Monitor over a firewall

You can configure your system to monitor servers over a firewall.

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Monitor over a firewall - workflow

The general flow to monitor over a firewall is:

1. Specify MI Listener in the Admin area.

2. Configure the agent on the MOFW machine.

3. Configure the monitor settings on the MOFW machine.

4. Configure the project's test resources to receive MOFW information.

To set up your system to monitor servers over a firewall:

1. In Administration, specify the details of the MI Listener used to monitor servers over the firewall. For details, see Specify MI Listeners.

2. Configure the LoadRunner Agent on each Monitor Over Firewall machine to communicate with the MI Listener.

For details, see Configure the agent.

3. Use the Monitor Configuration tool to configure the servers to monitor and define specific measurements that are collected for each monitored server.

For details, see Configure monitor settings.

4. In the relevant project, establish a connection between the tests you are running and the Monitor Over Firewall machines.

For details, see Configure the project to receive MOFW information.

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Configure monitor settings

You configure the monitor settings from the Monitor Over Firewall machine using the Monitor Configuration tool. You select the type of monitors to run and the server whose resources you want to monitor, add the measurements to monitor for each server, and specify the frequency at which the monitored measurements are to be reported.

To monitor the same properties on different server machines, you can clone a selected server's properties.

To configure monitor settings:

1. On the Monitor Over Firewall machine, select OpenText Performance Engineering > Advanced Settings > Monitor Configuration from the Start menu. For machines without the complete installation, select Server Monitor > Monitor Configuration from the Start menu. The Monitor Configuration dialog box opens.

2. Click the Add Server button . The New Monitored Server Properties dialog box opens.

3. In the Monitored Server box, enter the name or IP address of the server whose resources you want to monitor.

   Note: To add several servers simultaneously, you can specify IP ranges, or separate the server names or IP ranges with commas. For example, 255.255.255.0-255.255.255.5, or server1, server2.

4. From the Available Monitors list, select the monitors suitable for the server being monitored.

5. Click OK to close the New Monitored Server Properties dialog box. The Monitored Servers list is displayed in the Monitor Configuration dialog box.

Default measurements are displayed for some of the monitors in the Measurements to be Monitored section. You can specify the frequency at which to report the measurements in the Measurement Properties section.

6. To add additional monitored servers to the list, repeat the steps above.

7. To edit the monitor configuration properties for a server, click the Edit button. The Monitored Server Properties dialog box opens enabling you to edit the monitors for the server whose resources you are monitoring.

8. Click Apply to save your settings.

To clone a monitored server's properties:

1. Open the Monitor Configuration dialog box.

2. Right-click the server you want to clone, and select Clone. The Clone Monitored Server Properties dialog box opens.

3. In the Monitored Server box, enter the name or IP address of the cloned server you want to create.

   Tip: To create several cloned servers simultaneously, you can specify IP ranges, or separate the server names or IP ranges with commas. For example, 255.255.255.0-255.255.255.5, or server1, server2.

4. The Available Monitors list displays the monitors that were selected for the server being cloned. Select additional suitable monitors for the cloned server.

5. Click OK to close the Clone Monitored Server Properties dialog box. The cloned server is displayed in the Monitored Servers list.

6. Click Apply to save your settings.

To add measurements to monitor and configure measurement frequency:

1. Open the Monitor Configuration dialog box, and select a server from the Monitored Servers list.

2. Click the Add Measurement button. Select the appropriate monitor. A dialog box opens, enabling you to choose measurements for the monitor you selected. Select the measurements that you want to monitor, and click OK.

3. Under the Measurement Properties section, select the configured server measurement you want to schedule, and specify the frequency for reporting measurements.

4. Click Apply to save your settings.

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Configure the project to receive MOFW information

After you configure the monitors, you configure the project to receive Monitor Over Firewall information during performance test runs.

To configure the project to receive Monitor Over Firewall information:

1. Add a monitor over firewall which can be accessed by performance tests in this project.

1. In the banner, click the module name or arrow and selectMonitors (under Assets).

2. Click the New Monitor Over Firewall button .

3. Enter a name, the machine key, and select the MI Listener with which the monitor is to connect.

2. Select the Monitor Over Firewall agent to use in a specific performance test.

   1. In the Test Plan module, select a performance test, and click Edit Test to open the test in the Performance Test Designer window.

   2. In the Monitors tab, select the Monitor Over Firewall agent.

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Edit monitor over firewall machines during a test run

While a performance test is running, you can change the status of a Monitor Over Firewall agent or add another monitor to the test.

To modify the Monitor Over Firewall machines:

1. On the Test Run page, click the Monitors button and select Monitors Over Firewall. The Monitors Over Firewall dialog box opens.

2. You can view the Monitor Over Firewall agents that are monitoring the test, as well as their connection status.

   • To connect or disconnect a Monitor Over Firewall agent, click the Connect/Disconnect button.

   • To add a Monitor Over Firewall agent to the test, select it from the Add Monitor Over Firewall list.

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