Managing
the Historian Using JMX
The Historian is instrumented
with JMX to allow you to manage and monitor application
settings. To enable JMX, you must run the Historian using the -jmxport command line option:
-jmxport:(port number)
The JMX
Monitor demo, located in demos\jmxmonitor in your Enterprise
RTView installation, shows how to use Enterprise RTView to monitor the
Historian using JMX.
The Historian contains
one MBean named RTViewHistorian:name=Manager with the following
methods:
| Method/Attribute |
Type |
Description |
| DataConfigurationFileInfo |
TabularData |
For
each Data Configuration File, the table contains the following columns:
| File Name -
Name of the Data Configuration File. |
| Last Access Time - Last
time this file was accessed. |
| Substitutions -
Substitutions applied to the Data Configuration File. |
|
| NumberOfDataConfigurationFiles |
int |
Number of data configuration files in use. |
| HistorianSuspended |
boolean |
True if the Historian
is currently suspended (i.e.: not storing data), false otherwise. |
The RTViewHistorian:name=Manager
MBean
also supports the following commands:
| Method/Attribute |
Description |
| killHistorian |
Exit the Historian. |
| purgeHistoryData |
Clear out tables
(numeric and string). |
| resumeHistorian |
Start storing data. |
| suspendHistorian |
Stop storing data. |
|
