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Exporting/Printing Application Monitoring Template Settings

Hi,

I have been asked numerous times to explain/print what the different application template monitor (each Component), and what the thresholds or limits are configured for. It is not particularly easy to screen print, printing the template does not make much sense (unless you are into that type of thing). Is there an easy way to print out or export what the Template is monitoring and the thresholds in an easily reportable format?

Thanks

  • It's not natively possible today unless you consider using the "Export to PDF" option in the top right of the screen. With a little help from someone in the it should be possible create a custom SQL report that would include all the information you're looking for in a single, simplified report.

  • We recently went with NPM, NTA and SAM SLX at multiple sites and are in process of defining SLA/OLA's... having a list of what can actually be monitored and what the default thresholds are would make it easier going through the process we're in right now...  I'm piecing some of it together into a word doc so I have something to start with but it's not simple.

    I'm going to be questioned in the exact same way I'm sure...

    My thoughts are I'd like our SLA/OLA's to be modeled off of what NPM and SAM can do instead of multiple groups in-house coming up with their own requirements then telling me to make Orion monitor it and fit around their numbers.

    At least alterego got us part way there by at least listing the various application monitors since there's no way to do it inside SAM:

  • I just discovered on the list when trying to access

    Active Directory 2008 R2 Services and Counters29

    It takes me to a page that says:

    Unauthorized

     
      
    Access to this place or content is restricted. If you think this is a mistake, please contact your administrator or the person who directed you here. 

    What's the deal with this???

  • Thanks for bringing this to our attention . There appears to be an issue with Thwack that is preventing it from being publicly published. We're looking into it now and hope to have it resolved soon. In the meantime you'll be happy to know that this template is already included with SAM 5.0.1 and greater. If you upgrade to SAM 5.2, or sign-up here to download the SAM 5.5 Release Candidate this template is available out of the box. 

  • Thanks aLTeReGo... I'm currently running 5.0.1 and about ready to put 5.5RC on...This is what my current main out of two sites looks like right now... if you have any recommendations about what I'm running please let me know.  Note I've held off on upgrading NPM although I'm probably going to soon... mainly out of fear of what would happen losing the custom property editor application (seems some of my concerns have been realized actually).  When you say template is included you mean the monitors are in there out of the box which I have.  I think your list just makes it easier to use in documentation and to show people what it includes while inside the app I can't find a way to even just list them easily all together:  As you can see... since i'm newest to SAM I haven't really let it loose yet:

    Main Orion Server Details

    Orion

    Module NameOrion Core
    Version2012.1.1
    Service PackNone
    Nodes currently monitored549
    Total nodes in licenseunlimited
    Volumes currently monitored3967
    Total volumes in licenseunlimited

    NPM

    LicenseProduction
    Product NameNetwork Performance Monitor
    Version10.3.1
    Service PackNone
    Current number of interfaces1054
    Allowed number of interfacesunlimited

    SAM

    Product NameServer & Application Monitor
    Version5.0.1
    Service PackNone
    LicenseProduction
    Allowed Number of Component Monitorsunlimited
    Total Number of Component Monitors632
    Licensed Component Monitors632
    Unlicensed Component Monitors0
    Available Component Monitorsunlimited

    NTA

    LicenseProduction
    Module NameNetFlow Traffic Analyzer
    Version3.9.0
    Service PackNone

    IVIM

    Module NameIntegrated Virtual Infrastructure Monitor
    Version1.3.0
    Service PackNone

    Additional Pollers

    Orion on #########

    Module NameOrion Core
    Version2012.1.1
    Service PackNone
  • If you're running both SAM and NPM you will need to upgrade NPM to v10.4.1 before upgrading to SAM 5.5. Fortunately 10.4.1 includes significant improvements to the Custom Property Editor that addresses many of the limitations customers expressed with NPM 10.4. If you're not yet ready to upgrade you can download the template from the Thwack Content Exchange at the link below. This template is also available with SAM 5.5 out of the box.

  • Just did it and so far ok:  Orion Core 2012.2.1, SAM 5.5.0, NPM 10.4.1, NTA 3.10.0, IVIM 1.5.0

    Only problem I've into so far with SAM5.5RC is when I went back in the database R/W to set my EventTypes table Volume Remapped, Volume Disappeared, and Volume Reappear and tried to set them to not record... I've run into what must be a bug with the Volume Reappeared... I'll uncheck Record and the database and refresh and just rechecks itsself.  This doesn't happen with the other two volume events I had to modify.  The reason is without this change I'll get 10K plus events daily especially Volume Remapped events from all of the indexes on my NetApp volumes changing all days long which makes events effectively useless.  Why the database manager allow me to change two of the three but the third won't stick in Read / Write mode is beyond me.  It worked in 10.3.1 Volume Reappeared won't allow me to uncheck record or to check mute... either just change back when I run the query.

  • ecklerwr1,

    I just checked this on my system and it worked as expected (unchecked record for the Volume events you mentioned). I closed DB Manager  and opened it again to confirm the changes were saved. Worse case you could use SQL Management Studio to make the change, but I'm not having a problem changing it with the DB Manager we ship. Can you try again and make sure it's still happening?

    Mav

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  • The report to show basic info like component type & thresholds for all templates could be based on query like this:

    SELECT AppT.Name AS 'Template Name', CompT.Name AS 'Component Name', CompD.Name AS 'Component Type', Thres.ThresholdName, Thres.ThresholdOperator, Thres.Warning,Thres.Critical

    FROM APM_ApplicationTemplate AS AppT

    INNER JOIN APM_ComponentTemplate AS CompT ON AppT.ID = CompT.ApplicationTemplateID

    INNER JOIN APM_ComponentDefinition AS CompD ON CompD.ComponentType = CompT.ComponentType

    LEFT JOIN APM_Threshold AS Thres ON CompT.ID = Thres.ID

    WHERE CompD.ComponentEvidenceType <> 3

    UNION

    SELECT AppT.Name AS 'Template Name', CompT.Name AS 'Component Name', CompD.Name AS 'Component Type', cs.Label, cs.ThresholdOperator, cs.ThresholdWarning, cs.ThresholdCritical

    FROM APM_ApplicationTemplate AS AppT

    INNER JOIN APM_ComponentTemplate AS CompT ON AppT.ID = CompT.ApplicationTemplateID

    INNER JOIN APM_ComponentDefinition AS CompD ON CompD.ComponentType = CompT.ComponentType

    INNER JOIN APM_DynamicEvidenceColumnSchema cs ON CompT.ID = cs.ComponentTemplateID

    WHERE cs.[Type] = 1

  • Please note that thresholds in this report that show a value of "1.79769313486232E+308" have no threshold defined. This is an internal number that's equivalent to null. I've also published this report in Report Writer format for download through the Content Exchange. It can be found here ->