S-TAP® and GIM dashboard

This dashboard presents S-TAP and GIM health, status, version, and other information through several easy-to-use charts.

Data for the S-TAP and GIM dashboard is derived from the deployment health topology and table views. For more information, see Deployment health views.

Open the dashboard at Manage > System View > S-TAP and GIM Dashboard.

The dashboard is divided into three sections:
S-TAP charts
Charts in this section support dynamic filtering: click on a chart element to filter the other charts by that element. For example, clicking Db2 on the Databases by inspection engine chart filters the other S-TAP charts so they only display information for S-TAPs with Db2 inspection engines. Use the Remove link to clear dynamic filters.
  • S-TAP health summarizes S-TAP health status.
  • S-TAPs by version shows how many S-TAPs are operating at specific version levels.
  • Databases by inspection engine shows the different database types that are known in the environment.
  • S-TAPs by operating system shows the different operating systems that are known in the environment. For Linux-UNIX operating systems, each distribution is represented by a vertical bar and the bars are segmented by version. For example, with two different versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), the chart shows a single rhel bar divided into two segments (one for each version of RHEL). Similarly, one bar is used for Windows and the bar is segmented by version.
  • S-TAPS with recent traffic. Use the Configure traffic metric link or use the customize icon and select the Traffic ignore list tab to create a list of hosts to exclude for the traffic metric. To exclude all traffic metrics for all hosts, use the customize icon and clear the Traffic check box on the Health settings tab.
    Important: The list of hosts ignored for the traffic metric is shared between the S-TAP and GIM dashboard, the Deployment health topology, and the Deployment health table.
Historical charts
  • S-TAP count shows the number of S-TAP that have detected traffic during the specified time period. Use the change settings icon to set the time period.
  • Inspection engine count shows the number of inspection engines that have detected traffic at 1-hour intervals for the past 3 hours. Use the change settings icon to set the time period.
GIM charts
  • GIM status summarizes the GIM client status information.
  • GIM clients by version.
  • S-TAP vs. GIM
Note: For S-TAPs or Guardium systems before V11.1, the operating system is listed only by the categories Linux-UNIX or Windows.
All charts are interactive such that hovering over a chart element shows details and tallies for that element. For example, hovering over a specific status bar in the S-TAP health chart shows the total number of S-TAPs with that status:
S-TAP health chart
For each chart, use the click to maximize icon to view a detailed table of the underlying data. The table views provide several troubleshooting features:
  • Column sorting.
  • Filtering using the Filter overall status by check boxes and the Filter text field.
  • For S-TAP charts, view underlying inspection engines by expanding individual S-TAP rows.
  • For S-TAP charts, investigate problems by selecting an individual S-TAP and using the Reports > S-TAP events report. If the S-TAP is associated with multiple collectors, each collector is shown in its own tab in the report.

This view can show invalid S-TAPs. Invalid S-TAPs are similar to inactive S-TAPs, but they only appear in a some deployment health and deployment dashboard views. Use the delete_invalid_stap API command to remove invalid S-TAPs.