Adding subcomponents to applications

You can add subcomponents to an existing application to monitor the capacity of the subcomponents or the capacity of the application as a hierarchy. You can also add applications as subcomponents to another application.

Before you begin

You must create the application for which you plan to add subcomponents.

About this task

To add subcomponents to the application, you use the Subcomponents page to create the subcomponents. You can also add existing subcomponents to another application. To add applications as subcomponents to another application, you use the Applications page.

1. From the Groups menu, click Applications.
2. Click the application for which you want to add subcomponents, click Actions, and click View Details.
3. In the General section, click Subcomponents.
4. On the Subcomponents page, click Create Subcomponent.
5. Enter the information for the subcomponent, and click Create.
6. (Optional) To add a subcomponent of an application to another application, on the Subcomponents page, click the subcomponent that you want to add to another application. Click Actions and click Add to Application. Check the application to which you want to add the selected subcomponent, and click Save.
7. (Optional) To add an application as a subcomponent to another application, on the Applications page, click the application that you want to add to another application. Click Actions and click Add to Application. Check the application to which you want to add the selected application as a subcomponent, and click Save.

Results

The subcomponents are added to the application. In the General section, the number of subcomponents is increased by the number of subcomponents that you added.

What to do next

You can view the capacity information that is collected about the application on the Applications page. You can view capacity information for each subcomponent on the Subcomponents page.