Transcript Xtremesoft AppMetrics & Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)

AppMetrics
and
SCOM
Working Together to Maximize
the availability of Your
applications
Operations Manager
is a Management Framework
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Its key strength is gathering a broad array of events and
metrics (a distributed event manager) from:
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Operating Systems
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Network Protocols
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DHCP, DNS, RAS, WINS
Microsoft Technologies
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Windows 2003 To 2008 Server.
Active Directory, IIS, Terminal Services, MSCS, MSMQ
SCOM can also manage MS packaged applications such as:
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Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft SQL Server
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But What About Your
Custom Business Applications?
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If you need to know what’s going in the operating environment around
your custom application, then you use SCOM
But you will also need to know whether your custom application is
successfully operating and transacting business, as intended. This is when
you are going to need AppMetrics, with SCOM.
“Microsoft is relying on other vendors to provide the ‘expert knowledge’ for
more complex application management issues”, consultant.
Which is why, when it comes to managing custom developed business
applications, Xtremesoft’s AppMetrics and SCOM, is the solution.
“AppMetrics is a great complement to SCOM”, consultant.
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Xtremesoft’s AppMetrics is a
Focused Solution
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AppMetrics is geared toward managing applications based on:
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AppMetrics collects detailed, application specific events and
metrics from your custom business applications
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COM+
.NET Serviced Components
Collates them from the perspective of your application
Gives you a business view
Enables you to maximize your custom application’s effectiveness and
availability
AppMetrics then feeds these alerts to SCOM
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AppMetrics focuses on …
Your
Your legacy Custom
Custom Application
Application on
Using .net
COM+
ServicedComponents
OM does Events & Metrics for MS
Packaged Applications
Packaged Apps
Exchange
CustomDeveloped
DevelopedApps
Apps
Custom
MONITORED BY AppMetrics
SQLServer
OM does Events & Metrics for Technologies
Technologies
Windows 2003
Active Directory
MSMQ
IIS
MSDTC
DHCP
OM does Events & Metrics for Operating Systems
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CPU
Memory
Disk
Network
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File System
Print
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Architecture
n –tier Application
Web
Server
AppMetrics Manager and Agent
Mid Tier
W2K8
AppMetrics Display
W2K
Email and Pager
Analysis
Win2.3K
COM+
Enterprise Mgmt
Data Warehouse
Acquisition
Analysis
Database
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Event Log
Action
SQL Server
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Operational Management
Network
Mgmt
Change
Mgmt
Value added and
other ‘expert’
management
provided by ISVs
(like Xtremesoft)
Microsoft
Base server
management
provided by
Microsoft
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Hosting
Mgmt
Servers
Storage
Mgmt
Security
Management
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Real-time Application
Problem Detection
Xtremesoft AppMetrics® monitors your application in realtime, and compares it to your established Benchmarks:
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COM+ Application Resources
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Transaction Metrics
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Component Metrics
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Application Resource Benchmarks
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Transaction Benchmarks
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Component Benchmarks
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SCOM Production Monitors
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SCOM Health Explorer
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SCOM Alert View
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Percent CPU Exceeded Alert
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Hung Component Alert
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Application Crash Alert
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Page Fault Alert
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Transaction Duration Exceeded
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Typical other problems that
AppMetrics will solve
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Where should I invest development/engineering resources?
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Which component and method is slowing down the
business process?
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Where are the leaks?
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Which component is hanging?
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Where did performance change?
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Methods Summary Report
Solution: AppMetrics Methods Summary Report
• Method Duration Graph
• Method Duration Distribution Graph
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Methods Drill Down Report
Solution: AppMetrics Methods Summary Report
• COM+ Activity
• Method Name
• Start and End Times
• Duration
• 1/10 millisecond accuracy
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What Exactly Does This Mean?
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SCOM is the general practitioner
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Information that can tell you that an application server is sick
(or dead)
AppMetrics is the specialist
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It can diagnose and pinpoint why something is happening with
the application and do so proactively
An application’s CPU or memory use is exceeding a threshold:
a designated transaction is taking too long: a particular
component is aborting or failing: a components method hangs.
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$$$
The Value Of
AppMetrics
OM tells you
that disks are
spinning, CPU’s
aren’t pegged,
network packets
are flowing…
Business Value
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System
System
Operating
System
OM tells you
DHCP, DNS,
Active
Directory,
WINS, and
MSMQ, are up
and running…
System
System
Technology
Optional OM
management
packs let you
know SQL
Server database
records are
being
successfully
written and
Exchange Server
e-mail works…
System
System
Packaged
Applications
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AppMetrics tells
you that the
business logic in
your custom
application is
transacting
successfully…
(or not!)
System
System
Custom
Applications
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Xtremesoft’s
Relationship with Microsoft
Xtremesoft has worked closely with Microsoft over the years to
build the most comprehensive solutions for this platform
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Microsoft Platform Technology Development Teams
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Microsoft Product Development Teams
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Prescriptive Architecture Guidance (PAG) Group
Premier Support Services Middleware Integration Team
Microsoft Consulting Services and the Microsoft Technology Centers
Microsoft IT Operations Teams
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Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Microsoft Support and Services Teams
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COM+
.NET Enterprise Services
Microsoft ITG ACE Team
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In Summary
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SCOM alone is used when you want to manage the:
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AppMetrics manages:
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Base operating system
Infrastructure technologies
Packaged applications
Your custom developed, critical business applications
Providing finer granularity on key MS transactional technology and
propagating the alerts to SCOM
Now to the demo ….
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