Workflow: Process monitoring and application discovery

Template related and configuration tasks for Process Monitoring summarizes the tasks that you need to perform to implement discovery and monitoring for processes and application groups. The console method is preferred because using the console reduces syntactical template errors. The editor method allows you to specify additional advanced fields.
Template related and configuration tasks for Process Monitoring
Task order
Console method
Editor method
1. Create the application template.
Creating a new application template by using the console
Creating a new application template by using an editor
2. Load the template, if necessary.
Not applicable.
Load the application templates by using the sm_esmctl utility
3. View the template to verify it.
Display template information
  • Display template information
  • List application templates by using the sm_esmctl utility
4. Create the discovery filter and apply it.
Creating a discovery filter for an application template
5. Rediscover the processes and ApplicationServiceGroup topology.
In the Domain Manager Administration Console, select your ESM server (INCHARGE-ESM by default), and select
Topology > Discover All
.
6. Configure performance thresholds for monitoring. The availability thresholds are configured by default.
  • “Polling and Thresholds” on page 213
  • Appendix E, Polling Groups and Settings
7. Monitor your network.
Viewing Server Manager Data
To modify an application template that is created by using the console, you can:
  • Modifying an existing user-defined application template
  • Modify the apps-userdefined.xml file using the sm_edit utility if any fields in the template need to be changed. Then, reload the changes on the ESM server by using the sm_esmctl utility with the --load-templates option. Follow the instructions in Creating a new application template by using an editor and Load the application templates by using the sm_esmctl utility.