In cases where the eG system's discovery process is not able to discover a specific component or set of components (like network node, load balancers etc.), the Add/Modify option available in the Components sub-menu of the Infrastructure menu allows the user to explicitly add the component for monitoring by eG or modify an existing component's details. After choosing this option, the administrator should select the type of component that is currently being managed from the Component type list box available.

By default, the Component type list includes all those component types that are supported out-of-the-box by the eG Enterprise Suite. To filter the Component type list, you can use the Show managed component types only check box. By default, this check box will be unchecked, indicating that the Component type drop-down will by default list all component types that are supported out-of-the-box by the eG Enterprise Suite. Select the Show managed component types only check box if you want the Component type drop-down to list only those component types with at least one managed component. This way, you can filter out all those component types for which not even one component is managed.

While most components are identified uniquely by a host and port number, Oracle servers are identified uniquely by a combination of host, port number, and an instance identifier (referred to as SID). If the instances corresponding to any Oracle server are not configured, then a WARNING icon and the warning message that displays the servers for which the instances have not been configured appear at the top of this page.

Choose a component by clicking on the type of component. For each type of component selected, the administrator can modify the specification of any of the components being currently managed using the MODIFY button. By clicking the Add New Component button, the administrator can choose to add a new component for monitoring by the eG system.

If there are too many components of a chosen type, then you can even search for the component to be modified, by specifying the whole/part of the IP/nick name of the component in the Search text box. To begin the search, click the right arrow button next to it.