Using persistent monitoring
Persistent monitoring is a subsystem of InterChange Server 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.
Perform the following steps to configure system-wide parameters of
persistent monitoring.
- Open the Edit Configuration tool by doing the following:
- Open System Manager.
- Right-click the server under Server Instances in the
InterChange Server Component Management view, and click Edit
Configuration.
The upper-right section of the System Manager window becomes a tool from
which you can edit the InterchangeServer.cfg file.
- Click the Misc tab (see Figure 16).
Figure 16. Edit Configuration tool, Misc tab

- Under Persistent Monitoring, do the following:
- If you want InterChange Server to continue running in the event of errors
experienced by the persistent monitoring system, select Continue in
the Action on error list.
- If you want InterChange Server to shut down in response to errors with the
subsystem, select Shutdown in the Action on error
list.
- To specify the tracing level for the subsystem, select the desired tracing
level in the Persistent monitoring service list.
Perform the following steps to access the results of persistent
monitoring:
- Open System Monitor.
- Select one of the following views in the Views column to
display historical state and statistical information:
- Collaboration History
- Server History
