Adding custom servers

You can use the Data Management Portal to add custom servers.

To add a custom server, complete the following steps from the Data Management Portal:

1. In the Functions pane, click Discovery > Custom Servers.
   The Custom Servers pane is displayed.
2. In the Custom Servers pane, click New.
   The General Info & Criteria tab of the Custom Server Details notebook is displayed.
3. To enable the custom server definition, click Enabled.
4. In the Name field, type the name of the custom server.
5. From the Type list, select the type of custom server that you are adding.
6. To set the action, complete one of the following steps:
   • Click Discover if you want to discover all instances of the server.
   • Click Ignore if you want to suppress discovery of all instances of the server.
7. To select an icon to associate with the custom server, click Browse and select the icon that you want to use.
8. In the Identifying Criteria panel, complete one of the following steps:
   • To match all of the identifying criteria, click All of the following conditions match (logical AND).
   • To match any of the identifying criteria, click Any of the following conditions match (logical OR).
9. Complete the following steps to define the criteria for the custom server:
   1. From the first list, select the criterion type.
   2. From the second list, select the operator.
   3. In the field provided, type the text argument for the criterion type and operator.
10. To add the new criterion, click +.
11. To add configuration files, click the Config Files tab.
    The Config Files page is displayed.
12. On the Config Files page, click New.
    The Search Path for Capture File window is displayed.
13. From the Type list, select one of the file types to capture:
    • Config File
    • Software Module
    • Application Descriptor Directory/File
14. From the Search Path list, select one of the following search paths for the configuration file:

    /

    The root of the file system.

    $PWD

    The current working directory of the running program.

    $HOME

    The home directory of the user ID of the running program.

    C:

    A directory on your local computer.

    %ProgramFiles%

    The program files directory.

    %SystemRoot%

    The system root directory.

    Type the path and file name of the configuration file in the text box, or type * (asterisk) to specify all files in the selected directory.

15. To capture the contents of the configuration file, click Capture file contents and optionally specify the maximum number of bytes of the captured configuration file.
16. To recurse through the directory structure to search for the specified file, select Recurse Directory Search (if you use TADDM 7.3.0.3, or later), or Recurse Directory Content (if you use TADDM 7.3.0.2, or earlier).
17. To save the settings for your custom server, click OK.