Orientation

Quick overview

A Knowledge Module (KM) is a set of files from which a PATROL Agent receives information about resources running on a monitored computer. A KM file can contain the actual instructions for monitoring objects or simply a list of KMs to load. KMs are loaded by a PATROL Agent so they can be used in a PATROL Console. 

KMs provide information for the way monitored computers are represented in the PATROL interface, for the discovery of application instances and the way they are represented, for parameters that are run under those applications, and for the options available on object pop-up menus. A PATROL Console in developer mode can change KM knowledge for its current session, save knowledge for all of its future sessions, and commit KM changes to specified PATROL Agent computers. A KM file contains the source code for a PATROL application. 

PATROL for MongoDB Knowledge Module (KM) is used to monitor the availability, health, and performance of the MongoDB database. PATROL for MongoDB collects data from the MongoDB database hosts. The KM monitors MongoDB Clusters, MongoDB Shards, Replica Sets, Config Servers, and Members of Replica Sets. PATROL for MongoDB contains a set of monitor types and attributes:

• MongoDB Config Server
• MongoDB Member Statistics
• MongoDB Environment Name
• MongoDB Replica Set
• MongoDB Replica Set Statistics
• MongoDB Cluster
• MongoDB MongoS
• MongoDB Database Name
• MongoDB Replica Set Member
• MongoDB

These monitor types and attributes are used to monitor, analyze, and manage MongoDB databases.

Product documentation

The BMC PATROL for Entuity Server documentation helps new and experienced users implement or use this product. Based on your role, the following sections of the documentation are recommended. 

All users should view and set up a watch on the Release notes and notices page for the latest product information and documentation updates. 

When working on the product, click the Help icons to directly link to the topic pertaining to your task. For working offline, you can download an Adobe Acrobat PDF of this documentation from the PDFs page.

Repository

The Infrastructure Management–PATROL Repository (Repository) comprises two sets of Monitoring Solutions and KMs, known as the Base and Extended repositories.

• The Base repository contains approximately a dozen components, including the operating system KMs.
• The Extended repository contains approximately five dozen components, including the database KMs.

Every three or four months, several components of the Repository are enhanced or added.

The PATROL for Entuity Server is a component of the Base repository. For information about downloading and installing the repository, see Installing.

Related product documentation

When working with the PATROL for Entuity Server, you might also need to refer to the following documentation:

• BMC PATROL Agent
• Infrastructure Management–PATROL Repository

Console and product compatibility