Configuring Infrastructure Management self-monitoring

To ensure reliability and performance of the Infrastructure Management server, events and automated email are generated when the number of monitored instances exceed predefined thresholds. The thresholds are determined automatically depending on your environment size (small, medium, or large.) For more information, see Hardware requirements to support small, medium, and large environments. If you make changes to your environment, follow these steps to reconfigure the predefined thresholds.

By default, addition of new PATROL Agents and Integration Services is blocked until the number of monitored instances reduce to below the predefined thresholds. To disable this feature, see To configure the blocking of PATROL Agents and Integration Services.

To configure the blocking of PATROL Agents and Integration Services

1. Access the <installationDirectory>\pw\pronto\conf\pronet.conf file.

2. Copy the following properties:

   pronet.new_is_pa.block=true
   pronet.selfmon.mail=true

3. Paste these properties into the <installationDirectory>\pw\custom\conf\pronet.conf file and modify the values as required.
   
   

   Property	Description	Values
   pronet.new_is_pa.block	Blocks the addition of PATROL Agents and Integration Services when the number of monitored instances reach 100% of the predefined threshold.	true (default) false
   pronet.selfmon.mail	Generates automated email for self-monitoring events.	true (default) false

4. Restart the Infrastructure Management server for the changes to take effect.

To reconfigure the predefined thresholds after a hardware configuration change

If you make changes to your hardware configuration, like upgrading the RAM, CPU, or both, perform the following steps to reconfigure the thresholds.

1. Copy the following properties from the <installationDirectory>\pw\pronto\conf\pronet.conf file.

   #  Max # of Instances for large setup
   pronet.instance.large.max=250000
   #  Max # of Instances for medium setup
   pronet.instance.medium.max=25000
   #  Max # of Instances for small setup
   pronet.instance.small.max=2500
2. Paste these properties into the <installationDirectory>\pw\custom\conf\pronet.conf file and modify the values as required.
3. Restart the Infrastructure Management server for the changes to take effect.

Viewing self-monitoring events

When the number of monitored instances exceed predefined thresholds, events are generated and displayed in the TrueSight console.

1. After you log in to the TrueSight console, go to Monitoring > Events.
2. When the thresholds for number of monitored instances are exceeded, Minor, Major, and Critical events are generated.
3. When the number of monitored instances reduce to below the thresholds, Information events are generated and the original events are closed.

Recommendations to maintain optimum performance

When the number of monitored instances exceed predefined thresholds consistently, you can consider the following options to maintain the optimum performance of your environment.