Monitoring virtual application instances

You can monitor virtual application instances that are deployed in the cloud.

Before you begin

You must have the Workload resources administration with full permissions to complete this task. Ensure that the System Monitoring shared service and the System Monitoring for WebSphere® Application Server shared service, if you plan to use it, are deployed.

About this task

The System Monitoring shared service provides the monitoring infrastructure that allows monitoring agents to collect performance and availability information. You can use this information to troubleshoot your system and make business decisions about your hardware and service usage.

You can extend the System Monitoring shared service to collect performance and availability data about middleware applications in a cloud group. Monitoring services for middleware are separate shared services that are deployed in addition to the base System Monitoring shared service. You can deploy the System Monitoring for WebSphere Application Server service in a cloud group to collect performance and availability data from applications that are running on virtual applications within that cloud group. The shared service uses a monitoring agent and data collector to collect the data from these applications.

Notes:

If the System Monitoring for WebSphere Application Server service is deployed, monitoring for application servers is installed on all virtual machines with WebSphere Application Server components. For information about middleware that is supported for monitoring, see the Related information section.
The System Monitoring for HTTP Servers service is not currently supported for use with virtual applications.

Procedure

Click Patterns > Virtual Application Instances.
Select the instance that you want to monitor.
Click Manage.
Click the Monitoring tab.

For more information about the monitoring agents for databases and web applications, see the Related concepts and Related information sections.