Monitoring Servers with Platform Process Servers
You set up a platform agent to retrieve monitor data from the remote server like CPU or memory usage. The monitoring information can be retrieved at very short intervals from the server directly using the platform agent. You can monitor all Microsoft Windows and UNIX systems of your data-center from within Redwood Server at no further charge!
This is also handy for balancing the load across SAP application servers; remember that the data can be retrieved in intervals as low as every 2 seconds, unlike the 5 minute averages from CCMS.
To create a monitoring only process server, install the appropriate platform agent on the remote server, do not register it with the Central Redwood Server instance, though. You create a process server in Redwood Server with a PlatformAgentService, and specify at the least the process server parameter RemoteHostName. The Remote Port can be omitted if the process server runs on port 1555 and the SharedSecret should not be necessary, as only monitoring data is retrieved.
Procedure
Creating a monitor only process server
- Download the correct platform agent installation package for your platform from "Configuration > Software".
- Execute the installation package as you would on the remote platform.
- When the installer asks to register the process server, uncheck it or answer no, depending on the platform and follow the remainder of the installation process.
- In Redwood Server, create a process server, by choosing New Process Server from the context-menu of "Environment > Process Servers".
- Fill in a Name, Default Time Zone, add the PlatformAgentService on the Services tab and add a RemoteHostName on the Parameters tab with the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the remote server.
- Choose Save & Close.