NimBUS for Server Monitoring

UNIX/Linux Server Monitoring

The UNIX and Linux probes currently support multiple versions of UNIX and Linux including Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Sinix and Tru64 UNIX. But more are being added all the time so please call us for availability of other platforms. The UNIX Monitoring solution consists of 6 probes that can be run stand-alone or when run simultaneously ensure maximum visibility into UNIX performance and availability.

• CPU, Disk and Memory Probe
• Processes Probe
• Logfile Probe

CPU, Disk & Memory Probe

The CDM Probe monitors key system components such as CPUs, Disks, and Memory, and detects critical bottlenecks before they have an impact on system performance. The CDM Probe automatically pre-scans the UNIX servers and defines individual monitoring points and threshold values.

Fig. 1: The CDM Probe allows you to quickly and easily define performance thresholds and conditions across all your system components.

Fig 2: You can also quickly set the timing for data sampling from each of the various system components to be monitored, and enable system performance elements to be used for monitoring quality of service against service level agreements.

Fig 3: You can easily define how messages should be displayed and alerts generated when thresholds are exceeded.

Features:

• Performance:
• Threshold monitoring with low and high level watermarks
• Graphical presentation of actual and average performance usage as well as threshold values
• To avoid false positive alarms, i.e. spikes, the interval and sample rate can easily be configured
• CPU:
• CPU usage (%)
• Disk:
• Absolute disk usage (MBs)
• Information retrieval on:
• Local and networked disks
• Total disk space
• Free disk space
• Used (%) disk space
• 'Expected state' monitoring on networked disks
• Memory:
• Pagefile usage (%)
• Swapping/paging activity (pages/s)

Processes Probe

The Processes Probe collects information on system, application and network processes. As soon as a process starts to fail or stops unexpectedly, the Processes Probe issues immediate alerts or launches pre-defined automated recovery and restart procedures.

Fig. 1: The Processes Probe allows you to quickly and easily set up monitoring profiles for all your UNIX processes.

Features:

• Monitoring of system, application and network processes
• Easy profile definition
• Easy-to-define automated recovery/restart actions

Logfile Probe

The Logfile Probe scans ASCII-based logfiles and extracts pre-defined information automatically, eliminating the need for time-consuming and inherently error-prone manual intervention. Sophisticated built-in utilities allow the monitoring of very complex logfiles across your systems.

Fig. 1: You can configure the Logfile Probe to monitor your ASCII-based logfiles based on any number of watcher definitions.