Important This documentation space contains information about PATROL Agents when deployed in a BMC Helix Operations Management environment. If you are a TrueSight Operations Management user, see PATROL Agent 24.3.01

PATROL Agent health monitoring


This monitor type represents the PATROL Agent health application class, designed to enhance monitoring capabilities and operational efficiency.

Monitor type details

The following table displays the parent and child monitor types of this monitor type. 

Item

Description

Active

Yes

Created by

PATROLAgent

Parent class

NA

Child class

NA

Attributes

The following attributes are available in this monitor type.

Attribute name

Description

Type

Unit

KPI

Metadata Collector (MetadataCollector)

Gathers all of the parameters and variables of the PATROL Agent health application class.

Collector

NA

No

Agent Connection Status (AgentConnectionStatus)

Reports any HTTPS errors encountered while delivering metric messages, such as the collection status of the compute engine monitoring. If the value is 1, the attribute's annotation message displays the error details.

Consumer

0 - OK

1 - Not OK

No

Metric Collection Reduction Rate Percentage in last 10min (MetricReductionRatePercentage)

Measures the percentage reduction in the agent's collection rate compared to the previous collection cycle.

Consumer

#

Yes

Metrics Collection Count in last 10min (MetricsCollectionCount)

Counts the number of data points collected every 10 minutes.

Consumer

#

Yes

Number of messages in Queue (UnprocessedMessagesInQueue)

Tracks the number of unprocessed messages queued in the memory cache, indicating any lag in message delivery.

Consumer

#

No

Remaining Days to Security Certificate Expiry (RemainingDaystoSecCertExpiry)

Calculates the number of days remaining until the security certificate expires.

Consumer

#

Yes

Total Metrics (Metrics)

Displays the total number of metrics.

Consumer

#

Yes

Total Monitors (Monitors)

Displays the total number of monitors.

Consumer

#

No

Total number of messages to be streamed (TotalNumberOfMessages)

Counts the number of messages streamed every 10 minutes.

Consumer

#

No

Total size of messages to be streamed (TotalMessageSize)

Measures the sum of the total size in MB of the messages streamed every 10 minutes.

Consumer

MB

No



 

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