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Application Monitoring from the Head Geek |
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Top 5 Tips
1. The real key to application monitoring is to be able to see the application’s entire ecosystem at once, so look for a solution that offers this capability.
2. Use "user experience monitors" or “synthetic transactions" to enhance your ability to detect application issues.
3. Leverage WMI when monitoring Windows®-based applications – you’ll be able to access data from event logs on service status and performance, from performance counters and much more.
4. Use a template-based system if you’re going to monitor the same applications on multiple servers. This will save you loads of time by allowing you to implement monitoring and make changes across a large numbers of servers at one time.
5. For Unix application monitoring, opt for SSHv2 over SSHv1 for better security. |
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Questions about Application Monitoring? Ask the Head Geek! |
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Advanced Application Monitoring Technologies |
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If you are ready to take your application monitoring skills to new levels, check out a couple of my favorite tools: |
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Orion Application Performance Monitor
Version 2.5 Just Released!
Orion APM installs in less than an hour to deliver enterprise-class, agentless, performance management for your critical servers and applications, including Exchange, Active Directory®, SQL Server® , Citrix® Presentation Server™, Active Directory®, Oracle®, and Apache.
Favorite Features: Application Monitor Wizard and Out-of-the-Box Application Templates
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Orion Power Pack
The Orion Power Pack combines three powerful products into one supercharged bundle for advanced monitoring of multi-vendor environments.
Favorite Features: J-Flow, S-Flow Monitoring; Application Monitoring
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Recommended Readings |
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» Load Balancers Are Dead: Time to Focus on Application Delivery
» Deploying Cisco Wide Area Application Services
» Application Performance Management on Wikipedia
» Application Management Research Center on Network World
» Network Pros Decide Application Performance Matters |
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Other Cool Tools |
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For those new to application monitoring, I’ve got a few cool tools you may want to start with... and they are FREE! |
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FREE TRIAL: ipMonitor
Get basic up/down monitoring for your network devices, servers, and apps at a price any IT team can afford! ipMonitor installs in minutes and is easy to use for administrators of any level.
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FREE TOOL: Exchange Monitor
Monitor Microsoft® Exchange and get real-time insight into Exchange services, mail queue sizes, and host server health.
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FREE TOOL: VM Monitor
Monitor a VMware® ESX Server and its virtual machines to achieve real-time tracking of server health at-a-glance and to ensure your mission-critical apps never fail.
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