BMC recommends that you use the menu options Stop Monitoring and Edit <application> Exclusion List to exclude application instances. These menu options are accessed from the pop-up menu of the instances.
The menu commands add two entries into the /AgentSetup/ application.filterList for each instance excluded.
This entry is used by the collector in setting the consumer variables.
This entry is used to display the instance in the <application> Exclusions dialog box. If you omit this entry, the instance will not appear in the dialog box.
The exclusion list feature is designed for ignoring a small number of instances. If you want BMC PATROL to ignore a majority of instances, you can create an inclusion list, which forces BMC PATROL to ignore all but the instances that you specify. However, monitoring by inclusion has a few limitations.