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Chapter 4 Monitoring Console : Monitoring Console

Monitoring Console
This console lists the monitoring applications that have been added to your domain.
To create a monitoring application you must first create a monitoring archive file (MAR file). This archive is created using the MAR utility and contains TIBCO Hawk rulebases that monitor your applications. See Using the Monitoring Archive Utility for details on using the MAR utility.
You can use the same MAR file to create multiple monitoring applications and deploy them separately onto different machines in your domain.
See Security Considerations for the permissions required to access the Monitoring Management Console.
Creating a Monitoring Application
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Click Monitoring Management>Monitoring Console.
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Hawk RulebaseMaps and Schedules are also similarly deployed. Only one RulebaseMap and Schedule file can be deployed per domain. The RulebaseMap file has to be named rbmap.hrm and the Schedules file has to be named schedules.hsf.
The following figure shows the new application that is ready for deployment.
Click Change MAR File if you want to select a different monitoring archive file.
Select the Quick Configure checkbox if you want to identify the targets where the monitoring configuration can be deployed. These targets are identified using the type of the rulebase (monitoring configuration) contained in the monitoring archive file. The type is determined by the data source of the microagents belonging to TIBCO application being monitored. If the Quick Configure checkbox is selected, the Deploy on Save field is enabled.
Select the Deploy on Save checkbox to deploy the monitoring configurations contained in the MAR file on the identified targets.
For each monitoring configuration contained in the monitoring archive, the following information is displayed:
The name of the monitoring configuration file.
This is the type of the TIBCO application for the monitoring configuration. Each TIBCO application has a unique type associated with it.
If you select Quick Configure, this field reflects the targets (within the domain) where the monitoring configuration can be deployed.
Choose between Enable All (choose all targets within the domain), Disable All (disable deployment on all targets), or a specific target within the domain.
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Click Save.
The chosen monitoring archive file is now added to the main Monitoring Management dialog and is ready to be deployed.
Deploying a Monitoring Configuration
When you create a monitoring application, you can use the Deploy on Save option to deploy the contained monitoring configurations. Any global variables shared between the target application and the monitoring configuration are resolved at the time of deployment. If you do not use the Deploy on Save option, you can explicitly deploy the monitoring configuration.
To deploy an application
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Click Monitoring Management>Monitoring Console
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If Quick Configure was selected when adding the monitoring application, the targets for this configuration will be listed as shown in the following figure:
If Quick Configure was not selected when adding the monitoring application, the targets have to be manually added by clicking Add Target. See Adding Targets for a Monitoring Configurationfor more information.
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Click Deploy.
If the monitoring configuration is successfully deployed, the Status changes from Deployable to Deployed (loaded).
If the target application is not running, the status is changed to Deployed (Not Loaded). When the target application starts, the status changes from Deployed (Not Loaded) to Deployed (Loaded).
For a deployed monitoring configuration, if the TIBCO Hawk agent on the target machine stops running, the status changes to Deployed (not available).
In order to successfully deploy a monitoring configuration, the TIBCO Hawk Agent on the target machine must be running.
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Adding Targets for a Monitoring Configuration
If the Quick Configure checkbox was not selected when adding the monitoring application to the domain, you have to manually choose the machines (targets) to deploy each monitoring configuration contained within the monitoring application.
To add targets for a monitoring configuration:
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Click Monitoring Management> Monitoring Console.
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The Add Targets dialog is displayed as shown in the following screen. The Available Targets pane lists the potential targets (within the domain) where the monitoring configuration can be deployed.
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The selected targets are moved to the Selected Targets pane.
To remove a target from the Selected Targets pane, select the checkbox for the target and click Remove.
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Click OK twice to return to the Configuration Builder.
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Click Deploy.
 
Updating a Monitoring Application
A monitoring application contains one or more monitoring configurations. If you want to delete an existing configuration or add a new one, you must update the monitoring application for the changes to take effect. Before you proceed to update a monitoring application, make sure all its constituent monitoring configurations are in the Deployable state.
To update a monitoring application:
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Click Application Management > Monitoring Management.
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The details of the monitoring application (MAR file) are displayed.
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Click Update.
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The updated monitoring archive file and its monitoring configurations are now available for deployment.
Deleting a Monitoring Application
Before a monitoring application can be deleted, each of its constituent monitoring configurations have to be undeployed from each target where it was deployed. See To Undeploy a Monitoring Configuration for details.
To delete a monitoring application:
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Click Monitoring Management> Monitoring Console.
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The selected monitoring application is now removed from your domain.
To Undeploy a Monitoring Configuration
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Click Monitoring Management> Monitoring Console.
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Perform step 4 and step 5 for each monitoring configuration included in the application.
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Click Done.
Variable Substitution
The following variables, if used, will be substituted when the monitoring configuration is deployed:
 

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