HP Intelligent Management Center v5.1 SP1 Application Manager Administrator Guide

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11 Application server monitor
This chapter describes how to add and modify the .NET application monitor, and helps you view the
monitor report.
.NET server
.NET is the Microsoft XML Web services platform. XML Web services allow applications to
communicate and share data through the Internet, regardless of operating systems or programming
languages. With the Microsoft .NET platform, you can create XML Web services and integrate the
services as needed.
Adding a .NET server application monitor
APM can monitor .NET servers only through WMI. When you add a .NET application monitor, make
sure the following requirements are satisfied:
• The Windows Server host on which the .NET server is installed must be configured and enabled
with WMI. For information about enabling WMI for Windows Server, see Microsoft Windows
Server online help.
• The .NET server host must be added to the IMC Platform. For information about adding hosts to the
IMC Platform, see IMC Base Platform Administrator Guide for the chapter on resource
management.
• APM must be installed on a Windows host that uses the SQL Server or MySQL database, and
provide the host administrator username and password.
To add a .NET server 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 .NET Server of the Application Server Monitor class.
The page for adding a .NET server application monitor appears.
4. Configure the following parameters for the application monitor:
 Name—Enter the application monitor name, which must be unique in APM. HP recommends
that you use the Application name_host IP address format to name the application monitor.
 Description—Enter a description for the application monitor to aid maintenance.
 IP Address—Click Select and select the host where the .NET server is installed in the Select
Devices window. For
 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 requires higher performance.