HP Intelligent Management Center v5.2 Application Performance Manager Administrator Guide

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To add a DNS service application monitor:
1. Click the Resource tab.
2. Enter the Add Application page in one of the following ways:
 Select Application Manager > Add Application from the navigation tree.
The page displays all application types that can be monitored by APM.
 Select Application Manager > Application Monitor from the navigation tree, and click Add on
the application monitor list page.
3. Click DNS Monitor of the Service Monitor class.
The page for adding a DNS service application monitor appears.
4. Configure the following parameters:
 IP Address—Enter the IP address of the host on which the DNS service application to be
monitored is installed. If the host is already added to the IMC Platform, you can also click Select
and select the host in the Select Devices window. For information about selecting a host, see "2
Quick start." APM automatically checks the specified IP address and associates the application
monitor with the host managed in the IMC Platform.
 Name—Enter a unique application monitor name. HP recommends using Application
name_host IP address for naming the application monitor.
 Description—Enter a description for the application monitor.
 Traffic Collection Port—Enter the DNS service port. The default value is 53, including TCP 53
and UDP 53. This field appears only when at least one probe is configured for APM.
 Polling Interval (min)—Select a polling interval for the application monitor. Available options
include 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20, and 30. The default polling interval is 5 minutes. A shorter polling
interval provides more accurate real-time data but consumes more system resources.
 Host—Enter the domain name of a website for DNS monitoring. For example, enter
www.hp.com.
 Record Type—Select a record type for the domain name. Available options include AAAA,
CNAME, MX, SOA, A, SPF, NS, SRV, TXT, and PTR. For more information about record types,
see Table 7.
Table 7 Record types
Record Types
Remarks
AAAA
DNS Extensions to Support IP Version 6.
CNAME
Canonical name for an alias.
MX
Mail exchange.
SOA
Start of a zone of authority.
A
Host address.
SPF
Sender Policy Framework.
NS
Authoritative name server.
SRV
Service record, which identifies the location of servers.
TXT
Text strings.
PTR
Domain name pointer.