Extending the System Monitoring shared service to middleware

Extend the System Monitoring shared service to collect performance and availability data about middleware applications in a cloud group.

Monitoring services for middleware are separate shared services that you can deploy in addition to the base System Monitoring shared service.

Note: Currently, the System Monitoring shared service does not support custom monitoring agents.

When configuring cloud groups, you can enable monitoring of middleware applications such as IBM® WebSphere® Application Server and IBM HTTP Servers. You can enable monitoring at any time during the lifetime of your cloud group. For example, you can configure a cloud group for middleware monitoring before you enable overall system monitoring, or deploy any middleware applications.

Similar to the base System Monitoring shared service, the monitoring services for middleware applications have agents that collect data about health status, availability, and performance. You can access this monitoring data in the Cloud Pak Software Monitoring Portal.

You can configure monitoring services for middleware applications at deployment time. Configuration settings include a number of options, such as automatically starting the monitoring agents in one or more deployments, and restarting applications to ensure that all monitoring data is collected.

Note: If deployments that are monitored by services for middleware fail, confirm that the base System Monitoring shared service is running. The base System Monitoring shared service must be running before deploying any monitoring services for middleware.