Using persistent monitoring

Persistent monitoring is a subsystem of InterChange Server Express that monitors and stores historical state and statistical information of collaboration objects, connectors and the system as a whole. You can use persistent monitoring with system components or with the entire system.

You configure the various levels of persistent monitoring for system components from the Set Options dialog box in System Monitor. Those procedures are included in the previous section, Customizing data:

To configure system-wide persistent monitoring, you use the Edit Configuration tool in System Manager. This section describes how to configure system-wide persistent monitoring with the Edit Configuration tool and how to access the results of system-wide persistent monitoring from System Monitor.

Note:
You must consider the database volume requirements and a data deletion strategy when planning the number of components being monitored and the frequency at which they are monitored. For more information about implementing database volume requirements, see the System Implementation Guide.

Steps for configuring system-wide parameters for persistent monitoring

Perform the following steps to configure system-wide parameters of persistent monitoring.

  1. Open the Edit Configuration tool by doing the following:

    The upper-right section of the System Manager window becomes a tool from which you can edit the InterchangeServer.cfg file.

  2. Click the Misc tab (see Figure 16).

    Figure 16. Edit Configuration tool, Misc tab


  3. Under Persistent Monitoring, do the following:

Steps for accessing the results from persistent monitoring

Perform the following steps to access the results of persistent monitoring:

  1. Open System Monitor.
  2. Select one of the following views in the Views column to display historical state and statistical information:

For more information on using default views, see Steps for using default views. Alternatively, you can create your own views that can contain historical data. For more information on creating views, see Steps for creating your own views.

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