BMC PATROL for Web Services Monitoring has numerous parameters that provide information about the server's health.
Column headings defined
Column headings in the parameters are defined as follows:
Description | states the parameter name and describes the parameter's function; for consumer parameters, lists the collector parameters that gather the data displayed by this parameter |
Active? | indicates whether a parameter is active by default |
Parameter Type | indicates the parameter type: standard (std) gathers and displays a single data value; collector (coll) gathers multiple data values but has no display capabilities; consumer (con) displays values gathered by collector or standard parameters. Some standard parameters have collector properties, this is particularly true in BMC PATROL for Web Services Monitoring (see "About Collectors") |
Alarm1 Range2 | specifies the thresholds for the first-level alarm; not applicable to collector parameters |
Alarm2 Range a | specifies the thresholds for the second-level alarm; not applicable to collector parameters |
Scheduling (poll time) | specifies how frequently the parameter will run and collect data (polling cycle); not applicable to consumer parameters |
Icon Style | specifies whether the parameter is represented as a graph, gauge, text box, stop light (signal), or boolean state |
Unit | specifies the unit of measure in which the parameter output is expressed, such as a percentage, a number, or bytes |
Note
Border, Alarm1, and Alarm2 ranges that are also labeled inactive by default may not be recommended ranges for the parameter.
About collectors
In the documentation and online Help for this product, the parameters responsible for collecting data and setting consumer parameter values are referred to as collectors. These parameters provide the traditional collector functionality of setting the value of consumer parameters even though technically they are standard parameters. Information that is not applicable is denoted by NA in the table.
Abbreviations defined
The following abbreviations may be used in the parameters:
bool | Boolean; shows a state, such as on or off, OK or not OK |
coll | collector parameter |
con | consumer parameter |
disc | discovery; refers to the PATROL discovery process |
GB | gigabyte or gigabytes |
hr | hour or hours |
KB | kilobyte or kilobytes |
MB | megabyte or megabytes |
MHz | megahertz |
min | minute or minutes |
msec | millisecond or milliseconds |
NA | not applicable; a value cannot be set |
nsec | nanosecond or nanoseconds |
sec | second or seconds |
std | standard parameter |
TB | terabyte or terabytes |
undef | undefined; a value can be set, but no default is provided |
warn | warning; type of alert |
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