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Monitoring Servers
There are a number of ways in which Resource Manager enables you to monitor the status of servers in your server farm. You can monitor the status of individual servers, of all selected servers, or display a window that enables you to watch for alarms when the status displays are not visible.
To view the status display for a server
1.In the left pane of the Presentation Server Console, expand the Servers folder, then click the server you want to examine. To view the status of all servers, click the Servers folder.
2.To display the current set of metrics that are being monitored for the server, click the Resource Manager tab.
When a metric’s value goes beyond its defined limits, Resource Manager displays an alarm status icon for the metric.
When the status display for all servers in your system is not visible, you can monitor any problems that occur by displaying the Resource Manager Watcher tab.
To display the Resource Manager Watcher tab
1.Select Resource Manager in the left pane of the console and select the Watcher tab. Alternatively, click the button on the management console toolbar.
This window lists any servers that have red or yellow alarms.
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Customizing Real-Time Monitoring
By changing the set of metrics that is being monitored, or altering the alarm configuration for specific metrics on each server, you can tailor
To change the set of metrics being monitored
1.In the left pane of the management console, click a server or published application.
2.Click the Resource Manager tab in the right pane.
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As indicated in the Add/Remove Metrics dialog box, a metric is a combination of three items:
