Fundamental Application Monitoring

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The MOM rules in this category monitored fundamentalMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 events and System Monitorcounters. Notifications were sent through e-mail to one or more ofthe following teams:

• Windows SharePoint Services Teammembers in the Internet Platform and Operations group in charge ofmanaging Windows SharePoint Services setting.

• Lab Team members in charge of thephysical servers in the lab.

• Active Directory Team members managingMicrosoft Active Directory directory services for thedeployment.

• SQL Server Team members managing thesettings for Microsoft SQL Server and the servers runningSQL Server.

Application monitoring can be divided into two pieces, one thatuses the MOM rules and one that uses System Monitor counters. Table1 lists the MOM rules, including which servers the rule tracked,which events it tracked, and which group was notified ofalerts.

Table 1: MOM rules

Server Type	Events	Notification Group
Front-end Internet Information Services (IIS)servers	IIS stops and starts (times)	Windows SharePoint Services
Front-end IIS servers	NetLogon stops and starts (times)	Windows SharePoint Services
Front-end IIS servers	Windows SharePoint Services stops and starts(times)	Windows SharePoint Services
Active Directory servers	Standard rules from the Active Directory directoryservice management pack module	Active Directory
Servers running SQL Server	Standard rules from the SQL Server 2000 managementpack module	SQL Server
All servers	Server login successes and failures	Windows SharePoint Services and Lab
All servers	Hewlett-Packard CIM monitoring	Windows SharePoint Services and Lab
Hewlett-Packard SAN HSG80 Data Repository	SAN error notifications	Windows SharePoint Services and Lab

Table 2 lists the System Monitor counters, the values for whichnotifications were sent, and which group received thenotification.

Table 2: System Monitor counters

System Monitor Counter	Threshold	Notification Group
Memory: % Committed Bytes in Use	Greater than 80 percent	Windows SharePoint Services
Memory: Available Mbytes	Less than 50 MB	Windows SharePoint Services
Web Service: Connection Attempts/sec	Greater than 500 attempts per second	Windows SharePoint Services
Processor: % Processor Time: _Total (CPUUtilization)	Greater than 80 percent	Windows SharePoint Services
Current ConnectionsWarning	1000 connections	Windows SharePoint Services
Current ConnectionsError	2000 connections	Windows SharePoint Services
Disk Usage	Less than 10 percent	Windows SharePoint Services
System: Processor Queue Length	Greater than 10 threads	Windows SharePoint Services
Memory Pages/sec	Greater than 220 pages per second	Windows SharePoint Services