IT infrastructure refers to the composite hardware, software, network resources and services required for the operation and management of the IT environment.
- Network
- Citrix
- Servers (IIS, Apache, Tomcat, Websphere, WebLogic etc.)
- Databases (Oracle, DB2, SQL Server etc.)
- Storage (IBM, Hitachi, EMC, HP, NetApp etc.)
- Service Bus (OSB)
- Message Queue (MQ queues)
Network Monitoring
Passive Monitoring of Network Components
OneView can read the contents of network log files from for example a syslog file. From these types of files, you can extract for example error messages and timing for messages.
Active Monitoring of Network Components
The OneView Service Tester can perform synthetic transactions towards the network components and perform login via transport and network protocols.
Network Ping
The network ping requests a simple ICMP echo response from a given host.
The result is a single transaction representing the availability and response time for the given host.
Network Connection
The network connection test establishes a TCP connection to a server.
The result is a single transaction representing the availability and response time for the given network connection.
SSH Login
The SSH login test establishes a login session to an SSH server (per default port 22) and performs a command eg. ‘ps’.
The result is a single transaction representing the availability and response time for the given login session to the SSH server. However, additional transactions can be presented representing the login time and the command line execution time.
FTP Login
The FTP login test establishes a login session to an FTP server (per default port 21). The result is a single transaction representing the availability and response time for the given login session to the FTP server. However, additional transactions can be presented representing the login time and the connection time.
Server Monitoring
Passive Monitoring of Windows components
OneView can read the contents of the specific log files related to Windows.
From these files OneView can extract the actions handled in Windows and how long the actions took to serve the request.
Active Monitoring of Windows components
The OneView Service Tester can perform synthetic transactions towards the Windows components and perform checks on Windows services, read performance counter values and execute command lines. Furthermore, it is possible to list files in local and remote directories.
Windows Service Monitoring
The Windows Service checks whether a Windows service is running. Simply enter the server name and service to monitor and use the built-in Windows SC or PSEXEC tools to gain access to the service.
The result is a single transaction representing the availability and response time for the given Windows service.
Command Line Execution
The command line executes a basic command line program.
The result is a single transaction representing the availability and response time for the command line execution.
Performance Counter Values
The performance counter reads the status for the performance counter.
The result is a simple counter representing the availability and status for the performance counter.
Advanced Command Line Execution
The advanced command line executes a command line program with options to change user credentials and logging to an output file.
The result is a single transaction representing the availability and response time for the command line execution.
Directory Listing of Files
The directory listing of files can list files in a local directory, an FTP directory, an SFTP directory and on a Windows share.
The result is a single transaction representing the availability and response time for the listing of files in the specific directory. The result is also a number of counters representing the number of directories and files identified.