Monitoring CPU usage by nodes

If you have performance problems, and you expect the CPU usage is an issue, you can monitor the usage for nodes and instances. The Spotfire Server Monitoring & Diagnostics tools provide this information. This topic covers monitoring for nodes.

About this task

To monitor CPU usage by nodes, examine the Node area in Monitoring & Diagnostics.
To monitor CPU usage by instances, examine the performance counters for Web Player instances or Automation Services instances.

Before you begin

You must have administrative credentials for Spotfire Server.

Procedure

Log in to Spotfire Server and then click Monitoring & Diagnostics.
From Monitoring & Diagnostics, click the Overview tab.
The information page for Spotfire Server, Nodes, and Web Player instances is displayed.
In the Nodes area, look for the column CPU usage(Avg).
The value outside of the parenthesis indicates the percentage of the CPU the node for that row is using. The value inside the parenthesis specifies the average CPU usage for that node.

What to do next

For general diagnostic information about an instance's node, see Viewing node information.