Sun Management Center 3.6.1 User's Guide

Local and Remote Application Modules

The software enables you to monitor local and remote applications. An example of a local application would be a print spooler. An example of a remote application would be an HP printer that is equipped with a JetDirect card.

When the following modules are loaded, they are found under the Local Applications section on the Module Browser tab in the Details window:

When the following modules are loaded, they are found under the Remote Systems section on the Module Browser tab in the Details window:

The local and remote applications modules are described in the following sections.

Agent Statistics Module Version 2.0

This section presents the following information on Agent Statistics:

The Agent Statistics module monitors the health of the agent installed on a host. This module monitors the objects, processes, and execution of processes by the agent.

Table C–104 Agent Statistics Main Sections


Agent Statistics Tables	Description
Object Section	Displays data on the objects that are loaded onto the agent. Status field displays the current status of the TOE and binary objects loaded into and used by the agent.
Execution Section	Displays data on the number of Tcl or TOE commands invoked by the agent interpreter. Also displays data on the number of asynchronous transactions initiated by the agent. Status field displays a brief description of the current status of the objects listed.

The following table provides a brief description of the Agent Statistics managed objects.

Table C–105 Agent Statistics Section Properties


Property	Description
Object Statistics	TOE Count – Number of TOE objects loaded into the agent binary object buffer Count – Number of binary object buffers used by the agent
Commands Executed	Total – Total number of commands that have been executed by the agent Rate (#/sec) – Number of commands executed by the agent per second
Transactions Performed	Total – Total number of transactions performed by the agent Rate (#/sec) – Number of transactions performed by the agent per second
PA Process Statistics	Process statistics pertaining to the PA
PA Total Process Statistics	Total process statistics pertaining to the PA

The following lists default alarm thresholds for applicable Agent Statistics modules.

Table C–106 Agent Statistics Alarm Thresholds


Agent Statistics	Condition
Error	If toeCount > 6000
Warning	If toeCount > 5000
Error	If bobcount > 1200
Warning	If bobcount > 1000
Warning	If commands rate > 6000
Warning	If transactions rate > 8
Error	If process size > 35000
Warning	If process size > 30000
Error	If rss > 25000
Warning	If percentage CPU time > 90
Warning	If totalstats.count > 15
Error	If totalstats.size > 40000
Warning	If totalstats.size > 35000
Warning	If totalstats.rss > 35000

The following sections describe the individual property tables for Agent Statistics.

Object Statistics Table

The Objects section displays information about the Objects that are loaded onto the agent. The Status field displays the current status of the TOE and binary objects loaded into and used by the agent.

The following table provides a brief description of the properties for Object Statistics.

Table C–107 Object Statistics Properties


Property	Description
Total TOE Objects	Number of TOE objects loaded into the agent
Total Bobs	Number of binary object buffers used by the agent

Commands Executed Table

The following table provides a brief description of the properties for commands executed.

Table C–108 Executed Commands Properties


Property	Description
Total Commands	Total number of commands that have been executed by the agent
Rate (/sec)	Number of commands executed by the agent per second

Transactions Performed Table

The following table provides a brief description of the properties for performed transactions.

Table C–109 Transactions Performed Properties


Property	Description
Total Transactions	Total number of transactions performed by the agent
Transaction Rate (/sec)	Number of transactions performed by the agent per second

Sun Management Center Process Statistics Table

The software monitors the Sun Management Center process statistics. The following table provides a brief description of the properties for Sun Management Center process statistics.

Table C–110 Sun Management Center Process Statistics Properties


Property	Description
Process ID	Identification number of the process
Process Unique Id	Unique identification number of the process
Process Name	Name of the process
Process Status	Status of the process
Process State	State of the process
User ID	User ID of the process
Virtual Size	Total size of the process
Resident Set Size	Resident size of the process
Start Time Seconds	Startup time of the process in seconds since January 1, 1970
Start Date	Startup date of the process
Start Time	Startup time of the process
CPU Time	CPU time used by the process
Percent CPU Time	Percentage of CPU time used by the process
Context Switches	Context switches of the process
System Calls	System calls made by the process
Command Line	Command line of the process

Sun Management Center Total Process Statistics Table

The software monitors the total Sun Management Center process statistics.

The following table provides a brief description of the properties for total Sun Management Center process statistics.

