Configure advanced discovery settings

Relevant for AppViz administrators

This procedure describes how to access and configure advanced AppViz settings for any discovery source.

Do the following:

1. Navigate to the Administration area.

   • Hover over the SETTINGS icon at the bottom left of the screen. After the panel expands, click ADMINISTRATION.

   • In the toolbar, click your username. From the drop-down menu, click ADMINISTRATION.

     

   The Administration area appears in the workspace.

2. Click the DISCOVERY tab, and then click Advanced Settings.

   

3. Configure the settings as follows:

   Existing applications	Select one of the following to determine how AppViz handles flows that are discovered with existing AppViz applications: Append flows to existing applications. This prevents duplication and the creation of extra AppViz applications. Ignore flows that relate to existing applications (create only new applications). Ignore flows that are related to any applications that already exist. Only flows with new applications will be imported.
   Optimize traffic flows	Select this option to automatically optimize discovered traffic flows. This helps to organize and manage your applications efficiently. Select Optimize my traffic flows, and then enter a number in the text box to indicate the maximum number of flows per application. Note: During the optimization process, the number of flows produced is dependent on the variety of network services involved. As a consequence, the number of flows could surpass the set value for the "Optimize my traffic flows" parameter.
   Dynamic Port Optimization	Select this option to consolidate flows using dynamic ports (UDP/49152-65535, TCP/49152-65535) within AppViz. This simplifies flow management by combining related multiple flows into one.
   Optimization mapping	Select Enable object mapping to map the discovered IP addresses to specific network objects. If you select this option, then also select or upload a new CSV mapping file to the AppViz server. (file size must not exceed 10 Mb) Click Sample CSV mapping file to download an example of how this file should be configured.
   Ongoing Discovery	Ongoing Discovery identifies any updates or newly created flows, then opens a draft for the corresponding application. The feature adds the new or modified flows to the draft but does not delete any pre-existing flows. Ongoing Discovery only runs on applications that have been imported from Application Discovery and Cisco Secure Workload (CSW). You can set Ongoing Discovery to run after a scheduled update of device objects (AFA sync) (see Update all device objects) or to separately schedule Ongoing Discovery to run periodically. When the scheduler for updating server and service definitions from the devices is enabled, you can set Ongoing Discovery to be run after every AFA sync as follows: Select Auto-run discovery after every sync with AFA to set Ongoing Discovery to run after every AFA sync. When the scheduler for updating server and service definitions from the devices is disabled, you can schedule when Ongoing Discovery is run as follows: Select Schedule ongoing discovery and select the schedule. Period In the drop-down menu, select either Daily or Weekly as the period for the updates. Time Using the two drop-down menus, specify the time of day on the 24 hour clock for the updates. Tips: Check the Activity Log to identify the new or changed flows in the draft. Here are some potential next steps: Open a Change Request and close the draft Delete the flow Go to Application Discovery and filter out the flow To receive messages that an application has been updated. See Customize email notifications.

4. Click Save to save your changes and close the dialog.