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 Monitoring Studio Express is a Performance Manager specifically designed for BMC Portal; consequently, it uses the same common features and procedures of BMC® Portal. Please refer to your BMC Portal guides for basic knowledge on how to use the Portal. This document assumes that the user knows how to use the Portal and therefore explains procedures only related to BMC Performance Manager Express Monitoring Studio, and not on how to add Elements, Element Profiles etc…
To create an instance of the Studio - Web Request (Simple, HTTP GET) tool
| 1. | Go to the Configure tab, click on the element on which you wish to use the tool. |
 If the element was created using Element Profile then add the new application class through the same route.
| 2. | On the Element Properties page, scroll to the Application Class section, click on Add |
| 3. | On the Add Applications page, select Miscellaneous from the drop down category list and click Next. |
| 4. | On the Available Application Classes page, select Studio - Web Request (Simple, HTTP GET) and select the number of instances you wish to create, click Next. You can create up to 10 instances at this stage, or create just 1 now and add others later. |
| 5. | You arrive at the Properties and Credentials page. Enter the information required for setting up the Web request instance and click Add. |
Information required for monitoring
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Descriptive Label
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Label describing the application class/monitoring tool
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Collection Interval
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Frequency of collection (monitoring/polling). Unit: Minutes (Default 5 minutes)
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Credentials
Authenticate As
Password
Credentials
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Username used for Web Server authentication. Supported authentication schemes: Basic, Digest, NTLM
Password associated with the above login
Shared credentials used for authentication
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Proxy Credentials
Proxy Login
Proxy Password
Credentials
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Username used for Proxy Server authentication
Password associated with the above login
Shared credentials used for authentication
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Hostname
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Hostname or IP address of the remote element. (Appears by default)
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Proxy Address
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Enter the proxy address.
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Proxy Port
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Enter the proxy port number. (80 by default)
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Debug Mode
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"Yes" enables the debug mode, while "No" disables it. The debug output produced is stored on the RSM server in a file located at:
%RSM_HOME%/RSM(xx)/SEN_MS/sen_ms_debug_http_hostname.log.
Do not leave the debug mode enabled for too long as the debug file may grow indefinitely.
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| 6. | Enter the information and click Next. You arrive at the Properties and Credentials page of the new Web request instance; enter the required input to create the instance |
Input Properties
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Descriptive Label
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Enter a label to describe this new Web request instance.
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URL
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Enter the url to query (http/https).
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Timeout After
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Enter a maximum execution time before timeout occurs. Unit: Seconds
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Return Output Options
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Select a type of return output from the options given in the list:
Entire HTTP response; Only the Web Page (with HTML tags); Only the Content Text (without HTML tags)
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Either click Next to go to the thresholds setting page, or, add a string search or a numeric value extraction for this instance. The string search and numeric value extraction instances can also be set later.
| 7. | On clicking Next the input properties are displayed grayed-out. This page allows you to verify, edit or delete the newly-created instances and/or add another instance for the same element. If the information is correct, go on to the next step. |
| 8. | You arrive at the Thresholds, Properties and Credentials page. Set thresholds and alert conditions.
By default, the Server Connection State and Status parameters are enabled to raise Alarms if the connection to the Web server fails or if the Web request fails. You can modify this setting if it does not suit your requirements. |
| 9. | Thresholds and alerts can be set for each parameter. Check the Warning and/or Alarm boxes next to the parameters to activate alerts as per your specific requirements. See details of parameters and alert conditions in the Reference Guide. |
Thresholds can be set or modified at any time by clicking on the element > Configure > ”Application class name” > Edit Thresholds, Properties and Credentials.
| 10. | Click on Finish. The Changes have been Saved message pops up, and an icon appears in the left pane of the window displaying the newly-created instance. You can also see the new instance of the class under Application Classes. |
You have successfully setup a Web Request instance.
Editing or Deleting an instance
To edit or delete the instance, follow the regular procedure as for all Performance Managers on the Portal, or see Editing or Deleting an Instance.
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