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

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Adding a SOAP-based Web service application monitor
APM monitors a SOAP-based Web service through the HTTP port that service uses. When you add a
SOAP-based Web service application monitor, make sure the following requirements are satisfied:
• The host on which the SOAP-based Web service you want to monitor is located 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.
• Obtain the username and password used to access the SOAP-based Web service if the service
requires identity authentication.
To add an application monitor for the SOAP-based Web service:
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 SOAP Service of the Web Service Monitor class.
The page for adding a SOAP-based Web service 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 SOAP-based Web service is located in the
Select Devices window.
 Port—Enter the HTTP port used by the SOAP-based Web service.
 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.
 Username/Password—Enter the username and password used to access the SOAP-based
Web service if the service requires identity authentication.
 Path—Enter the URL of the SOAP-based Web service. Do not include the IP address or port
information in the URL. APM determines whether the SOAP-based Web service is available by
accessing the specified URL.
 Contact—Enter the contact information, such as name, email address, and telephone number.
 Related Applications—Click Add. The Select Applications window appears. Select the
applications that the SOAP-based Web service depends on, and click OK. You cannot select
operating system applications, such as Windows XP, Windows Server, AIX, FreeBSD,
OpenBSD, HP-UX, Solaris, Mac OS, and Linux. You can view the dependencies between
applications in a topology view.
 Detect Application—Enable or disable application detection. Application detection enables
APM to verify connection to the application by using the previous parameter settings, and to
determine whether to add the application monitor based on the verification result. APM adds
the application monitor only when it can connect to the application. If you do not select this
parameter, APM will add the application monitor without verifying the connection.