The following chart illustrates how the recommendations in the Monitoring configuration best practice reference section must be considered in an aggregate manner. Use this chart as a guide to understand the various configuration settings and when to apply these settings. Note that the example parameters are not an exhaustive list.
Example parameter | Availability/Performance | Threshold | Filter configuration | Comments | |||
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Agent | Server | Send Data | Send Events | Send None | |||
URL Response Time | Performance |
| + | + |
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CPU Utilization | Performance |
| + | + |
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Log File Monitor | Availability | + |
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| + |
| Monitor that generates events for matching values |
Oracle Listener Status | Availability | + |
|
| + |
| Up/Down status |
Memory Utilization | Performance |
| + | + |
|
| Utilization as a percent |
Disk Space Free | Performance |
| + | + |
|
| This should be monitored in bytes free, not % |
Heap Space Free | Performance |
| + | + |
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| Heap space free in bytes |
Windows Service Status | Availability | + |
|
| + |
| Up/Down status |
Number of Users | Performance |
| + | + |
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| This is number of users logged into an application |
Transactions Per Second | Performance |
| + | + |
|
| Transaction processing rate |
Database Get-Hit Ratio | Performance |
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| + | You may completely exclude some parameters |
Queue Depth | Performance |
| + | + |
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Servlet Response Time | Performance |
| + | + |
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Process Status | Availability | + |
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| + |
| Up/Down status |
Application Response Time | Performance |
| + | + |
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Application Content Check | Availability | + |
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| + |
| Monitor for missing content and generate event |
Note
Filtering all data and events for a parameter does not mean that the PATROL Agent stops collecting data. BMC PATROL still collects data and the data will be visible in the Infrastructure Management graphs. This assumes the data was not initially streamed before filtering was enabled.
PATROL Agent configuration and assignment to an Integration Service