Tuning IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor

The major components of IBM® Sterling Control Center Monitor are the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor Engine, the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor Console, and the database server. All three affect the overall performance and must be run separately on high-powered hardware.

IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor does much more than display the status of managed servers. It collects activity data from servers, processes the data and, as part of the processing, stores the data in the database. In addition, data processing includes applying rules and SLCs. IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor performance is measured by the number of events it processes per second. Running any component on an underpowered machine will have a negative impact on the overall performance.

Review the following guidelines and implement those that will work in your environment.

General Tuning

Multiple threads and services on the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor engine simultaneously collect data from different managed servers, process data, and issue database commands to the database server. The database server must be powerful enough to handle all these concurrent requests. Because database operation is I/O intensive, the database server should be run on a machine with fast I/O devices.

Review the following general guidelines related to your environment and network:

  • For both UNIX and Microsoft Windows systems, no other application should be installed on the same file system or drive where IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor is installed.
  • Do not run any other application, including anti-virus software, on the machine where the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor engine is running.
  • Make sure that the network connectivity between the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor engine and the database server is on a high-speed network.
  • Use a multi-CPU machine for the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor engine when monitoring a large number of servers. No other tuning will help an underpowered machine.