ManageEngine OpManager Network Monitoring Connector

ManageEngine Applications Manager integrates now with a comprehensive Network Monitoring Tool, ManageEngine OpManager. ManageEngine OpManager provides an effective network monitoring software that offers comprehensive fault and performance management across WAN and all other IT infrastructure. Using Network Monitoring Connector, an Applications Manager User can view the status of his Network Devices in addition to Servers, Application Servers, Databases monitored by Applications Manager.

Key Benefits:

1. Single console to monitor Network, Server & Applications.

2. View SLA and Availability Metrics of your Business Application by taking in to consideration the network, servers and applications.

3. Single console to view all Alarms.

To Configure OpManager:

In order to collect data, you need to configure OpManager properly. Create a read-only user in OpManager using the following steps:

1. Login into OpManager.

2. Proceed to Admin tab and click on User Manager. Under User Manager, you will find Add User option.

3. Click on Add User with user permission as Read Only Access.

4. Login once with that user in OPM.

To Configure Applications Manager:

Once OpManager is configured correctly, now you need to configure Applications Manager to obtain the data from OpManager.

1. In AppManager, go to AppManager Managed server - Admin-->Add on Products settings and select OpManager.

2. Provide the details of the server and port in which OpManager is running. (Make sure that OpManager is up and running in this step)

3. Also, provide the user to be used for integration (created in Step 2 in OpManager).

4. If you want to import all your devices from OpManager when integration is complete, then enable the "Import All Devices" option. (You also have the option to leave "Import All Devices" unchecked and associate the required devices to Monitor Groups after integration is complete.)

5. Save the form.

Modifying the Poll Interval

You can configure the poll interval and set the time when Applications Manager must check for updates from the External Connectors. Go to Poll Interval tab under Add-on Settings. The poll interval settings that you can modify are:

• Update Alarms from External Connectors - This option indicates the alarm update interval, in which the alarms from external connectors are updated in Appmanager. This can be configured as per the user requirements. The default time interval is 5 minutes.

• Update All Devices and Alarms from External Connectors - This option indicates the full update interval in which all the devices and alarms from external connectors are updated in AppManager. This can be configured as per the user requirements. The default full update interval is 30 minutes.

Associate network device Monitors into existing Monitor Groups:

1. In order to associate OpManager monitor against a Monitor Group in Applications Manager, click on the Home tab.

2. Under Monitor Group Information, click Associate Monitor of Monitor Group Links in the left frame.

3. A list of discovered Monitors (for both Applications Manager and OpManager) that are available for associating and those that have already been associated with that Monitor Group is displayed. You will also see a list of network devices under Network Devices being displayed.

4. Select the check box of the corresponding Monitor from Monitors not present in this Monitor Group list and click Associate. You can also remove a Monitor which has already been associated with the Monitor Group by selecting the check box of Monitor(s) under Monitors present in this Monitor Group and clicking Remove.

   
   

Associate network device Monitors into a new Monitor Groups:

1. Click on the New Monitor Group.

2. Provide a Monitor Group name, description of that monitor group and assign the owner for the monitor group.

3. Once the Monitor Group is created, click on Associate Monitors provided in the Summary tab of that Monitor Group.

4. A list of discovered Monitors (both Applications Manager and OpManager) that are available for associating is displayed. You will also see a list of network devices under Network Devices being displayed.

5. Select the check box of the corresponding Monitor from the list and click Associate.

6. Click on Back to Monitor Group to view the list of Monitors that you have associated for that group.

Additional Configurations

The following table contains additional configurations that can be made in OPM Connector:

Associating Alarms and Actions for Network devices

With the OpManager Network Monitoring Connector, you can view alarms from your OpManager network devices in Applications Manager and associate actions to Opmanager attributes.

Alarms:

Once you have imported all your devices from OpManager, go to the Alarms Tab to view all the alarms configured in Applications Manager along with their severity, type, date and the technician to whom the alarm is assigned. You can filter and sort through the alarms by clicking on the parameter type at the top of the table.

You can view all alarms or filter the Critical , Warning and Clear alarms. You can also fillter alarms by:

• Alarm Actions

• Selected Time

• Selected Monitor Group

• Selected Monitor Type

You can search through alarms by clicking the search button at the top of the alarms table. Click here to know more about the Alarms Tab.

Actions:

You can trigger corrective actions to OpManager attributes, once you have imported your network devices, such as sending e-mail, SMS, trap, and executing a command, to notify you of the alarms generated while monitoring the network devices. To trigger such corrective actions, you should have defined the action, which can then be associated with an attribute. Click here to learn more about how to define actions.