Resource Monitors window

This topic describes the Resource Monitors window in IBM® Director.

Introduction

Use the Resource Monitors window to activate monitors for attributes of a system, group of systems, or group. After you select an attribute for monitoring you can perform the following tasks:
  • View statistics on the attribute for which the monitor is activated
  • Post statistics on the ticker tape in the Director Console
  • Save combinations of monitors as custom views
  • Set thresholds for specific systems or groups of systems
  • Create statistical records and export the statistics to a file

Menubar

File >
Save
Saves the monitors in the Selected Resources window as a user-defined monitor task. This option is only enabled in monitor consoles that have been started from tasks grouped under Resource Monitors in the Tasks pane of the IBM Director Console.
Save As
Displays a dialog that enables you to specify the name you want to assign to the currently selected monitors in the Selected Resources pane. When you save and name the monitor view, the name is entered under Resource Monitors in the Tasks pane of the IBM Director Console. You can then apply it to any system, group of systems, or group.
View >
Find in Available Resources
Displays a window used to specify the name of the monitoring category or attribute that you want to locate in the Available Resources pane.
Find System in Selected Resources
Displays a window used to specify the name of a system that you want to locate in the Selected Resources pane. If the system is not currently visible, it will be scrolled into view.
View All Thresholds
Displays the All Available Thresholds window that lists all thresholds that have been defined.
View All Recordings
Displays the All Available Recordings window that lists all recordings that have been defined.

Fields

Available Resources
The available types of monitors displayed in a tree structure. Director Agent is the root category (folder) of the tree structure of monitors available for systems configured with the agent. AMS and mib-2 root categories might also be displayed, depending on your network configuration. Double-click on a root category to view the next level of monitoring categories; then double-click any of these categories to access monitors that can be selected and applied to the systems listed in the Selected Resources pane.

Each time you collapse and reopen a monitoring category in Available Resources the associated data is refreshed.

If the folder you select does not contain any attributes, one of the following conditions might be the cause:
  • None of the systems you selected for monitoring are online.
  • None of the systems you selected for monitoring allow monitor access.
  • None of the systems you selected for monitoring provide attributes for the selected category.
  • The response from one or more of the systems contacted did not complete in the time allowed.
  • The folder was opened before all systems had responded to the opening of the folder's parent category.
Right-click options for selectable monitors
Add to Ticker Tape on Director Console
Posts the statistics generated by the monitored attribute to the ticker tape at the bottom of IBM Director Console.
Add to Selected Resources Table
Adds the selected monitor to the Selected Resources pane and displays corresponding statistics for the systems displayed.
Selected Resources
Displays a table identifying the system names to which the Resource Monitors task was applied across the top row. Monitors that have been selected from the Available Resources pane and dropped onto this pane are displayed in the Selected Resources column.
Right-click options for monitors
Remove Row
Deletes the currently selected row from the table.
Sort >
Ascending
Arranges the rows in alphabetical order.
Descending
Arranges the rows in reverse alphabetical order.
Record
Enables you to record the statistics generated by the selected monitor using the Resource Monitor Recording window.
Individual Threshold
Displays the System Threshold window, which enables you to define an individual threshold for the selected system.
Group Threshold
Displays the System Threshold window, which enables you to define a threshold that applies to all systems in the selected group.
Hide Column
Removes only the selected column in the table from view. To restore a hidden column, right-click anywhere in the pane to display the Show Column context menu, and then select the column you want to restore.

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