Microsoft IIS web server monitor

The Microsoft IIS monitor shows the measurements and server properties that can be monitored on the Microsoft IIS web server during the test run.

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Set up the Microsoft IIS monitor

This task describes how to set up the Microsoft IIS monitor.

1. Prerequisites

   If your monitor accesses a server outside of your internal network, you may need to set up a web proxy to collect data from it. For details, see Use a proxy server.

2. Select a resources folder.

   Select a resources folder for the monitor profile in the resources tree, or create a new folder as follows:

   1. In the top banner, click the module name or the dropdown arrow and select Assets > Monitors.

   2. Click the New Folder button and enter a name for the monitor resources folder.

3. Create a monitor profile.

   1. Click the New Monitor Profile button , and make sure Monitor Profile is selected.

   2. Enter a name and optional description for the monitor profile, and click Save. An empty monitor profile is added to the selected resources folder.

   3. Select the monitor profile you just added and click the Add Monitor button .

   4. In the Monitor Type Selection tab, select the MS IIS monitor type and click Next.

   5. In the Monitor Definition tab, enter the server details:

      UI Elements	Description
      Server	The name or IP address of the server whose resources you want to monitor. For a list of the supported formats, see the Support Matrix.
      User Name	The monitored server's user name, if relevant.
      Password	The monitored server's password, if relevant.

   6. Click Get Counters to display a list of available metrics and counters.

      Select the measurements that you want to monitor, and then click to add the counters to the Selected Counters table.

      The following table describes the measurements and server properties that can be monitored on the Microsoft IIS web server during the test run:

      Object	Measurement	Description
      Web Service	Bytes Sent/sec	The rate at which the data bytes are sent by the Web service.
      Web Service	Bytes Received/sec	The rate at which the data bytes are received by the Web service.
      Web Service	Get Requests/sec	The rate at which HTTP requests using the GET method are made. Get requests are usually used for basic file retrievals or image maps, though they can be used with forms.
      Web Service	Post Requests/sec	The rate at which HTTP requests using the POST method are made. Post requests are usually used for forms or gateway requests.
      Web Service	Maximum Connections	The maximum number of simultaneous connections established with the Web service.
      Web Service	Current Connections	The current number of connections established with the Web service.
      Web Service	Current NonAnonymous Users	The number of users that currently have a non-anonymous connection using the Web service.
      Web Service	Not Found Errors/sec	The rate of errors due to requests that could not be satisfied by the server because the requested document could not be found. These are usually reported to the client as an HTTP 404 error code.
      Process	Private Bytes	The current number of bytes that the process has allocated that cannot be shared with other processes.

   7. Click Save. The monitor details are displayed in the Monitors tab for the selected monitor profile.

4. Associate the monitor with your test.

   For details, see Step 3: Associate monitors with your test.

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Notes and limitations

If you encounter a "Failed to retrieve measurements" error when trying to get monitor counters or run a test, see Monitor fails to retrieve measurements.

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See also:

• Monitors