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• Foglight monitoring log file

  Hi all

  We use the IC 5.6.7 cartridge for our monitoring infra goal. We have a requirement for the windows log file monitoring so that we can trigger alerts based on the words and we have not inherited cartridge more.

  Can we control logs using IC cartridge or any separate available for monitoring log files?

  Please let us know those required as we need.

  Kind regards

  Guenoun

  If it's just normal newspaper followed, you can use the logfilter officer but which does not require a fglam on the computer running target

  http://en.community.Dell.com/TechCenter/performance-monitoring/Foglight-administrators/w/Admins-wiki/5646.monitoring-application-availability-using-Foglight-utility-agents

  Best regards

  Golan

• Foglight monitoring process

  Hi all

  I got a new requirement, in which there are two servers in which we monitor the process as a whole. Is it possible using foglight to monitor any kind of process?

  Need your help in this regard.

  -Shiva

  We can do so with an agent named "appmonitor", it is a part of the supervision of legacy OS.

  You can see and example and information about it here

  http://en.community.Dell.com/TechCenter/performance-monitoring/Foglight-administrators/w/Admins-wiki/5646.monitoring-application-availability-using-Foglight-utility-agents

  Or in e-docs http://edocs.quest.com/foglight/5610/doc/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/frameset.htm?context=cartridgeInf&file=OSCartridge/AppMonitor.1.php&single=true

  Hope this helps

  Golan

• Foglight | Monitoring Exchange | EXC IS a Database Cache Hit percentage

  Hello

  In Foglight 5.6.5, for monitoring of Exchange, 'EXC IS Hit percentage of Database Cache' setting alarm message is null.

  No chance, it is a pasive cluster node?

  There is this article

  https://support.quest.com/SolutionDetail.aspx?ID=SOL108087&PR=Foglight

  108087 knowledge article

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  • Title

    Rule of Database Cache % Hit EXC triggers alarm for the node of cluster pasive despite no activity

  • Description

  Rule of Database Cache % Hit EXC triggers alarm for cluster node paasive despite no database activity

  • Resolution

  Default ID EXC-646 was recorded and will be evaluated for a future release

  • ID of default

  EXC-646

• PS_App could not be found in foglight monitor agent areas

  Hi all

  We have configured the monitor agent PS App for Peoplesoft-Windows machine monitoring. We gave the home path and the path of smoking in the properties of the Agent and the cartridge is 5.6.2.1 we use.

  the agent is unable to find the areas for the host, especially for Windows machines.

  Please suggest some troubleshooting steps to resolve this problem.

  Thank you best regards &,.

  Guenoun

  Gokuinath, I recommend put you foglight agent manager that is associated with the agent of PeopleSoft application in debug mode. With the debug mode, we can see in file of newspaper on what additional information the agent.

  The command below will activate the debug mode without having to restart a foglight agent manager:

  fglam.exe - set-global-debug-level 1

  You must disable and re-enable the peoplesoft application agent that you have worked.

  To do additional debugging, we see the files of fglam newspapers and the foglight peoplesoft agent logs

  David Mendoza

  Foglight Consultant

• Foglight monitoring Exchange - error

  Hi all

  In Exchange for monitoring configuraion, initial stage itself am getting the error below, we are unable to find the exchange server.

  Access error in the ISTEST.com with the supplied user name and password: javax.naming.CommunicationException: ISTEST.com:389 [Root exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect]

  I have attached the snapshot for your reference.

  The most important thing with the exchange agent follows the prerequisites, they are under "System requirements" in the release notes http://edocs.quest.com/foglight/567/files/CartridgeForExchange_5632_ReleaseNotes.html

  Given that most of the problems that we saw had not all the conditions in place pre, I recommend from release notes.

  We all need, otherwise the installation will fail with all sorts of errors

  .

  If you think that you have followed all of the pre conditions and will still have problems there is a diagnostic tool

  http://eDOCS.quest.com/Foglight/567/files/RemoteAccessDiagnostics_Guide.PDF

  Make sure that you run the tool on the computer you want to monitor, and you choose the option for a unique/local server test, the diagnostics tool will specify what is missing in the prerequisites.

  Hope this helps

  Golan

• Foglight - monitor a file

  All,

  I need monitor a single log file. I need to measure growth over time. If she stops to grow for 30 minutes or more, then it should alarm. What would be the best way to handle this?

  Thank you

  I wrote a custom agent that is currently the following measures:

  echo filename. String.ID = $file

  the echo of lastaccess: seconds = $LASTACCESS

  echo user. StringObservation.Obs = $OWNER

  the echo Group. StringObservation.Obs = $GROUP

  accessto the echo. StringObservation.Obs = $ACCESS

  I also have a project that requires the supervision of a file size.

