Applications Manager 8.6 Released!
Applications Manager 8.6 is released with enhanced report generation and new features being added. These new features include
Monitor and Manage AS400 iSeries Server
With the release of Applications Manager 8.6, you can now monitor the availability and performance IBM AS400 iSeries server. Through Applications Manager, you can not only monitor the status of the server, jobs running in the server, monitor spool’s metrics but also be able execute non-interactive commands through the Admin console. This provides you the ability to be able to identify any performance related issue quickly and troubleshoot it.
AS400 Monitoring
AS400 Server Status
AS400 Jobs Overview
As400 Admin console
Monitor SAP Components
With 8.6 version, you can monitor the performance of vairous SAP components like SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP Customer Relation Manager (CRM), SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM) etc using CCMS through Applications Manager web console.
You can now monitor each components
This allows user to effectively monitor these ERP services.
SAP CCMS Overview
Generate Reports Faster
Applications Manager has now faster and more initiative report section which allows user to view reports and be able to generate them quickly. This report tab allows user view by various types thus giving better understanding to the number of monitors he/she configured using Applications Manager. The user can also view individual report of each monitor configured which helps the user to understand the performance trend of a particular monitor. Enhanced 7/30 reports also help the user in various ways to analyze and decipher the results quickly.
Enhanced 7-30 reports
The heat charts provide a distinct understanding between the same types of monitors configured with similar threshold values. The statistical report allows user to understand the end-results quickly and allows him/her to take action quickly. The day of week and hour of day reports provide hour-by-hour data thus providing an in-depth analysis of the data that is being gathered. With such improvements, the user can now monitor any number of IT resources effortlessly.
So why don’t you go ahead and give Applications Manager 8.6 a try? You might see the difference!
For those who are already using Applications Manager, upgrade your software by applying the service pack.
Consider a database driven application. For example, let’s consider a meteorological station wherein a software application collects various metrics such as temperature, wind, chill factor, humidity, rain precipitation and so on. This application gathers the information from various instruments and the data is stored in a database grid. The IT admin of this metrological station has to ensure that the work flow of this application is up and running and that they are available at all times.
The admin should be able to monitor specific key performance metrics (KPI) from these databases to find out if the processes executed by the software application are error-free. The admin should be able to find out the performance of the query that is being executed. The performance of the query is calculated by the amount of time taken by the query to execute and return value. If the query execution time is above a certain pre-assigned threshold, then the admin should immediately alerted that there has been some issue with the performance of this particular query. The admin can then take action to improve the query of the database and ensure that the application is running smoothly.
Using Database Query Monitor in Applications Manager, the admin will be able to do the exact same thing. In addition, instead of just being notified of a performance related issue with the query, the admin can assign certain actions related to the alert and thus automating the whole process. While the admin will get notified of certain error in the performance of a query, Applications Manager executes appropriate action assigned with the alert and ensure that the performance of the processes remain high. The admin can also enable reports for various queries that is being monitored and also schedule reports accordingly.
For more information about Database Query Monitor, click here. This is available from 8.5 version of Applications Manager, which you can download it here.
Its that time of the year again! We are happy to inform you that Applications Manager 8.5 is released. We have been receiving some positive feedback from customers and we were able to incorporate those feedback into the product. With 8.5 release, Applications Manager will now have out-of-the-box support for Database Query monitoring and Active Directory monitoring.
Database query monitoring will enable the user to check the status of a particular database by executing a query. He/she will also be able to monitor specific queries execution time which will enable them to find out any issue caused due its lag.
The most awaited feature, Active Directory monitoring is now fully supported by Applications Manager. With this feature, the user will be able to monitor some of the key performance metrics such as Kerberos Key Distribution Center Service monitoring, DNS Client Service monitoring and Net Logon Service monitoring. Applications Manager provides performance statistics such as availability and response time of Active Directory services. It also monitors NTLM authentications and Replication Traffic In/Out statistics (in Bytes). In addition it monitors System and Performance Counter monitor in Active Directory monitor.
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Applications Manager 8.5 now incorporated a new view called the 'Business View'. Business View provides a clean graphical representation of the business IT infrastructure. It allows the user to embed the view into intranet websites, provides a direct understanding of which particular monitor(s) down for a particular monitor group. It can also be customized according to the various needs of the user.
Check out the Release Notes and Issues fixed in 8.5.
Yes you have heard it correct! Our brand new podcast "Performance Matters ..." has been released today. This is going to be a series of podcast where we will be focusing on ManageEngine Applications Manager and its abilities. We will discussing in-depth about its features, how to utilize Applications Manager to its fullest capabilities and much more. We will also be discussing about the current trend in applications performance market and the various challenges faced by end users.
