Introduction

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This section describes how to monitor IBM WebSphere Application Servers with performance monitoring infrastructure (PMI) in Skylar One using 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 Skylar One, you must installthe "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, when you install a new version of a PowerPack, it overwrites all content from that PowerPack that is already installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting on the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.

For details on upgrading Skylar One, see the relevant Skylar One Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page at the ScienceLogic Support Center (Skylar One > PowerPacks, login required).
  2. In Skylar One, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions menu and select Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal appears.
  4. Click Browse and go 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 appears on the PowerPacks page.

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