Monitoring using Process Statistics Monitor

Introduction

Process statistics helps monitor various metric values of a process. Multiple processes can be monitored in a single monitor. For example, CPU utilization can be monitored for a specific process.

Thresholds can be configured based on the following parameters: instances, CPU, and memory. The agent monitors how processes do against thresholds. An alert is raised when the metric value of a process exceeds the threshold. Separate alerts are raised, for instance, CPU, and memory.

Creating process statistics monitors

To create a process statistics monitor:

1. Select a client from the All Clients list.
2. Go to Setup > Monitoring > Templates.
3. From the TEMPLATES, click +Add.
4. From MONITOR TEMPLATE, provide details for the following parameters and click Save:
   • Select Template Scope: The partner template or client-specific template. For the client-specific template, select the client.
   • Collector Type: The application type used to gather information. Select the agent.
   • Applicable for: The type of the application.
   • Template Name: The name of the template.
   • Description: The summary of the template.
   • Generation: The generation that the template belongs to. For example, Generation 2.
   • Tags: The user-defined tags used for enhanced filtering.
   • Prerequisites: The essential prerequisites to consider while monitoring using a template. For a Windows template, as an example, check the SQL services while monitoring SQL parameters.
   • Status: The active or end-of-life templates.
   • Notes: Additional information to add to the template.
   • Template Family Name: The category that applies to the application. For example, Windows server, storage server, and network server.
   • Deployment Type: Select one of the following methods to apply the template to resources:
     • Custom
     • Optional
     • Standard
5. After configuring the template, go to Other Monitors and click +Add.
   The other monitors screen appears.
6. From the options displayed in Monitor Type drop-down, select process statistics.
7. From Process Statistics, click Add to provide more detailed parameters.
   Click Add and Remove to increase or decrease the following settings:
   • Frequency: The intervals used to monitor the processes. The recommendation is 15 minutes.
   • Alert: Select Alert to receive alerts for any issue.
   • Apply Availability Monitor: Select the checkbox to show the availability of the monitors.
   • Priority: The priority of the alert.
   • Name: The name of the process.
   • Process: The process to monitor.
   • Warning: The comma-separated warning threshold value.
   • Critical: The comma-separated critical threshold value.

After adding a template with a process statistics monitor, assign the template to a device to start monitoring.

Managing process statistics monitors

Process statistics details can be viewed and modified when added to a template. To manage the process statistics monitor:

• Edit: Click the template name displayed in the TEMPLATES screen to modify the process statistics monitor details.
• View: Click the arrow beside the Template Name on the TEMPLATES screen to view the process statistics monitor added to the current template.

Collecting data

The collected metrics can be viewed with the name: Process Statistics in Infrastructure > Resources > Device Details > Monitors > Monitors.

Validating templates

The graphical data is displayed for each name configured in the process statistics monitor. Monitor graphs can be viewed under Infrastructure > Resources > Device Details > Metrics. Only one graph is displayed for all configured names in an individual monitor.

Process statistics alerts

Only critical alerts are sent while monitoring processes and can be viewed in the Alert browser. Examine the alert subject to verify process alert details.