JES Monitoring Framework Support

Message Queue supports the Sun Java Enterprise System (JES) Monitoring Framework, which allows Java Enterprise System components to be monitored using a common graphical interface. This interface is implemented by a web-based console called the Sun Java System Monitoring Console. If you are running Message Queue along with other JES components, you might find it more convenient to use a single interface to manage all these components.

The JES monitoring framework defines a common data model (CMM) to be used by all JES component products. This model enables a centralized and uniform view of all JES components. Message Queue exposes the following objects to the JES monitoring framework:

• the installed product

• the broker instance name

• the broker port mapper

• each connection service

• each physical destination

• the persistent store

• the user repository

Each one of these objects is mapped to a CMM object whose attributes can be monitored using the JES monitoring console. At runtime, administrators can use the console to view performance statistics, create rules to monitor automatically, and acknowledge alarms. For detailed information about the mapping of Message Queue objects to CMM objects, see the Sun Java Enterprise System Monitoring Guide.

To enable JES monitoring, you must do the following

1. Install and configure all the components in your deployment (Message Queue and other components) according to instructions given in the Sun Java Enterprise System Installation Guide.

2. Enable and configure the Monitoring Framework for all of your monitored components, as described in the Sun Java Enterprise System Monitoring Guide.

3. Install the Monitoring Console on a separate host, start the master agent, and then start the web server, as described in the Sun Java Enterprise System Monitoring Guide.

Using the JES Monitoring Framework will not impact broker performance because all the work of gathering metrics is done by the monitoring framework, which pulls data from the broker's existing monitoring data infrastructure.