EntireX and other Software AG products provide multiple approaches to monitor your EntireX environment:
If you have already decided on a monitoring approach, the tables provide quick links to the relevant sections of the documentation. If you are unsure which approach to take, document Introduction to Monitoring Approaches describes the approaches briefly and links to the relevant sections of the documentation for further reading.
This section lists various EntireX monitoring approaches. Links are provided to other sections of the EntireX documentation, where these approaches are described in more detail.
| Monitoring Approach | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Application Monitoring | Monitor an application along its message path - measuring response times at multiple measuring points. |  More info |
| Monitoring Scripts | Monitor EntireX components (Broker and RPC Servers), either as snapshot or over time in CVS files. | More info |
| Monitoring from the Command-line | Lists monitoring approaches from command-line which can be used for automation processes. | More info |
| Command Central | Perform administrative tasks (configuration, management, monitoring, ...) remotely from a single location. | More info |
| Mainframe Broker Monitoring | Monitor your mainframe broker with Command Central. | More info |
| webMethods EntireX Adapter for Integration Server | Monitor the EntireX Adapter with the IS Administration Console, | More info |
| Watching the Default Broker View in Designer/Eclipse | Quick status of the EntireX Default Broker and the active RPC services registered to it. | More info |
Notes:
| Utility | Description | z/OS | UNIX | Windows | BS2000 | |
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| ETBCMD | Take actions against a broker - for example purge a unit of work, stop a server, etc. | More info |
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| ETBINFO | Query the broker for different types of information and format the output with profiles | More info |
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| EXXMSG | Command-line utility for displaying text of an EntireX error message. | More info |
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EntireX and other Software AG products provide multiple approaches to monitor your EntireX environment:
The following difference is significant:
The first approach, Application Monitoring, monitors an EntireX application along its message path - back and forth - measuring response times at multiple measuring points.
The other approaches monitor EntireX on an infrastructure component level, for exampe EntireX Broker or EntireX RPC servers.
This section will help you decide on the right approach for your organization.
Application Monitoring is an EntireX feature that enables you to monitor the response times in your distributed applications, and it also enables you to monitor certain error situations. The heart of Application Monitoring is the EntireX Application Monitoring Data Collector, which collects the response time data of each involved software component of selected synchronous EntireX RPC services. The Application Monitoring Data Collector stores the KPI values in CSV (comma-separated values) files. The files can be processed by any third-party tool that supports CSV files, for example Microsoft Excel. Alternatively, you can hook in your own monitoring back end, using the callback user exit of the Data Collector.
Third-party Tool
Use this method if you want to have a quick look at the results, using any tool that supports CSV files (for example Microsoft
Excel).
Callback User Exit
Use the callback user exit of the Data Collector to hook in your own monitoring back end.
Write a Java class that implements the DataCollectorCallback interface and make it known to the Data Collector.
Use this method if you want to feed arbitrary monitoring back ends in real time.
See Callback User Exit under Setting up the External Application Monitoring Data Collector in the Application Monitoring documentation.
See the Application Monitoring documentation for more details.
There are three different ways of monitoring EntireX from the command line:
Software AG Command Central is a tool you can use to perform administrative tasks remotely from a single location. It can assist with configuration, management and monitoring tasks. As an operator you can monitor server status and health, as well as start and stop servers from a single location. You can also configure alerts to be sent in case of unplanned outages. For each registered instance, you can see up to three KPIs in Command Central's instance overview.
Command Central offers a browser-based user interface, but you can also automate tasks by using commands to remotely execute actions from a terminal or custom script (for example CI servers such as Jenkins, or generic configuration management tools such as Puppet or Chef). It can assist with the following configuration, management, and monitoring tasks:
The core Command Central documentation is provided separately and is also available under Guides for Tools Shared by Software AG Products on the Software AG documentation website. See the following sections for EntireX-specific information:
EntireX Broker (UNIX and Windows)
Administering EntireX Broker using the Command Central Command Line
EntireX Broker (Mainframe)
EntireX Mainframe Broker Monitoring using the Command Central Command Line
RPC Servers
Administering the EntireX RPC Server for C | CICS Socket Listener | .NET | IMS Connect | Java | IBM MQ | XML/SOAP using the Command Central Command Line
The command-line utility ETBINFO queries the Broker for different types of
information, generating an output text string with basic formatting. This text
output can be further processed by script languages. ETBINFO uses data
descriptions called profiles to control the type of data that is returned for a
request. ETBINFO is useful for monitoring and administering EntireX Broker
efficiently - for example, how many users are to run concurrently and whether
the number of specified message containers is large enough.
For more information see ETBINFO under z/OS | UNIX | Windows | BS2000.
The monitoring scripts available with EntireX allow you to define your environment, to monitor it and to define actions in case of an error. Although the scripts are installed and run on Microsoft Windows, you can monitor your EntireX environment that is running on any other operating system. You can specify any broker accessible in the network, for example one running under z/OS. The scripts can be used with brokers of any supported EntireX version.
The monitoring scripts provide a solution to the following scenarios:
"I want a quick overview of my standard broker and a list of active external services that are running." More info
"I want to monitor an EntireX component (broker, service, client) over time." More info
"I want to monitor my environment and check that all components (broker, RPC servers) are up and running." More info
You can select the scripts from the EntireX Monitoring Scripts Menu or call the individual scripts from the command-line. For more information see the separate documentation section EntireX Monitoring Scripts.
Software AG Command Central is a tool that enables you to manage your Software AG products remotely from one location. Command Central offers a browser-based user interface, but you can also automate tasks by using commands to remotely execute actions from a terminal or custom script (for example CI servers such as Jenkins, or generic configuration management tools such as Puppet or Chef).
Command Central can assist with the following configuration, management, and monitoring tasks:
Infrastructure engineers can see at a glance which products and fixes are installed, where they are installed, and compare installations to find discrepancies.
System administrators can configure environments by using a single web user interface or command-line tool. Maintenance involves minimum effort and risk.
Release managers can prepare and deploy changes to multiple servers using command-line scripting for simpler, safer lifecycle management.
Operators can monitor server status and health, as well as start and stop servers from a single location. They can also configure alerts to be sent to them in case of unplanned outages.
The core Command Central documentation is provided separately and is also available under Guides for Tools Shared by Software AG Products on the Software AG documentation website. See the following sections for EntireX-specific information:
Introduction to Administering EntireX RPC Servers using Command Central (UNIX and Windows)
Administering the EntireX RPC Server for C | CICS Socket Listener | .NET | IMS Connect | Java | IBM MQ | XML/SOAP using the Command Central GUI
Administering the EntireX RPC Server for C | CICS Socket Listener | .NET | IMS Connect | Java | IBM MQ | XML/SOAP using the Command Central Command Line
See also Settings and Information in the EntireX Adapter documentation.