2.3.1 General procedure for selecting the monitoring templates to be used (monitoring the business system and responding to problems)
Based on the monitoring items evaluated before you installed Performance Management, select the monitoring templates that satisfy your evaluation results. The two types of monitoring templates are alarm templates and report templates. Select a template for each.
The following table shows the general procedure for selecting the monitoring templates to be used:
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See the agent product's documentation and select from the list of alarm templates an alarm template that contains the items you want to monitor. |
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On the monitoring console, view the definitions in the alarm template (conditional expressions for alarms and associated report templates) and determine whether the intended monitoring operation can be achieved with this alarm template. |
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On the monitoring console, view the definitions in the report template (items to be displayed in each report) and determine whether the intended monitoring operation can be achieved with this report template. |
If there are no drawbacks with the definitions in the alarm template and the report template, use those templates.
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If the intended monitoring operation cannot be achieved with the selected monitoring templates based on the definitions in the templates, you will have to either edit the monitoring templates or create your own alarm tables and reports. For details, see the topics Setting up and operating alarms and Overview and procedure for report creation in the JP1/Performance Management User's Guide.
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- Organization of this subsection
(1) Selecting from the list of alarm templates an alarm template that contains the items you want to monitor
See the agent product's documentation and select from the list of alarm templates an alarm template that contains the items you want to monitor. Select the appropriate alarm template based on the monitoring items evaluated before you installed Performance Management.
Procedure
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See the topic List of alarms in each agent product's documentation and look for an alarm template that includes the items you want to monitor.
The following alarm templates are listed in PFM - Agent Option for Platform (for Windows):
Alarm template name
Alarms included in the alarm template
Items that can be monitored
PFM Windows Template Alarms 09.00
Available Memory
Amount of unused physical memory area (megabytes)
CPU Usage
Processor usage (%)
Disk Space
Ratio of free space on the logical disk to the total size of the available area (%)
PFM Windows Template Alarms [CPU] 09.00
CPU Usage
Processor usage (%)
Processor Queue
Number of requests in the processor queue
SVR Processor Queue
PFM Windows Template Alarms [MEM] 09.00
Available Memory
Amount of unused physical memory area (megabytes)
Committed Mbytes
Size of virtual memory area used (megabytes)
Page Faults/sec
Number of page faults (per second)
Pages/sec
Number of pages (per second) that were being paged when a page fault occurred
If the items you want to monitor are CPU usage, amount of unused physical memory area, and ratio of free space on the logical disk, you would select the PFM Windows Template Alarms 09.00 alarm template.
Postrequisites
Check the definitions in the alarm template and determine the report template that is associated with the alarm conditional expressions.
Related topics
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List of alarms in each agent product's documentation
(2) Checking the definitions in the alarm template
View on the monitoring console the definitions in the selected alarm template (conditional expressions for alarms and associated report templates) and determine whether the intended monitoring operation can be achieved with this alarm template.
Procedure
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In the Main window, select the Alarms tab.
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Click the
symbol under the Template Alarms folder to expand the alarm template.
For the PFM Windows Template Alarms 09.00 alarm template, expand PFM Windows Template Alarms 09.00 under the Template Alarms - Windows folder.
The alarms included in this alarm template are displayed.
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Select a displayed alarm.
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Click Properties.
The alarm's definition is displayed in the Properties window.
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Check in Conditional Expression the conditional expressions defined for the alarm.
The following conditional expressions are defined for the alarms included in PFM Windows Template Alarms 09.00:
Alarm included in PFM Windows Template Alarms 09.00
Alarm conditional expression
Available Memory
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Record: System Overview (PI)
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Field: Available Mbytes
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Abnormal condition: Available Mbytes < 3
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Warning condition: Available Mbytes < 4
CPU Usage
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Record: System Overview (PI)
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Field: CPU %
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Abnormal condition: CPU % >= 90
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Warning condition: CPU % > 80
Disk Space
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Record: System Overview (PI)
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Field: Available Mbytes
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Abnormal condition: Available Mbytes < 3
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Warning condition: Available Mbytes < 4
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Check the report templates that are associated with the alarm, as displayed in Action - Report to be displayed.
The following report template is associated with the Available Memory alarm:
Reports/Windows/Operating System/Troubleshooting/Real-Time/System Overview
The underscored portion is the folder in which the report template is stored.
Postrequisites
Check the definitions in the report template that is associated with the alarm.
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(3) Checking the definitions in the report template
View on the monitoring console the definitions in the selected report template (items to be displayed in a report) and determine whether the intended monitoring operation can be achieved with this report template.
Procedure
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In the Main window, select the Reports tab.
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Expand the report template under the System Reports folder.
To expand the System Overview report template, select System Overview under System Reports - Windows - Operating System - Troubleshooting - Real-Time.
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Click Properties.
The Properties window is displayed so that you check the definitions in the report template.
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In Field - Selected fields:, check the display items (fields) defined for the report.
The following display items (fields) are defined for the System Overview report:
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CPU %
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Available Mbytes
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Page Faults/sec
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Transition Faults/sec
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Bytes Total/sec
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Pages/sec
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File Data Ops/sec
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File Control Ops/sec
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You can view an explanation of each field by clicking Description in the upper right area of the Properties window.
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Postrequisites
Bind alarm tables to monitoring agents.
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