Introduction

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This section describes how to monitor IBM WebSphere Application Servers with performance monitoring infrastructure (PMI) in SL1 using the IBM: WebSphere Application Server PowerPack.

The following sections provide an overview of IBM WebSphere Application Servers and the IBM: WebSphere Application Server PowerPack:

What is IBM WebSphere Application Server?

The IBM WebSphere Application Server is a Java server runtime environment for enterprise applications. WebSphere supports microservices and standards-based programming models.

What Does the IBM: WebSphere Application Server PowerPack Monitor?

To monitor IBM WebSphere Application Servers using SL1, you must install the IBM: WebSphere Application Server PowerPack. This PowerPack enables you to discover, model, and collect data about IBM WebSphere application servers.

The IBM: WebSphere Application Server PowerPack includes:

  • Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for IBM WebSphere Application Servers
  • Event Policies that are triggered when IBM WebSphere Application Servers meet certain status criteria
  • An Example Credential that you can use to connect to IBM WebSphere Application Servers
  • Run Book Actions and Run Book Automation policies for classifying the root device and aligning the "IBM: WebSphere System Stats" Dynamic Application to the WebSphere node agent
  • Device Classes for each of the IBM WebSphere components that the IBM: WebSphere Application Server PowerPack can monitor
  • A Device Dashboard that you can use to view information about IBM WebSphere Application Server components

Installing the IBM: WebSphere Application Server PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the IBM: WebSphere Application Server  PowerPack.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. (For more information, see the section on Global Settings.)

The minimum required MySQL version is 5.6.0.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.