ManageEngine® Applications Manager Chapter 3.1 Understanding Applications Manager |
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Applications Manager is a web-based monitoring tool that manages the performance of applications, servers, databases, systems, services, websites, and JMX/SNMP-based custom applications in a complex IT infrastructure.
You can find seven module tabs at the top which are explained as follows:
Intro |
Introduction Page of Applications Manager. It gives an overview of the working of Applications Manager. |
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Has four views: Summary, Business View, Availability and Performance
Business View: The business view provides you a graphical snapshot of the entire business infrastructure which is being monitored. This view displays the various Monitors associated to Monitor Groups along with its health and availability.
Availability: Gives the Availability history of the Monitors/ Monitor Groups in a snapshot. You can get the data for either the last 24 hours or the last 30 days.
Performance: Gives the Health history and events of Monitor/Monitor Groups in a dashboard. You can get the data for either the last 24 hours or the last 30 days (excluding today).
Custom Dashboards: Apart from the already available dashboards, you can create your own custom dashboards by using different widgets.
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Lists all the Monitor Types supported and provides the number of Monitor being discovered in the network. You can also click on the Monitor Types to view information of their Monitors. On clicking the Monitor Types, you can view the Availability Dashboard, Performance Dashboard and the List View that shows the performance attributes of the Monitor in detail. | |
Lists the alarms generated by the Monitor and their attributes, based on predefined thresholds. The view is customizable such that you can view alarms for all or for particular application or Monitor Type, list 10/25/50/75/100/125 entries in a single view, etc. | |
Lists the Monitor Groups and the different Monitor Types for which the reports are generated. Reports can be viewed based on attributes listed for the corresponding Monitor Type. | |
Provides information on getting assistance from the Applications Manager Technical center. It also provides monitoring information on Applications Manager which monitors itself. | |
Lists the admin operations such as creating new application, new Monitor, etc. to be performed for monitoring. |
The left frame consists of links for easy navigation and the top frame consists of links such as Talk back, Help, Personalize etc. common in all the screens. To know more details on these links and icon representation, refer to the Web Client section. The various tables in the web client can be dragged and arranged as per your requirement
Note: Have a look at Getting Started - How to Demos from Website.
Under Monitor tab, you can see all the monitors listed down. There are six different views
Category View |
Lists the monitors according to the various categories like Applications Servers, Database Servers etc., |
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Bulk Config View |
Lists all the details of the monitors that are monitored. From this view you can carry out bulk admin operations like updating user name and passwords across monitors. Refer Bulk Configuration for further details. |
Business View |
In this view, the Monitors will be arranged in an default order.You can re-arrange the Monitors and click on the floppy disk icon to save the view. You can also zoom in and out of the view, and save the zoom level which is optimal for your viewing.
Business View has the following properties.You can edit the view by clicking on Settings icon and selecting the Edit View from the menu.
You can create multiple views for a Monitor Group. Click on the Settings icon in the business view and select Create New View. By providing various details like Update Monitor time interval, Reload interval, opting to select Monitor and Monitor Groups and Sub Groups you can create a custom view.
In addition, you can also edit its apperance of the view . Go to the Display Properties tab and provide the following details:
Publishing the View: Applications Manager allows you to embed these Business View in intranet/internet portals by selecting the menu option 'Publish The View' from Settings and copy the iframe details and pasting it in the webpages. |
Google Map View |
Maps all the monitor groups in a Google Map. Refer Google Map Business view for further details. |
Icon View |
Lists all the monitors using icons, shows the host and the monitors assosciated with it symbolically |
Table View |
Lists the monitors within the host in a tabular format. |
Plasma View |
The plasma view enables you to have a snapshot of what is happening with the monitors, at one glance. The view can be put up on a plasma screen, and you can have a look even when you are not in front of the monitor. |
Monitor Group View |
Lists all Monitor Groups and the Sub-Groups available. You can associate Monitors, Copy Paste Monitor, configure alarms through this Monitor Group View itself. (as like Bulk Config view). In addition, you can enable or disable actions via this view itself, i.e, even if you have already configured actions like sending EMail, through 'disable action' you can prevent EMail action. |
Getting Started |
Prerequisites for Applications Manager |