In this first episode, you will get a first hand introduction about ManageEngine Applications Manager, its key features, abilities and why Applications Manager is the favorite performance management software among its end users from Gibu K Mathew, Product Manager for Applications Manager.
Performance Matters...
Episode 1: An Introduction to ManageEngine Applications Manager - with Gibu K Mathew
(Time: 7:55 | MP3 Format)
You can download this file onto your mp3 player/iPod. Do post your comments about the podcast.
Well, starting from the 8th of September till October 3rd, its going to be an action-packed month for ME. Euro Roadshow 2008 is about to begin. This event is spread across eight different countries sweeping through Denmark, Sweden, France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Poland and the United Kingdom. The main purpose of this roadshow is to showcase ME abilities in Enterprise Management Solutions. It is your first hand opportunity to meet with our experts and share talking points about network performance management, ITIL, application performance and just about anything else.
Do not miss out on the opportunity to view the presentation by our very own Gibu K Mathew, Product Manager of Applications Manager. In addition, there are some interesting presentations given by Girish Mathruboodham, our VP for ManageEngine, Alex D Paul - Product Manager for ITIL Solutions and Rajavel Subramanian our Technical Consultant.
Click here to register yourself for a piece of this action. You can view the entire Agenda of the Roadshow 2008 here.
Well, time flies really fast doesn’t it! After another round of troubleshooting and testing, we are happy to say Applications Manager 8.4 is released. I know that 8.3 was released a couple of months back, but we at ManageEngine focus on only one thing, getting the right kind of solution to our customer faster than they can say ’solution’ and this release proves just that.
Now you might be wondering what so special with 8.4, well there is. Applications Manager 8.4 now has option to integrate with ManageEngine OpManager, a network device monitoring solution, a topic for later thorough discussion.
This connector allows the user to monitor their network devices such as switches, printers, routers etc through Applications Manager through a single web console. Now with our integration using network monitoring connector, you as the user will be able to monitor network devices, monitor application servers through Applications Manager and track any issue through ServiceDesk Plus. Isn’t that awesome!
Release Notes | List of Issues Fixed in 8.4
Applications Manager now supports MS Office SharePoint server. It can automatically diagnose, notify and correct the performance and availability problems that may occur. Applications Manager provides comprehensive fault management and proactive alert notifications for any impending problems and triggering corrective actions. It also gathers performance data for future planning, analysis and reporting and are supported out-of-the-box.
Some of the key performance metrics include:
Here are some screenshots of Applications Manager monitoring MS Office SharePoint:
Continuing with the trend of blogging about features supported by Applications Manager, this post will focus on IBM WebSphere MQ monitoring. This feature is one of the key upgrades that were undertaken for the 8.3 release and was also one of the popular demands from our customers.
Similar to Silverstream and GlassFish server, Applications Manager can now monitor the performance and availability of IBM WebSphere MQ series. The user can monitor WebSphere’s:
In addition, the user can also monitor open input count, and open output count from Queue monitoring statistics. The user can also compare the percentage of queue against time, and compare each channel’s bytes sent vs time. Alerts and reports can be generated for WebSphere MQ series and as always it is supported out-of-the-box.Some of the screenshots given below shows the various performance metrics that are monitored:
Well, you are already aware that Dell Openmanage gels well with Applications Manager. However, one of our customers - Paul Redpath from Catalyst2, pointed out to us that the SNMP traps are sent to 162 UDP port by default. So, the user need to ensure that they open the firewall and re-configure Applications Manager to listen to that port for SNMP traps. Once it is configured, the user can see the traps under Alerts >> Unsolicitated Traps and create new Alert for traps in the Applications Manager.
Here is a screenshot for configuring SNMP trap for Applications Manager.
Thanks Paul for your How-To! :-)
AdventNet ManageEngine is an official Technology Partner with the Open Source Application Server GlassFish, an initiative started by Sun in 2005. Applications Manager ability to support heterogeneous applications and servers and GlassFish’s popularity makes it even more sense to support it.
What does it mean to you?
Applications Manager 8.3 was supporting GlassFish server out-of-the-box even before becoming technology partner. Users who have been using GlassFish server in the past can now use Applications Manager and monitor GlassFish application server and harness its full power. The combined power of open source tool and our powerful monitoring tool, will allow our users to run their mission-critical applications without any real fear of their application server going down.
Check out our blog post on GlassFish server and if you would like to monitor GlassFish server through JMX monitoring check out this blog post by Gibu.
