Smart Plug-in for WebLogic Server User's Guide

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Chapter 1: WebLogic Server SPI Concepts
How the SMART Plug-In for WebLogic Server Works
How the SMART Plug-In for WebLogic
Server Works
WebLogic Server SPI (WLS-SPI) messaging, reporting, and action-executing
capabilities are based on the OVO concept of templates. The settings within
these templates define various conditions within the WebLogic Server. Once in
use, WLS-SPI templates allow information to be sent back to the OpenView
Operations management server to help you proactively address potential or
existing problems and avoid serious disruptions to Web transaction processing.
HOW WLS-SPI COLLECTS AND INTERPRETS
SERVER PERFORMANCE/AVAILABILITY INFORMATION
The WebLogic Server SPI, once configured and deployed to managed nodes,
gathers data that is interpreted and acted upon, according to settings within the
deployed templates. Those templates, described in a later section, define
conditions that can occur within the WebLogic Server, such as queue throughput
rates, cache use percentages, timeout rates, average transaction times, etc.
Default thresholds, set within the templates, monitor these conditions and trigger
messages to the console when a threshold has been exceeded.