Monitor Servers

The Monitor Servers plugin in the Administrative Console (7i Server Admin > Utilities) provides a mechanism for administrators to monitor the servers on a 7i server farm. The Servers panel lists all the servers currently being monitored. Selecting a server from that list will populate the main plugin area with the information from that server.

The user is automatically authenticated to any server using the same active connection that was used to connect to the Administrative Console. However, servers with a different list of active connections will require the user to log in to that server to perform status checks on it. To log in, select the server you wish to authenticate to and click the "Login to Server" button on the toolbar. The login dialog will appear, allowing the user to select a connection and enter their user name and password.

Additional servers can be added to the list of servers in Configure Local Server, Miscellaneous Setting tab. After the list of servers is updated and saved, close and re-launch the Administrative Console to reload the list of servers in the Monitor Servers plugin. The “Server Status Updated” timestamp reflects the last time the server list was updated and saved in the Configure Local Server plugin.

General Status

The General Status tab allows access to the basic information about a server. This information is updated each time a status request is made to that server. The information is read-only and for informational purposes only.

Connection: The name of the connection used to authenticate to the server.
UserID: The user ID used to authenticate to the server.
Connections: The active connection list for the server
HostName: The hostname for the server.
LastUpdate: The last time the server status was updated by the plugin for that server.
ServerGroup: The server group this server belongs to in the farm.
ServerURL: The URL used to access the BusinessPlus software on the server.
Status: The last status retrieved from the server.
StatusRequest: The XML status request for the server. This is an XML file (ServerStatusRequestsDefault.xml) stored on the server itself in the IFAS7/Admin directory.
StatusResponse: The last XML response from the status request.
StatusText: The text representation of the server's current status.
Version: The version of the BusinessPlus software running on the server.

CDD Report Queue

The CDD Report Queue tab allows the administrator to view and cancel CDD reports from the CDD Queue on that server.

To cancel a report, select the report from the list and press the Cancel Report button from the tab's toolbar. The software will prompt the user to confirm the cancellation and then issues a cancel request to the server for that report. A status message at the top of the plugin reports the cancellation request.

By default, the CDD Report Queue tab will not show completed reports. The Show Completed option on the tab's toolbar displays completed reports in the list.

In the event that an error occurred while running a report, the icon and status of that report are updated to signal that an error occurred. Details about the error can be viewed by double-clicking the report in the list. In addition, the status icon for that server is changed.

Request Broker

The Request Broker information page is available on the Request Broker tab. This page provides basic statistical information about the performance of request processing on the server.

Status Log

The Status Log tab maintains a history of the server's monitoring processes, allowing the administrator to look back at the history of the server's status checks.

Flush Server Cache

For performance reasons the 7i servers cache a lot of information. However, updates may take place during the normal business hours that require the servers to release the cached information and fetch the updated versions. The Flush Server Cache tool on the Tools panel allows the user to execute a flush cache request to the server.

Group Broadcast: If checked, the server will also attempt to request a flush from any other servers accessible within the server group.
Security Information: Clears any security information from the 7i server cache.
Rule Cache: Clears cached business rule information from the 7i server.
DB Cache: Clears cached database information from the 7i server.
Question Cache: Clears the cached Nucleus question information from the 7i server.
Cache Manager: A common caching mechanism throughout the software. This option will inform it that all of its data needs to be cleared.
Workflow Object List: Clears the list of Workflow objects used by the 7i server.
BT20 XML Cache: Clears out cached BT20 xml from the server.
Attachment Definitions: Clears the Documents Online attachment definitions from the server.
Global Context: A common caching mechanism across threads. This option will inform it that all of its cached data must be cleared.
Statement Handle Cache: Used to speed query time this cache stores prepared statements. This option will clear all cached statement handles.

Once the tool is executed, a status message will appear at the top of the plugin.