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Monitoring parameters

Monitoring parameters are the mechanism for you to configure how your systems are monitored. They are how you set configuration of how the agent runs, how checks are executed, thresholds for checks (when does a check go critical or warning) and much more. All Monitoring Parameters have a carefully chosen default value. As soon as you add a new system, Avantra uses these defaults. You may change these defaults by defining a parameter and by modifying its values. Monitoring Parameters can be defined for a single system, or for collections of systems using Monitoring Parameter Sets. You can also define your own Custom Monitoring Parameters for use within Custom Checks and automations.

Adding, modifying, and deleting monitoring parameters​

The majority of the Monitoring Parameters have carefully evaluated default values. Therefore, only need to define the Monitoring Parameters different from the default. Of course, you can display the effective setting of the Monitoring Parameters in the user interface.

The default values are also described for each managed system.

Maintaining monitoring parameters​

  1. Choose the desired Managed System from the dropdown.
  2. Select the desired System and click Open. Either switch to the Moni. Params. tab or to the Checks tab, select the Check you want to configure and choose More > Configure Check.
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This works wherever a list of checks are displayed

  1. Choose one of the following:
    1. Add a monitoring parameter
      1. Click New. Select the desired monitoring parameter from the list and click OK.
      2. Fill in the new Value and click Apply.
    2. Modify a monitoring parameter
      1. To modify an existing monitoring parameter, change the Value and click Apply. You can modify as many parameters as needed at the same time.
    3. Delete a monitoring parameter
      1. Click the trash icon on the right of the monitoring parameter record.
      2. Click Yes to confirm deletion.
    4. Show monitoring parameters
      1. Set the Show All Monitoring Parameters flag to see all available Monitoring Parameters together with their effective values for this particular System.

Changes in the Monitoring Parameter definition will be transferred to the corresponding Avantra Agent within a couple of seconds.

Monitoring parameter exceptions​

Certain Monitoring Parameters allow the definition of exceptions. If you, for instance, define usage thresholds for a tablespace with a Monitoring Parameter, the defined value is valid for all tablespaces of the system. If you want to override this setting on a per-tablespace level you can define the so-called Monitoring Exception Parameter for the particular tablespace.

Monitoring Exception Parameters can be defined in Monitoring Parameter Sets as well.

Adding, modifying, and deleting monitoring exception parameters​

Monitoring Exception Parameters can be used to override the Monitoring Parameters in certain situations:

The BackupAgeCrit and BackupAgeWarn Monitoring Parameters configuring the ADA_BACKUP, DB2_BACKUP, MSS_DBBACKUP, and ORA_BACKUP / ORA_BRBACKUP Daily Checks are valid for every day of the week. Exceptions can be defined on a per-day level.

For a Server​

  1. Choose Systems > Servers and select the desired System.
  2. Click Open.
    1. Either switch to the Moni. Params. tab and choose the File System tab (on the left side).
    2. Or switch to the Checks tab, select the FILESYSTEMS Check and choose More > Configure Check.
  3. Choose one of the options:
    1. Add a Monitoring Exception Parameter
      1. Click New, fill in a file system name in the pop-up and confirm with New.
      2. Fill in the appropriate values and click Apply in order to make your changes effective.
    2. Modify Monitoring Exception Parameters
      1. To modify an existing Monitoring Exception Parameter you can simply change the value and click Apply.
    3. Delete Monitoring Exception Parameters
      1. To delete a Monitoring Parameter click on the trash icon on the very right of the line.
      2. Confirm deletion using the Yes button.
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If a volume (or partition) is mounted as a drive (with a drive letter), you must specify the drive letter including the trailing backslash () as file system. If a volume is not mounted as a drive, enter the full path of the mount point without a trailing backslash.

For a Database instance of an SAP System or a standalone Database​

  1. Select the appropriate System:
    1. SAP System
      1. Choose Systems > SAP Systems and select the desired System.
    2. Standalone Database
      1. Choose Systems > Databases and select the desired System.
      2. Click Open and switch to the Moni. Params. tab.
      3. Choose one of the following options:
        1. For table space exceptions, select the Table Space tab (on the left side).
        2. For backup age exceptions, select the Backup Age tab (on the left side).
      4. Choose one of the options:
        1. Add a Monitoring Exception Parameter by clicking New, filling in a table space name in the pop-up, selecting a week day and confirming by clicking OK.
        2. Fill in the appropriate values and click Apply to make your changes effective.
    3. Modify Monitoring Exception Parameters
      1. To modify an existing Monitoring Exception Parameter, you can simply change the value and click Apply.
    4. Delete Monitoring Exception Parameters
      1. To delete a Monitoring Parameter, click on the icon on the very right of the line.
      2. Click Yes to confirm deletion.