Creating Silk Performance Manager Infrastructure Monitors

To access NT performance monitor data, the user who creates the infrastructure monitor with Silk Performance Explorer needs to be in the administrator group of the computer that you want to monitor. The execution server must also run under that user.

To set up an infrastructure monitor:
  1. In Performance Manager, go to Performance Manager > Infrastructure.
  2. Click Add New Server or select an existing server. The Configure Server - Customize Server Attributes page appears.
  3. Edit the fields as required to access the server that you want to monitor, then click Save.
  4. Start Silk Performer and create a Silk Performance Manager - Infrastructure Monitor project.
    1. Click the Outline Project button on the Workflow bar. The Workflow - Outline Project dialog box opens.
    2. Enter a name for the project in the Name text box and an optional description in the Description text box.
    3. From the Application Type list, select Monitoring > Silk Performance Manager - Infrastructure Monitoring.
    4. Click Next. Silk Performance Explorer opens and the Data Source Wizard dialog appears.
  5. Click Select from predefined Data Sources and then click Next.
  6. Expand the Custom Data folder, click NT Performance Monitor Data, and click Next.
  7. In the Hostname field, specify the machine to be monitored.
  8. Optional: In the Alias text box, specify the alias name. The alias must be a highly descriptive synonym for the monitored server. It is recommended that you group measures on a particular machine. For example, both WebLogic and IIS might be installed on the same computer. Both servers require monitoring, but the two performance measures must appear in separate menu trees.
  9. In the Username, Password and Domain fields, specify a user who has administrative security rights. Click Next.
  10. Examine your system for available performance counters and add them to the monitoring template. Click Add to add selected counters to the measure. To select multiple counters from the list, use Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click. The Counter Usage dialog appears.
  11. Ensure that the Is an average measure check box is checked. Click Next and then click Close.
  12. Check the check boxes for those measures that you want to include in the initial monitor view and then click Finish.
  13. Back in Silk Performance Explorer, click the Real-Time Monitoring tab, and click Export As Project on the ribbon. The Reuse Monitor Wizard dialog appears.
  14. If not already selected, select the Hostname for which the measures of the monitor chart are exported and click Next.
  15. Verify the Export parameters and click Finish when you are done. The Upload Project dialog appears.
  16. Make sure that the Upload URL points to the correct Performance Manager system (http://<Performance Manager host>:19120/project_upload) and click OK. If requested, enter valid login credentials to access Performance Manager.
  17. In Performance Manager, go to Performance Manager > Configuration > Monitors and click Add New Monitor.
  18. Under Custom Monitors, select the monitor that you just uploaded. The Configure Monitor - Define Monitor Settings page appears.
  19. Edit the fields as required, but make sure that the selected Server corresponds to the server that you added at the beginning of this task. For detailed information, see Adding Monitors. Click Finish to save the monitor with the project-wide schedule.
As the processes in which transactions are executed are not stopped after scheduled executions, global variables within scripts remain valid. Therefore, it’s possible to define variables in begin transactions and use them to remember values from previous executions. Using global variables for project attributes, variables can be initialized in begin transactions and used throughout scripts.
Parent topic: Configuring Infrastructure Monitors
Related tasks
Adding Monitors