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.
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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 |
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Total TOE Objects |
Number of TOE objects loaded into the agent |
Total Bobs |
Number of binary object buffers used by the agent |
The following table provides a brief description of the properties for commands executed.
Table C–108 Executed Commands Properties
Property |
Description |
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Total Commands |
Total number of commands that have been executed by the agent |
Rate (/sec) |
Number of commands executed by the agent per second |
The following table provides a brief description of the properties for performed transactions.
Table C–109 Transactions Performed Properties
Property |
Description |
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Total Transactions |
Total number of transactions performed by the agent |
Transaction Rate (/sec) |
Number of transactions performed by the agent per second |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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Addon Name |
Name of Sun Management Center component |
Addon Version |
Version of component |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
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.
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 |
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 |
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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 |
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.
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).