Setting up a WBEM Request instance

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 WBEM Request 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.

All application classes belonging to the BMC Performance Manager Express Monitoring Studio package are listed under Miscellaneous.

4.	On the Available Application Classes page, select Studio - WBEM Request 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 WBEM Request instance and click Add.

The "Information Required for Monitoring" at this step differs depending whether the request is to be executed on a remote Windows system or a UNIX/Linux system. The rest of the procedure and interface is the same irrespective of the type of system.

Information required for monitoring

Name

On Windows

On UNIX/Linux

Descriptive Label

Label describing the application class/monitoring tool

Collection Interval

Frequency of collection (monitoring/polling). Unit: Minutes (Default 5 minutes)

Credentials

Connect As

Password

Credentials

Password associated with the login above

Shared credentials used for authentication

Password associated with the login above

Shared credentials used for authentication

Hostname

Hostname or IP address of the remote element. (Appears by default)

Port

Not applicable

Enter the port number on which the CIM server is running.

Transport Protocol

Not applicable

Select between HTTP or HTTPS transport protocols that will be used for connecting to CIM Server.

Debug Mode

10.	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_wbem_hostName.log.

Do not leave the debug mode enabled for too long as the debug file may grow indefinitely.

6.	Enter the information and click Next and you arrive at the Properties and Credentials page asking for the Input properties of the new WBEM query instance. Enter the required input to create the instance:

Input Properties

Name	Description/Instructions
Descriptive Label	Enter a label describing this WBEM Query instance.
Namespace	Enter the namespace for the WBEM connection. Example: root\cimv2.
WBEM Query	Enter the WBEM query

7.	Either click Next to arrive at the thresholds setting page, or, add a string search or a numeric value extraction for this WBEM query instance. The string search and numeric value extraction instances can also be set later on this instance.

8.	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.

You are at the Thresholds, Properties and Credentials page. Set/modify thresholds and alert conditions: By default, the Query Status parameter is enabled to raise an Alarm if the query fails. You can modify this setting if it does not suit your requirements. 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. 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 added the monitoring of a WBEM query.

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.