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JP1 Version 12 for Windows Systems JP1/Performance Management - Agent Option for Platform Description, User's Guide and Reference


2.4 Overview of monitoring templates

In Performance Management, you can use the following methods to define alarms and reports:

A collection of alarms and reports provided by PFM - Agent is called a monitoring template. Because the necessary information is predefined for the alarms and reports in the monitoring templates, you can copy and use them without modification, or you can customize them according to the user environment. Therefore, you can easily prepare for monitoring the operating status of a monitoring target without having to use a wizard to specify new definitions.

For details about the settings of alarms and reports in the monitoring templates defined in PFM - Agent for Platform, see 7. Monitoring Templates. For details about how to use the monitoring templates, see the chapter that explains operation monitoring that uses alarms and creates reports for operation analysis in the JP1/Performance Management User's Guide.

Notes:
  • The thresholds specified for monitoring template alarms are for reference only. To use monitoring template alarms, copy them and specify appropriate thresholds for the environment or operating system.

  • If the setup files for PFM - Agent for Platform were copied to an instance of PFM - Manager earlier than version 10-00 for setup, an alarm may not be issued even if abnormal conditions are met for the following alarms on the monitoring template:

    - Event Log(all)

    - Event Log(System)

    - Application Status

    To use the above alarm in an instance of PFM - Manager earlier than version 10-00 that meets these criteria, copy the alarm from the monitoring template and update it.

    To copy and update the Application Status alarm:

    1. In the navigation frame of the main window of PFM - Web Console, display the Alarms page.

    2. In the navigation frame, select Windows and then PFM Windows Platform Template Alarms [APP] 09.10.

    3. In the Methods frame, select the Copy method.

    4. Enter the alarm table name in the [New alarm table name] field in the information frame, and then click OK.

    5. Select the Application Status alarm in the alarm table you copied from the navigation frame.

    6. In the method frame, select the Edit method.

    7. In the information frame, click Finish. (You do not need to make any changes to the settings.)

    If you click the Start button under Process monitoring alarm settings in the Process Monitoring Settings window of version 10-00 or later of PFM - Web Console, the Application Status alarm in the monitoring template is bound instead. When using the PFM - Manager earlier than version 10-00, do not bind the alarm from the Process Monitoring Settings window.

    Note that you can resolve this issue by upgrading to version 10-00 or later of PFM - Manager.