EAserver - Component Monitoring Tools

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Component Monitoring Tools

Jim Cain [jcain@psytechsolutions.net]

2005-11-03, 8:29 pm

We are researching to see if any tools exist to help
organizations running EAServer (on version 4.2.2) web
applications using Powerbuilder components monitor component
usage with specific details listing those users (by name or
IP address) that have a component active. The out-of-the-box
Runtime Monitor in Jaguar Manager only shows the number of
components active and pooled, but we are finding that some
clients are also interested in knowing which users have
which components active.

We've looked a little at the Jaguar::Monitoring interface,
but see nothing in that interface that would lead us to
believe a tool can be written to track this level of detail.
We are thinking that the only way to accomplish this is to
build such component usage tracking into the business
application itself, but wanted to check in the newsgroup
first before committing to that approach.

Thanks in advance for any information.

Jim

Dean Jones

2005-11-03, 8:29 pm

EAS 6 will have more monitoring features. Write now you would need to add
your own logic/process to determine who is executing what.

--
Dean Jones [TeamSybase]
CEO
Certified PowerBuilder Developer
www.powerobjects.com
(612) 339-3355 ext 112

<Jim Cain & #91;jcain@psytechsol
utions.net]> wrote in message
news:4368dc30.4e1.1681692777@sybase.com...
> We are researching to see if any tools exist to help
> organizations running EAServer (on version 4.2.2) web
> applications using Powerbuilder components monitor component
> usage with specific details listing those users (by name or
> IP address) that have a component active. The out-of-the-box
> Runtime Monitor in Jaguar Manager only shows the number of
> components active and pooled, but we are finding that some
> clients are also interested in knowing which users have
> which components active.
>
> We've looked a little at the Jaguar::Monitoring interface,
> but see nothing in that interface that would lead us to
> believe a tool can be written to track this level of detail.
> We are thinking that the only way to accomplish this is to
> build such component usage tracking into the business
> application itself, but wanted to check in the newsgroup
> first before committing to that approach.
>
> Thanks in advance for any information.
>
> Jim

Peter Abbott

2005-11-03, 8:29 pm

In the meantime you could always write a http filter that stored the
users that currently have a http session active on the server. If you
search the web for user state tracking, you should get some good
examples of how to implement this. As far as active component calls,
that would be a bit trickier and may not be worth the effort.

Pete

Dean Jones wrote:
> EAS 6 will have more monitoring features. Write now you would need to add
> your own logic/process to determine who is executing what.
>

Jim Cain

2005-11-03, 8:29 pm

Is any kind of management of active components also being
considered with EAS6? For example, if a user invokes some
kind of report component such that it results in a query
with no limiting criteria to the database and creates a
resource bottleneck on the database server, it would be nice
if there were some way to "kill" that active component.
Currently, the only thing you can do is either have a DBA
find the query session and kill from the database side or
you need to restart the Jaguar service on the server that
has that component active.

Again, thanks so much for your response.

Jim

> EAS 6 will have more monitoring features. Write now you
> would need to add your own logic/process to determine who
> is executing what.
>
> --
> Dean Jones [TeamSybase]
> CEO
> Certified PowerBuilder Developer
> www.powerobjects.com
> (612) 339-3355 ext 112
>
>
> <Jim Cain & #91;jcain@psytechsol
utions.net]> wrote in message
> news:4368dc30.4e1.1681692777@sybase.com...
> active. >
> to that approach. >
>
>

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