Entity Creation
How are entities created?
Most entities are automatically created by when new infrastructure is discovered by 's probes and integrations. This is called auto-defined or auto-discovery entity creation.
Entities can also be defined manually through the user interface using one of three methods:
Manual Creation: The user creates each entity with the entity management feature in the user interface. User Defined Entities allow the user to organize their environment and the collected metrics in a fashion that is familiar to them, for example, by Host, Application, or Storage Array.
Entity Matching: Entity Matching is a feature that allows the user to assign a meaningful nickname to discovered port Entities. Pattern matching is applied against port alias values based on a nickname scheme to streamline what would otherwise be a tedious process.
Entity Import: Entities can also be imported using a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) file. JSON is an open standard format that uses human-readable text to transmit data between a server and a web application.
Important
Beginning in 6.7, a limit has been placed on the number of conversation entities that stores for ProbeFC, ProbeNAS, and NetFlow.
If the system limit of the number of conversations is reached, the least-recently-seen conversations are automatically deleted.
Deletion of these entities is intended to increase performance and reliability for long-running deployments. If you wish to modify or disable this feature, contact Support.