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 in Server Monitoring Parameters, SAP Instance Monitoring Parameters, SAP System Monitoring Parameters, and Database Monitoring Parameters.

Procedure: Maintaining Monitoring Parameters

  1. Choose Systems  Servers, or Systems  SAP Instances, or Systems  SAP Systems, or Systems  Databases, or Systems  SAP BusinessObjects, or Systems  Cloud Services.

  2. Select the desired System and push the Open button. Either switch to the Moni. Params. tab or to the Checks tab, select the Check you want to configure and choose More  Configure Check.

    This works wherever a list of Checks is displayed.

  3. Choose one of the following options:

    Add a Monitoring Parameter

    1. Push the New button. Select the desired Monitoring Parameter from the list and press the OK button.

    2. Fill in the new Value and push the Apply button.

    Modify a Monitoring Parameter

    In order to modify an existing Monitoring Parameter, you can simply change the value in the Value field and push the Apply button.

    You can modify as many parameters as present/as needed at the same time.
    Delete a Monitoring Parameter

    1. In order to delete a Monitoring Parameter click on the icon on the very right of the line.

    2. Confirm deletion using the Yes button.

    Show Monitoring Parameters

    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.

Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Monitoring Exception Parameters

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

Server

The Monitoring Parameters configuring the FILESYSTEMS Check are valid for all file systems found on the Server.

Exceptions can be defined on a per-file system level for FSExCrit, FSExWarn, FSUsageCrit, and FSUsageWarn.

Database

The Monitoring Parameters configuring the ORA_TABLESPACES and DB2_TABLESPACES Checks are valid for all table spaces found for the SAP System or Database.

Exceptions can be defined on a per table space level for: ORATableSpaceExCrit, ORATableSpaceExWarn, ORATableSpaceUsageCrit ORATableSpaceUsageWarn, DB2TableSpaceExCrit DB2TableSpaceExWarn, DB2TableSpaceUsageCrit DB2TableSpaceUsageWarn.

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. Push the Open button.

    • Either switch to the Moni. Params. tab and choose the File System tab (on the left side).

    • Or switch to the Checks tab, select the FILESYSTEMS Check and choose More  Configure Check.

  3. Choose one of the options:

    Add a Monitoring Exception Parameter

    1. Push the New button, fill in a file system name in the pop-up and confirm with New.

    2. Fill in the appropriate values and push the Apply button in order to make your changes effective.

    Modify Monitoring Exception Parameters
    Delete Monitoring Exception Parameters

    1. To delete a Monitoring Parameter click on the icon on the very right of the line.

    2. Confirm deletion using the Yes button.

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 stand-alone Database

Procedure: Maintain Monitoring Exception Parameters for a Database

  1. Select the appropriate System:

    SAP System

    • Choose Systems  SAP Systems and select the desired System.

    Stand-alone Database

    • Choose Systems  Databases and select the desired System.

  2. Push the Open button and switch to the Moni. Params. tab.

  3. Choose one of the following options:

    For table space exceptions

    • Select the Table Space tab (on the left side).

    For backup age exceptions

    • Select the Backup Age tab (on the left side).

  4. Choose one of the options:

    Add a Monitoring Exception Parameter

    1. Push the New button, fill in a table space name in the pop-up, select a week day and confirm with the OK button.

    2. Fill in the appropriate values and push the Apply button to make your changes effective.

    Modify Monitoring Exception Parameters
    Delete Monitoring Exception Parameters

    1. To delete a Monitoring Parameter, click on the icon on the very right of the line.

    2. Confirm deletion using the Yes button.

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.