IBM Integration Bus (Message Broker) Insight Pack

Overview

The IBM Integration Bus (Message Broker) Insight Pack facilitates data ingestion and metadata searches of the IBM Integration Bus (Message Broker) logs files in IBM Operations Analytics – Log Analysis to enable faster problem identification.

The Insight Pack supports searching and indexing of the following:

• console logs

– UNIX/Linux: /var/mqsi/components/broker_name/execution_group_uuid\console.txt

– Windows: workpath\components\broker_name\execution_group_uuid\console.txt

where workpath is the Message Broker defined working directory.

The console.txt log file includes information about the Broker ID, messages from the Message Broker, log record time stamps, Universally Unique ID for IBM Integration Bus objects, and Java exceptions.

• Syslog

– UNIX/Linux: The syslog is the local error log.

The configuration of your UNIX/Linux system determines where the syslog messages are sent.

The Insight Pack can be installed with IBM Operations Analytics – Log Analysis 1.3.0.0 or higher.

IBM Integration Bus Insight Pack Dashboard

You can use the IBM Integration Bus (Message Broker) Insight Pack dashboard example app to visualize data from the Integration Bus (Message Broker) logs. Use the Insight Pack dashboard to find Integration Bus (Message Broker) related problems in the shortest time, and drill down into the problem to identify the root cause.

The Insight Pack app contains the following charts:

BIP2001I:Brk start, BIP2228E: Brk Abend

Displays broker start and end events.

BIP2208I: EG start, BIP2204I: EG Stop

Displays execution group start and end events.

HTTP Listener Start

Displays HTTP listener events.

Error, Warning and Info messages

Displays the distribution of error, warning, and information logs over time.

Additional information

The following artifacts are created when the IBM Integration Bus (Message Broker) Insight Pack is installed:

Splitter file set: MsgBrokerSplitter, MsgBrokerSyslog_Splitter

Annotator file set: MsgBrokerAnnoator, MsgBrokerSyslog_Annoator

Source type: Message Broker  console log,  Message Broker  Syslog

Dash.app: Sample Dashboard for Syslog