  This custom agent must be updated to support the file size.

  I'll definitely have built this until next Friday.

  The agent has an entry for a specific file name, so you won't need to reverse engineer all xml files. (It's funny:-D))

  If I'm done with it, I'll post to this topic.

  Please note, there will be two cartridges. One is for Linux (bash required) and one for Windows (Powershell 2.0 required).

  Maybe they are suitable for your monitoring needs.

• Foglight monitoring Windows services

  the majority of our servers are running on VM, vFoglight is very convenient on the system and monitoring of resources. But if I have to watch the top and to the bottom of the application processes, without having to install any agent. Any suggestions?

  Yes, you need an agent for each host that you want to monitor the services, but these agents can run remotely, which means that you can have multiple agents on a single host FglAM WindowsHost.

  Concerning

• Foglight | Monitoring Exchange | EXC replication copy queue length

  Hello

  Scope of the rule: EXCReplication

  Scope the object: No available instances

  I am unable to run the report query for this rule due to no avilable instance.

  I've attached screenshots

  Hello

  I am trying to understand the problem here.

  Foglight comes with lots of rules out of the box for a large number of items.

  If the element is there, and the data is there, the rule kicked in and verify the information (that's the idea behind DATA driven rules).

  If the item or data are not there, there is no reason to run the rule.

  Golan

• Then Foglight to monitor a log file specific for the string "error"?

  Hello

  I was wondering if there is way for Foglight monitor a specific log on a server.

  For example, in the path below, we want to be alerted each time that the word ""Error"appears in the"FinancialReporting0.log"

  D:\mw\epm\domains\EPMSystem\servers\FinancialReporting0\logs\FinancialReporting0.log

  An error in the log file example may look like this:

  java.lang.OutofMemoryError:getNewTla

  Is this something Foglight is able to do and if so how?

  Thank you

  Tony

  I know for sure a capacity similar Logfilter will become available in the future. You can check with the management on a release date. You can do this by opening a case of pension.

  David Mendoza

  Foglight Consultant

• Exclude specific hosts to ESXi Foglight Montioring

  Hello world

  I have a number of hosts ESXi (more than 100) I want to exclude the Foglight monitoring all together.

  I think I saw a page that explains how to exclude these ESXi hosts via edit some files in Foglight.

  Can anyone tell how this can be done?

  Thank you

  Hello

  See if that as soon as our edocs does the trick

  http://eDOCS.quest.com/Foglight/571/doc/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/HTML/frameset.htm?context=cartridgeInf&file=vFoglightCartridge-install/CartridgeForVMwareInstall_Installation.17.php&single=true

  Golan

• Foglight 7.0 questions

  1. 1. what happens if everyone else is trying to recover from Foglight monitoring tool? He retrieve the resource and add it to the free pool.
  2. 2 is also there privilege required to retrieve using Foglight.
  3. 3 about the use of resources, is it possible to get the last maximum use of time when it indicates the recovery.
  4. 4. after how many days of surveillance, it will appear as reclaim (probably the resource might be used either during any point during the day, week, month etc.). Is - this configurable?

  Thank you

  Hi Scott,.

  1.) if the optimization and recovery of overallocated resources, it goes back into the pool of capacity.

  (2.) in vSphere privileges are required in order to perform optimization tasks:

  Data store > Browse datastore

  Data store > deleting the file

  Sessions > display and stop sessions

  Virtual machine > Configuration > CPU change

  Virtual machine > Configuration > edit the resource

  Virtual machine > Configuration > memory

  Virtual machine > Interaction > Power Off

  Virtual machine > Interaction > Power On

  Virtual machine > State > remove snapshot

  3.) out of the box, it will show you the peaks of use over a period of 30/60/90 days (30 days by default). It will not show you exactly what that took place, unless you beforehand, where you set the deadlines for a longer period and look at the graphic CPU/memory use peak.

  4.) it will make the recommendations immediately. For new installations, we recommend that you wait 30 days before the implementation of the recommendations. It is configurable to 30/60/90 days. It's in the settings link. For an existing customer, you can implement immediately, given that the data collected throughout the.

  Kevin

• In a tool such as Foglight events about APM-driven alerts

  Hi all

  Our company is currently having an internal debate whether Foglight can replace IBM Netcool Omnibus.  I had a conference call with Gartner last week to discuss the surveillance as a whole and one gentlemen on the phone said that "Foglight can replace Omnibus' which has left me a bit confused because I know that we have had these discussions with Dell, who said that they are not a replacement for Netcool Omnibus. Unfortunately, we ran out of time and I couldn't get their probe on this statement.

