Configuring the monitoring of JMX Templates


SAP J2EE engine generates JMX MBean metrics for performance monitoring. BMC PATROL for SAP Solution Manager provides HTTP sessions, memory, thread Manager out of the box template content. The template is generic and should be adjusted according to the metric availability for SAP Basis release version. The user can retrieve a specific JMX metric the using SAP NetWeaver Administrator (NWA) performance monitor and create a template from several JMX metrics.

The template can be applied on each SAP J2EE server process.

Features:

  • The user can maintain default template for all new instances.
  • Mass configuration can be applied agent wide.
  • Force server process to use his own template and not the default template.

With SAP Solution Manager as the selected monitor type, the Add Monitor Types dialog box enables you to configure details for JMX Templates. 

Field

Description

Template Name

Enter a unique, user-defined name for the JMX metric template.

Input value must not contain the following characters:

' \ | "" ~`;'

J2EE Template Configuration

MBean Name

Enter the name of the Mbean that contain the required JMX metrics, same as seen in new system monitoring. MBean name cannot contain backslash character ( / )

MBean Attribute Name

Enter a value attribute that contains the actual numeric data. 

MBean Unit

Enter the type of unit for the required Mbean.

For example:
MB, KB/per sec etc.

Using known unit types is recommended for best BBPM integration.

PATROL Parameter

Enter the display name of the parameter in BPPM UI. Input value must not contain the following characters:

' ~ & \\ / * ? \ " < > | ( ) + $ '

Add to List

Click this button to add the template to the list of templates.

Modify Selection

Click this button to save the changes made to the template already added.

Remove from List

Click this button to remove the selected template from monitoring.

Note

To apply and manage templates, see Apply Templates.

Related topics

Apply-Template-details-dialog-box

Manage-Template-details-dialog-box

 

 

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