Monitoring

Monitoring provides runtime information about Portal Server's Desktop and Secure Remote Access components. The framework for maintaining system statistics is based on Java^TM Management Extensions (JMX^TM) technology.

Information collected from monitoring these components can help portal administrators do the following:

• Make appropriate tuning decisions

• Establish reliable benchmarks

• Deploy additional portal instances to support increased end-user activity on a portal

• Configure alarms to flag significant events (such as server threadpools reaching 95% utilization)

The Portal Server management console provides pages for configuring and generating reports about the how the Desktop and Secure Remote Access components perform. Administrators can use the command-line interface to perform other monitoring tasks. For information, see the Sun Java System Portal System 7 Command-Line Reference.

To Monitor Desktop Performance

1. Log in to the Portal Server management console.

   The Common Tasks page is displayed.

2. Click the Portals Tab.

   The Portals page is displayed.

3. Click the name of the portal that you want to monitor.

   The Desktop Tasks and Attributes page is displayed.

4. Click the Monitoring tab.

   The Desktop Request/Response Statistics page is displayed.

5. Select the activity hat you want.

   • To update the Desktop statistics, click the Refresh button.

   • To create a channels report, click the Channel Action Statistics tab.

   • To enable or disable monitoring, click the Settings tab.

   For more information, click the Help button to view online help

To Monitor Secure Remote Access Performance

1. Log in to the Portal Server management console.

   The Common Tasks page is displayed.

2. Click the Secure Remote Access tab.

   The Profiles page is displayed.

3. Click the Monitoring tab.

   The Monitoring page is displayed.

   For more information, click the Help button to view online help