  We currently use the functionality of Netcool Omnibus in 5 ways that are:

  Event command line injection

  There is a binary called postzmsg which is drawn from the command line with parameters that contain the severity, summary, on call group and so on.

  Syslog monitoring
  Omnibus has a probe called syslog that we use for monitoring Oracle database log files and trigger events in Omnibus if specific events are found in the newspaper.  This is done in real time.

  SNMP traps
  Omnibus currently listening to breaks SNMP of some of our products like CA Autosys and cypress trees of the ASG.

  
  

  E-mail

  Omnibus was an electronic probe that monitors a specific e-mail (Google) for specifically formatted e-mail account and then turns them into an Omnibus event.  We use usually this method as a last resort because it is dependent on the e-mail.

  Automation of self-correction
  Omnibus contains what is called "Actions".  We can search for specific events, and then take corrective action with Automation in Omnibus to fix what caused the event. An example of this would be with our product CA Autosys.  Omnibus search specifically for events 'pulse' every 5 minutes. These heartbeats are sent directly by a job in Autosys which in turn proves Autosys is running.  If Omnibus does not see the heart beat, she considers as inactive Autosys and run scripts which then try to restart Autosys save.  Omnibus then reports if this attempt succeeded or failed and worsens the severity according to its conclusions.

  Please keep in mind that all of these methods are with an event-driven approach rather than a performance-based approach.

  I really need to have a clear picture on whether and how the Foglight can cope with the event focused on issues.

  I asked Dell technical support who said the follow-up:

  You may be able to use a script agent to meet your needs.  The script agent could return data to the FMS and you could have a rule that fires based on the data returned.You would be responsible to creating the script used by the agent.  There is a "Builiding Script Agents" section under the "Customizing Your Environment with Tooling | Building Script Agents" in the Foglight Administration and Configuration guide.
  

  Has anyone had experience with this? What was the result? Do you use today? Advantages vs disadvantages?

  If anyone has the source code example that it would be really appreciated! I am also very interested in hearing other thoughts which have Foglight and another tool such as Omnibus or other tools and how they use with Foglight or if they withdrew these tools after having long Foglight.

  Thanks to you all! Looking forward to your answers!

  Larry Roberts

  Larry,

  Foglight can be configured to monitor the applications where an out of the box cartridge (module) was not developed and delivered with the product. There are several ways to customize Foglight.

  Event command line injection

  Looks like you want to send alarms foglight via a command line program. It is feasible because there are available with Foglight APIs to create alarms.

  Syslog monitoring

  Foglight monitoring logs with the logfilter agent. You can set the strings that need to be searched (when a log file is updated by your applications), then specify the corresponding string (based on regular expressions) is a warning, critcal or a fatal alert.

  For monitoring of log files from the database, which is available with the cartridges of the database (DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase) delivered with Foglight.

  SNMP traps

  Foglight can receive (out of the box) SNMP traps and convert them to Foglight alarms.

  
  

  E-mail

  I study further on this request. Basically, it takes an e-mail player that puts the emails in a log file that will read the Foglight LogFilter agent and search for error conditions.

  Automation of self-correction Foglight rules have actions that can be performed in the cases where the rule detects specific conditions as the processor high as a basic example and then run the scripts commands, scripts remotely, send SNMP traps, invoke a JavaEE trace, etc. A custom agent could be developed to run your heartbeat AutoSys and then search for an answer to a file or stdout and update a Foglight table that is being tested in a rule.

  David Mendoza

  Foglight Consultant

• Foglight - Manager of managers or more specialized?

  Good afternoon

  We're just is getting ready to implement Foglight and I had questions regarding if mainly on door Foglight monitoring the performance or if Foglight is considered what the industry calls a 'Manager of managers' and so far I have not been able to find a clear answer on this. We would however get to a window unique globally within our area of surveillance. Most of the packages followed are more specialized packages.

  That being said, Foglight envisages not only a pack, but also a 'Manager of managers' monitoring of the performance or Foglight is a more specialized tool for the end user experience and performance within our area of surveillance monitoring? If in fact it is considered to be a "Manager of managers", anyone integrates Foglight for products such as...

  IBM Netcool Omnibus

  SolarWinds

  Access

  And much more...

  Y at - it support for these tools and Foglight connectors?  I see that Quest has partnered with Netcool/Omnibus in the past...

  http://www.quest.com/newsroom/news-releases-show.aspx?ContentId=378

  I guess that this partnership has been advanced due to the fact that each specialize in your own areas supervisory? We have two Omnibus and now Foglight.

  How Quest sees the role of these products such as Netcool/Omnibus and Foglight?

  With online research them I found it seems that in most cases that both products are integrated with one another more so to replace another.

