This document covers the following Command Central topics that are specific to EntireX:

• Scope

• Monitoring EntireX Broker KPIs

• Configuration Types that EntireX Broker Supports

See also Administering EntireX Broker using the Command Central GUI | Command Line.

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Scope

This section applies to Broker instances running on UNIX and Windows platforms. Since EntireX 10.3 you can also administer EntireX Brokers running on mainframe platforms. See Introduction to Monitoring EntireX Mainframe Broker using Command Central.

For EntireX, you can use Command Central to perform the following operations on EntireX Broker:

• View the EntireX Brokers running in each environment of your IT landscape

• View the versions of EntireX Brokers

• Monitor EntireX Broker installations

• Monitor runtime status, KPIs (key performance indicators), and alerts of EntireX Broker instances

• Start, stop, and restart EntireX Broker

• Configure the following parameters of EntireX Broker:

  • Application Monitoring

  • Attribute File

  • Autostart

  • Monitoring KPIs

  • Persistent Store

  • SSL Ports

  • TCP Ports

  • Security

  • Trace

• Enable and specify EntireX Broker Trace Level temporarily

• Display Services

• Stop Service

• Display Server Instances of a Service

• Stop Server Instance

• Create new EntireX Brokers

• Delete existing EntireX Brokers

For more information see the separate Command Central documentation or the online help provided with Command Central.

Monitoring EntireX Broker KPIs

The visual key performance indicators (KPIs) and alerts enable you to monitor webMethods EntireX Broker's health. The following KPIs help you administer, troubleshoot, and resolve performance issues in EntireX Broker:

KPI	Description
Clients	Number of active clients.
Servers	Number of active servers.
Conversations	Number of active conversations.

Configuration Types that EntireX Broker Supports

The EntireX Broker component supports the configuration instances listed in the following table.

Instance	Type	Use to...
APPLICATION-MONITORING	APPLICATION-MONITORING	Configure Application Monitoring.
ATTRIBUTE-FILE	ATTRIBUTE-FILE	Show and edit the EntireX Broker Attribute file.
BROKER-AUTOSTART	BROKER-AUTOSTART	The autostart value of an EntireX Broker instance determines whether it will be started when the computer is restarted.
SSL	BROKER-PORTS	Show and edit the EntireX Broker SSL Transport parameters.
TCP	BROKER-PORTS	Show and edit the EntireX Broker TCP Transport parameters.
BROKER-PSTORE	BROKER-PSTORE	Define how unit-of-work messages are stored to disk.
BROKER-SECURITY	BROKER-SECURITY	Enable or disable EntireX Broker security.
BROKER-TRACELEVEL	BROKER-TRACELEVEL	Show and edit the EntireX Broker Trace Level.
EXX-MONITORING-KPIS	EXX-MONITORING-KPIS	Show and edit the Monitoring KPI settings, like the marginal and critical bounds, etc.