Table C–111 Total Sun Management Center Process Statistics Properties


Property	Description
Number of Processes	Number of agent and child processes
Total Virtual Size	Total virtual size of agent and children
Total Res Size	Total resident set size of agent and children

Agent Update Module Version 1.0

The Agent Update module enables you to update agents across your enterprise using a single feature. When loaded, information about this module appears in the Local Applications section of the Module Browser window.

Table C–112 Agent Update Data Properties


Property	Description of Value
Server Name	Name of Sun Management Center server
HTTP Server Port	Port number on which the web server is running
Update Image Name	The name of the agent update image file on this server
Product Layers Installed	Agent, Console, and Server as appropriate

Table C–113 Addons List


Column	Description
Addon Name	Name of Sun Management Center component
Addon Version	Version of component

Data Logging Registry Module Version 2.0

The Data Logging Registry consists of the registry table.

The following table provides a brief description of the properties for Data Logging Registry.

Table C–114 Data Logging RegistryProperties


Property	Description
Log Destination State	State of the logged file destination.
Module Name	Module name for data value (data from this module is logged in the registry)
Instance Name	Module instance name for data value.
Property Name	Property name for data value
Logging Interval	Logging interval for data value
File Logging	File logging status.
Logging Destination	The logging destination for data value.
Data Cache	Data cache status
Cache Size (samples)	Size of data cache

Logview ACL Version 1.0

The Logview module creates a file list that allows you to specify which user or group can access this file in the logviewer. This list provides the following information:

Instance name

File name

User name

Group name

Print Spooler Module Version 3.0

The Print Spooler module monitors the status of the printer daemon and print queue on the local host as well as the printer devices installed on it.

The following table describes the print spooler managed objects.

Table C–115 Print Spooler Properties


Property	Description
Lpsched Status	Status of the `lpsched` process
Printer Devices	Table lists information about the printer devices
Printer Queues	Table lists information about the printer queue

Printer LPsched

The printer daemon section displays data on the LP Request Scheduler. The Line Printer's Schedule (LPsched) state property describes the current status of the printer.

Printer Devices Table

The Printer Devices table lists the printers that are already added to the table.

The instance name or alias of the printer is displayed in the Name field. The description of the printer is displayed in the Description field. The name of the host on which the printer is installed is displayed in the Host Name field. If you are running a console that shows data monitored by an agent on a print server host, the path name of the printer device is displayed in the Device field. The printer state displays in the Printer State field.

The following table provides a brief description of the properties for Printer Devices.

Table C–116 Printer Devices Properties


Property	Description
Row Status	Status of the row
Printer name	Name of the printer device
Description	Description of the row
Host name	Name of the host to which the device is attached
Device name	Alphanumeric device name
Device state	State of the device

Printer Queues Table

The Print Queues table lists the print queues on the local host and displays the status of each queue. The following table provides a brief description of the properties for Printer Queues.

Table C–117 Printer Queues Properties


Property	Description
Printer Queue Name	Name of the printer queue
Printer Queue State	Current status of the printer queue (values are “accepting” and “not accepting”)
# of Printer Queue Jobs	Total number of jobs in the queue
Current Printer Job	Number of jobs currently spooled in the queue
Printer Queue Size	Total size (in Kbytes) of the jobs currently spooled in the queue

HP JetDirect Module Version 2.0

Agents can monitor HP printers that are equipped with a JetDirect card by proxy using the HP JetDirect module. Multiple HP printers can be monitored by loading multiple instances of this module.

The following table provides a brief description of the properties for Printer Status.

Table C–118 General Printer Status Properties


Property	Description
Status Display	LED status display
SNMP Get Status	Status of SNMP Get

For platform-specific information, see your supplement.

MIB-II Proxy Monitoring Module Version 2.0

The MIB-II Proxy Monitoring module monitors the MIB-II parameters for remote systems. The various categories that monitor the MIB-II parameters on remote systems are listed in the following sections, which list MIB-II group tables:

For more information about the properties of these parameters, see IPv6 Instrumentation Module Version 1.0, which lists the properties for local systems. The same functionality is applied on remote systems by the MIB-II Proxy Monitoring module. For more information on the definition of MIB-II, see the standards documentation RFC1213 (Request For Comments 1213).