  Which would be a correct statement?

  If Foglight is not considered a 'Manager of managers', quest has a specific product that's who would incorporate such packages as Foglight and Netcool/Omnibus?

  In this search on the web site of search I found a product called Operations Manager who seemed to do this thing though, it may be that Foglight can do that as well.

  I hope that some of you in the community can comment on that.

  Thank you!

  Larry

  Foglight has been in development since 1997 and has been proven as a business application and solution operating in environments of large and small performance monitoring. You can review the foglight documentation to determine the robustness of the ability of observation in edocs.quest.com

  David Mendoza

  Foglight Consultant

• ASP set of command line

  Hello

  Anyone is able to change the values of the ASP for the command line (or groovy), I want to change a large number of selected agents.

  A previous post talks about using asp: together, but looking at the option of the command cmd - fglcmd.sh there isn't like asp: together.

  Another option that I have that is not perfect because it will take a manual step, is if I could define tags agent from the command line and then change groups, everyone does it?

  See you soon

  Andy

  example of another post - /opt/foglight/*_FMS/bin/fglcmd.sh - fog usr - pwd fog cmd - asp: together - agentId - configName SQL2005 - keyName InstanceName-value

  ./fglcmd.sh - usr pwd - xx xx - cmd commands

  Agent:

  activate active agent.

  clients display a list of known clients.

  clientupgrade upgrades a remote clients.

  Create creates an instance of an agent.

  Disable disables an agent.

  Delete Deletes an agent.

  deploy deploys an agent.

  GetLog retrieves a specific agent to log file.

  list displays a list of known agents.

  newspaper displays a list of agent log files.

  Packages displays a list of packages available agent.

  SetSchedule assigns a blackout schedule to an officer Foglight.

  showschedule displays a list of schedules of blackout attributed to agents.

  Start starts an agent.

  Stop stops an agent.

  types displays a list of the agents known by the name of the agent host.

  cartridge:

  Disable disables a Foglight cartridge installed.

  enable activates a Foglight cartridge installed.

  Install install and activate a Foglight cartridge (on by default).

  list of all installed Foglight cartridges.

  uninstall Uninstalls a Foglight cartridge.

  License:

  import installs a license.

  list displays a list of installed licenses.

  Remove Removes a license.

  Migration:

  agent to migrate a 4 Foglight agent instance.

  cancel the task migration Cancel that are planned or underway.

  createhostalias create a host alias 5 foglight for a host Foglight 4.

  data migrate the data collected for an agent instance Foglight 4.

  DCM migrate a DCM Foglight 4.

  items in the list all elements of a given Foglight 4 server migration or all servers registered Foglight 4.

  listhostalias list all alias host 5 foglight Foglight 4 guests.

  Get status and migration of the newspapers associated with an element of migration log.

  Refresh refresh a Server 4 Foglight recorded to reflect changes on the server.

  Grid Server 4 Foglight for migration.

  removehostalias remove a host alias 5 foglight for a host Foglight 4.

  unregister Unregister a Server 4 Foglight recorded (already migrated items will not be affected).

  Schedule:

  list displays a list of all the annexes Foglight.

  script:

  Run executes a script.

  Security:

  assigngroup assign a user to a group.

  assignrole assign a group to a role.

  CreateGroup Create a group.

  CreateUser to create a user.

  DeleteGroup remove a group.

  DeleteUser removes a user.

  exportldapcfg LDAP integration in the export settings.

  integration of LDAP Import importldapcfg settings.

  list security artifacts.

  support:

  Bundle creates a support group.

  ClientBundle creates and get a bundle of a client to delete support.

  topology:

  blackoutobject assigns a calendar of blackout to topology or objects.

  electricity lists all assigned to objects of topology power cuts.

  util:

  ConfigExport exports Foglight monitoring policy.

  ConfigImport matter a Foglight political control.

  display approx. Foglight Server configurations

  metricexport exports metric observations by request.

  Topologyexport export topology object's properties.

  uiexport exports a WCF module.

  uiimport matter a WCF module.

  UIList displays a list of the deployed modules of WCF.

  I found an environment to test this script in.

  I discovered that there was a mismatch between the ' / monitoredHost/name "used by the agent of systeme_windows and the virtual 'name' machine, which this script assumes must match.

  Adjust the gap, I changed:

  /vmName = val.get("name").toLowerCase)

  TO:

  vmName = server. DataService.retrieveLatestValue (val, 'dnsName')? value?. toLowerCase()

  After you make this change, the script worked are expected. Note that not all the virtual machines in my test environment had a "dnsName" (where the ""? "to protect themselves against the null value"), if this method can not be infallible.

  Kind regards

  Brian Wheeldon