Monitoring Internet services

When monitoring Internet services, you define what is to be monitored, for whom, and when. You configure Internet service monitoring through the Internet Service Monitoring Configuration user interface, within the Tivoli Enterprise Portal, or through the Internet Service Monitoring command-line interface.

Internet service monitors test specific Internet services and forward the results of the tests to the Databridge. The monitors emulate the actions of a real user of the service.

For example, the HTTP monitor periodically attempts to access a web page by emulating requests that a web browser would usually send when a user visits the page. The monitor records the result of the test, which is sent to the Databridge.

You can use either the Internet Service Monitoring Configuration command-line interface or the ismbatch command on the command-line. The Internet Service Monitoring Configuration command-line interface mirrors the operations that you can complete with the Internet Service Monitoring Configuration user interface. Both of these interfaces update the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server database.

The ismbatch command offers similar functionality to Internet Service Monitoring Configuration command-line interface. However, ismbatch commands are run only locally and do not update the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server database.