System Overview

View the topology of the central RTView EM monitoring components and their current connection state. Each object represents a component which are color-coded to indicate component status. Red indicates the component stopped running. Green indicates the component is running.

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Title Bar:

Indicators and functionality might include the following:

arrow_previous_disp00739.gif arrow_up_level00740.gif Open the previous and upper display. dropdown00741.gif and convenience_button00742.gif navigate to displays commonly accessed from this display.

datetime00743.gif The current date and time. When the time is incorrect, this might indicate that RTView stopped running. When the time is correct and the Data OK indicator is green, this is a strong indication that the platform is receiving current and valid data.

ci_count_label00744.gif The number of items in the display.

dataok00745.gif The data connection state. Red indicates the data source is disconnected (for example, the Data Server is not receiving data, or the Display Server is not receiving data from the Data Server). Green indicates the data source is connected.

open_alerts_table00746.gif Open the Alert Views - RTView Alerts Table display.

new_disp00747.gif Open an instance of this display in a new window.

help00748.gif Open the online help page for this display.

Fields and Data

This display includes:

 

Config Server

The Configuration Server provides configurations to all central RTView EM components.

 

 

CMDB

The number of CIs in the CMDB.

 

CITYPE DEFS

The current number of CITYPE definitions.

 

ALERTDEFS

The current number of alert settings and override definitions.

 

Alert Server and Directory

The Alert and Directory Server centralizes access to all alerts sent by remote Data Servers, and maintains a directory table of CI locations. The CI location is the name of the source Data Server.

 

 

Alerts By CMDB

The number of Services in the CMDB that currently have at least one associated alert.

 

Alerts By CI

The number of CIs in the CMDB that currently have at least one associated alert.

 

RtvAlertTable

The number of currently active alerts in the system.

 

CacheMap

The number of entries currently in the directory table.

 

Display Server

The Display Server generates HTML displays for browser clients.

 

 

Sessions

The current number of users connected to the Display Server.

 

Browser Clients

The browser clients are represented in the topology as a single object. No data is shown for browser clients.

 

Data Servers

This panel in the topology shows all Data Servers.

 

 

Alerts

The number of currently activated alerts for the Data Server.

 

CI Metrics

The count of CI metrics that the remote Data Server is sending.