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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter AppSpeed User’s Guide
- Contents
- AppSpeed Overview
- Viewing Performance Data
- About Views
- View Summary Data for Applications and Servers
- View Application Data
- View Server Data
- View Transaction Data
- Performance Indicators
- Working with the Topology Map
- AppSpeed Administration
- Event Management
- Upgrading AppSpeed
- Troubleshooting
- Index
VMware vCenter AppSpeed User’s Guide
36 VMware, Inc.
View Thresholds and Monitoring Settings
YoucanviewthethresholdsandSLAmonitoringsettings.
To view threshold and monitoring settings
1Inanapplicationview,clickThresholdSettingsonthepageselectionbar.
2IfSLAMonitoringisenabled,youcanviewthemonitoredtransactions
Aseparateentryappearsforeachtransaction,including:
Modified:Ifachangeismadeinthesettingsfo r thetransactionbutnotapplied,afla giconappears.
Name:Thenameofthetransactionandaniconindicatingitsstate.Separaterowsappearfor
Latency andErrorsimmediatelybeloweachtransactionname.
Monitor:AnOnorOfficonindicateswhetherAppSpeedmonitorsthresholdsandgeneratesevents
forthetransaction.
Warning:Thethresholdfortherespectivewarningstate,ifdefined.
SLA:ThethresholdfortherespectiveSLAviolationstate,ifdefined.
Unavailable:Thethresholdfortherespectiveunavailablestate,ifdefined.
Average:Theaverageperformancelevelfortheselectedtimeframe.
Updated:Thedateandtimeofthelastthresholdsettingsupdate.
SLA Monitoring
YoucanenableordisableSLAmonitoringperapplicationorpertransaction.Whendisabled,thresholdsare
notmonitoredandeventsarenotgeneratedforstatechanges.
Enable or Disable SLA Monitoring of an Application
IfyouenableSLAmonitoringforanapplication,itisenabledfortheapplicationandforallofitstransactions.
IfyoudisableSLAmonitoring,youcannotsetSLAthresholdsforitstransactions.
To enable SLA monitoring for an application
1IntheThresholdSettingspagefortheapplication,selectSLAMonitoringEnabled.
2FromtheSensitivitydrop‐down
menu,selectthesensitivityofstatechangesinresponsetodetected
deviationsinperformancelevels,basedonthenumberofhitsandtheirpersistenceovertime.
High:Triggerastatechangewithinaminuteofdetectingtheonsetofdeviations.
Medium:Triggerastatechangeafterde tectingtheonsetofdev iationsthatpersistfor5minutesorlonger.
Low:Triggerastateafterdetectingtheonsetofdeviationsthatpersistfor30minutesorlonger.
3 (Optional)ClickGotoMailNotificationSettingstoconfigureAppSpeedtosendemailnotifications
regardingstatechanges(see“ConfigureEmailNotifications”onpage 38).
To disable SLA monitoring for an application
IntheThresholdSettingspagefortheapplication,selectSLA
MonitoringDisabled.
Enable or Disable SLA Monitoring of Transactions
YoucanenableordisableSLAmonitoringforspecifictransactions.Tomonitoratransaction,SLAmonitoring
mustbeenabledfortheapplicationtowhichitbelongs.
DisablingSLAmonitoringdoesnotremoveanysavedthresholdsettings,howeverthetransactionisnolonger
monitoredforchangesinperformancelevelsbasedonthose
thresholds.
NOTEIfSLAmonitoringisdisabledforanapplication,youcannotenablemonitoringofitstransactions.