Server Manager

MetrixIDR 7.2 is a three-tiered system. The Server Manager application is a tool for managing information on and about the Application Servers. Server Manager is used for the following purposes.

• When an application server is set up, Server Manager is used to configure connection settings for the database instances that will be used on that server.
• When database connections are configured, Server Manager also registers the application server with the database.
• Server Manager is also used to manage the scheduling of tasks and the assignment of server priorities.

On the application server, the connection information for database instances that can be accessed by the server is stored in the server.config file. On client machines, settings for application servers and databases that can be accessed from the client machine are stored in the client.config file.

In the database instances, registration information about the application servers, tasks, and server status information are stored in a set of tables:

• ServerList. This table contains the list of application servers that have been registered with the database using Server Manager. This table contains the ServerID and server status information.
• ServerHeartbeat. For each registered application server, this table contains heartbeat information, including the time of the last message from the server and server performance statistics.
• TaskList. This table contains one record for each task that is configured in the database. Included is the ID of the application server that is currently assigned to the task, task settings (start time, repeat interval, and logging level) and task status (e.g., Running).
• TaskAssign. This table contains the assignment of servers to tasks and the associated priority of each server for each task.
• ServerGroupList and ServerGroupAssign. For purpose of grouping servers (e.g., by physical location), server groups can be defined and servers can be assigned to one of the defined groups in Server Manager.

Display

The main .user interface in Server Manger is the Instance List. This view is divided into two sections. The top section displays a list of database instance for which the application server is configured to work. The bottom section displays the Event Log which displays the Application Server activity. The Event Log may be filtered using the filter buttons on the lower tool bar.

Menu Commands

The main display contains five action menu. These menus are listed and described below.

• File Menu. This menu has the following two commands.

  • Service Control. When an InstanceID is selected, this command allows the users to Start, Stop, or Restart the instance.

  • Exit. This command close Server Manager.

• Instance. The instance menu control included commands to configure database instances. The commands are described in the Instance Menu section.

• Manage. This menu has six command. These commands open dialog and settings available through the Client interface. These command are described below.

  • Manage Tasks. This command opens the Manage Tasks dialog. This is the same dialog opened through the MetrixIDR client using the System, Manage Task command. The features of the Manage Tasks dialog is included in the Manage Tasks section.

  • Manage Alerts. This command opens the Manage Alerts dialog. This is the same dialog opened through the MetrixIDR client using the System, Manage Alerts command. The features of the Manage Tasks dialog is included in the Manage Alerts section.

  • Manage File IO Configuration. This command opens the Manage File IO Configuration dialog used for managing file input and output interfaces.

  • System Settings. This command opens the System Settings. This is the same dialog opened through the MetrixIDR client using the System, Settings command. The features of the Manage Tasks dialog is included in the System Settings section.

  • View Event Log. This command opens the Event Log. This is the same dialog opened through the MetrixIDR client using the System, View Event Log command. The features of the Manage Tasks dialog is included in the View Event Log section.

  • View Config Log. This command opens the Configuration Log. This is the same dialog opened through the MetrixIDR client using the System, View Config Log command. The features of the Manage Tasks dialog is included in the View Configuration Log section.

• View. This menu controls the list view and has five commands.

  • Refresh. This command refreshes the view.

  • Tiles. This command presents the list as tiles.

  • Icons. This command presents the list as icons.

  • List. This command presents the list as a list of names.

  • Details. This command presents the list with names and detailed information.

• Help. This menu has two commands.

  • About MetrixIDR Server Manager. This command presents version information about Server Manager

  • Reset UI Settings. This command resets the Server Manager user interface settings to their default settings. This command will restart the application.