculate groups
after hosts have been excluded
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Zoom and Pan Control
Navigation Thumbnail
View Portal
Pan Controls
Zoom Level
Select Tool
Pan Tool
Zoom In/Out Tools
Fit in canvas
Marquee Zoom
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Layout and Printing Control
Choice of 4 layout styles:
Circular, Hierarchical, Orthogonal, Symmetric
Incremental Layout
Choose a paper size
Render image for print/export
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Legend Control
Node Icons
Connection Lines
Group Color Flashes
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Host Profiles
Server Passports
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Host Profiles – The Problem
It is not always convenient to present data directly from the Atrium Discovery UI
At several points in a Atrium Discovery supported project it is useful to be able to produce an report of hosts of interest
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Host Profiles – The Answer
Traditionally this would be done by exporting the data and preparing it in a tool such as Microsoft Excel
You can export Host Profiles, a PDF report of a collection of Hosts
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Host Profile Contents (1)
Identity and update time
Organization
Operating System Summary
Hardware Summary
Network Interface Summary
Running Software Summary
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Host Profile Contents (2)
Communication chart Focus of the Host Profile is
highlighted Communication links have
summary of ports
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Host Profile Contents (3)
Known Hosts Communication table Bundles together similar
communication to provide a summary
Includes process details where those can be found
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Host Profile Contents (4)
Unknown Hosts Communication table Bundles together similar
communication to provide a summary
Includes process details where those can be found on the local end
These remote hosts have not been scanned so consideration should be given to doing so if they present a risk
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Host Profile Creation
Select a collection of Hosts of interest
Select “Create Host Profile” from Actions menu
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The UI will confirm the report is being generated
Reports > PDF Reports
Progress will be indicated as the report is generated Completed reports can be downloaded for viewing
Host Profile Download
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Online Documentation: http://www.tideway.com/confluence/display/81/Managing+Reporting
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