Practical SolarWinds APM and Citrix
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Practical SolarWinds APM and Citrix
Categories: Presentation Server, 413 words1 feedback •We start to play with APM on SolarWinds. APM stands for Application Performance Monitoring, it can poke into Windows services, WMI, scripting etc. It also incorporate the convenience of monitoring protocols and ports.
The following is a brief introduction on how to set up alert in SolarWinds to monitor Citrix XML Service on XML Broker.
1. In Solarwinds homepage, click “Application Performance Monitor” on the Modules row. We are now on the “APM Application Summary” page.
2. Click “APM Settings” to create new Application. Click “AppBuilder” to start the wizard.
3. Take “Citrix XML Broker” as example.
a. Select “Windows Service Monitor” as the first componet, click “Next”;b. Select “Create a new component monitor” at next step, and click “Next”;
c. Type “ServerName” in the server list (or click browse to choose from the list), and “Citrix Service Account” in the Choose Credential drop down list. Click “Next”;
d. Now we will see all Windows Services for this server listed, including Running and Stopped Windows Service. Select CtxHttp Citrix XML Service, then click “Next”;
e. Now type “Citrix XML Service” as the Monitor Name, accept all default settings, and click “Next”;
f. In “New Application Monitor Template”, type “Citrix XML Broker” and click “Next”;
g. Now select from the tree view list the desired nodes (computers) to be monitored, and click “Next”;
h. Then click “OK, CREATE” button to finish the APM.4. After setting up the APM, we can jump to the Solarwinds console to set up the alerting:
a. Log on to Solarwinds Console, in All Programs, click “SolarWinds Orion”, Alerting, Reporting, and Mapping, then click Advanced Alert Manager;
b. Click Configure Alerts, the click “New” to create new alert;
c. Type “Citrix XML Broker” in the Name field;
d. Select “Trigger Condition” tab, and add the following simple conditions:
i. Application Name is equal to Citrix XML Broker
ii. Appliation Status is not equal to Up
iii. Node Status is not equal to Down
e. Select “Trigger Actions” tab, click “Add New Action”, choose the “Send an E-mail/Page”, and click “OK”;
f. In the action details fields, type the recipient’s email address in “To” field, change From E-Mail Account details if you need. In the message area, type in the subject and Message content. You can use variables. The SMTP fields are prefilled. In Alert Escalation tab, select appropriate options regarding to alert acknowledgement and alert repeating.
g. Once these finished, you can test the Alert to check the alert format.Permalink
