1. AppManager Product Status Update David Mount Technical Manager – UK, Ireland & Middle East

2. Please Note… • This session will be linked with the ‘AppManager Deep Dive’ session, and will run through the break at 15:15 • The Product Status Update (Level 200) will run until 15:00

3. Agenda • AppManager 7 new features overview • Agent Auto-deployment • Rules-based Management Groups • Monitoring Policy Exceptions • Control Center Enhancements • AppManager 7.01 Overview

4. AppManager Agent Auto-deployment • Description • Automated detection of new machines & applications • Automated remote deployment of agents & modules • Rapid response to changing environments (every 5 min by default) • Multiple, firewall-friendly deployment servers • Benefits • Significantly reduces cost of deploying and upgrading agents • Reduces monitoring exposure when changes occur • Reaches into “nooks & crannies” of the managed environment to install agents • Bottom Line • Fully automate monitoring configuration from metal to production • When combined w/ Rule-based Management Groups & Monitoring Policy

5. Control:Requires little intervention, but won’t run amuck either Security:Rule-specific credentials enable distinct handling for each security domain Firewall-friendly:Use deployment servers positioned in appropriate DMZs Scheduling:Granular control over when deployments happen AppManager Agent Auto-deployment

6. Rules-Based Management Groups • Description • Dynamic membership for Control Center Management Groups • Easy-to-use wizard for creating rich, query-based rules • Computers added & removed automatically • Benefits • Reduces the overhead of maintaining computer groups in a dynamic, changing IT environment • Eliminates the need to manage views in Operator Console • With Monitoring Policy, ensures appropriate jobs are deployed each computer • Bottom Line • Fully automate monitoring configuration from metal to production • When combined w/ AutoDeployment & Monitoring Policy

7. Rules-Based Management Groups Rules Wizard: Easily create rich, but understandable rules Templates: Quickly build rules using NetIQ-supplied Expression Templates Rich Criteria: Powerful new ways of filtering computers into Management Groups

8. Monitoring Policy Exceptions • Description • Job Parameter Override: One policy but with unique job parameters on each machine • Job Status Override: Ability to stop or start Monitoring Policy jobs • Job Comments: Ability to apply comments to specific jobs explaining an exception or “naming” them for future reference • Benefits • Flexible Monitoring Policy increases IT efficiency while facilitating IT agility • Bottom Line • Fully automate monitoring configuration from metal to production • When combined w/ AutoDeployment & Rule-based Management Groups

9. Monitoring Policy Exceptions Override Column: Custom Properties can be designated to override almost any job parameter in any KS

10. Control Center Enhancements • Service Map Enhancements • Auto-populating embedded Server Views • Filtered embedded Event Views • Selectable Icon Size • ‘Right Click’ extensible menus • Delegated Service Map Authoring • Improved Efficiency • Maintenance Mode • Improved Navigation and Organisation • Improved Scalability

11. AppManager 7.01 Update • SQL Virtual Node • Discover SQL Clusters from virtual node perspective • Drop Jobs on virtual node and generate logical data stream

12. Discovery: Virtual Cluster Nodes in treeview Jobs: Master job plus job running on each physical node

13. AppManager 7.01 Update • Vista Support • Run agent and AM consoles on Vista (32 bit) • AppManager 7.0.1 Unix • Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 support • Improved agent stability and new Syslog architecture