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Part 5 is the final part and a complete Lua example script, monitoring Apache worker threads.]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:51:39 -0500 News (Note: this article applies to INM version 4.0.5233 and later)

INM makes it easy to generate SLA reports on any level, wether it be a whole network
or a single object. A default 'Availability report' is included with the INM installation, so let's look at how we can tweak this report
to fit your needs.

The Availability report is a template, and as with any report template in INM it's possible to
apply it in any context. First, let's run this report on a single network.

1) select the network from the relevant view
2) select the 'View report' command and then the Availability report to generate it.



As we can see, INM reports individual Up and Downtime on each device in the network,
as well as reporting the averages for the entire network. By default, INM calculates
the average Up and Downtime for each individual entry but this can be changed to the sum if required.

Now let's modify the report template, to let INM break down the statistics even further and
report statistics on each individual monitor.

1) click on the Availability report in the Report templates view
2) click on the edit icon for the Downtime report item
3) select the "Report downtime for monitors" option
4) we're going to uncheck the 'Include monitors with no downtime in the report' option to only list the monitors that were
down during the period.

Let's re-run the report on the Fileserver object only this time.



In this case, it was a Disk time monitor that contributed to the downtime in the Fileserver object.

On some occasions you want to generate a SLA report that only takes data within a specific time interval into account.
INM can do this as well.

1) Open the properties for the Downtime report item again, and specify a time period in the
Time limit textboxes. Now the report will only include statistics that lies within this time interval for each day.

There is one more interesting option, and that is to only base the SLA report on specific monitor types.

1) Again, open the properties for the DOwntime report item.
2) In the advanced section, select monitor types from the 'Monitor limit' box and add those to be included.
Only statistical data based on the selected monitor types will be included in the final report.

Finishing up, you may want to setup a scheduled event to run the SLA report periodically.
Full details on how to setup a scheduled event can be found in the online manual, located here:
http://www.intellipool.se/4_0/doc/generate_a_report.htm]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:12:45 -0500 INM updates
* Improvement: 15 useful Lua scripts are now included in the installer
* Improvement: New default MIB that includes VMWare, NetApp and iScsi
* Improvement: Action lists info page shows which objects and monitors that is assigned to the list
* Improvement: The logon account info page now also includes the Mail QOS monitor in the list of monitors using the account.
* Improvement: It is now possible to use the %operator_current macro in the acknowledge message subject line.

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* New feature: Objects and monitors now have an easy way to setup simple maintenance schedules without having to create a dedicated schedule. This setting can be found in the object and monitor properties, in the advanced settings sections.
* New feature: Packet size can now be customized in the Ping monitor, as well as the possibility to enable the "do not fragment" option.
* Improvement: Option to report downtime by sum and/or average for report downtime reports. This setting is found in the report downtime item properties.
* Improvement: Option to alternate line colors slightly in list views. This setting is per operator, and can be found in the operator properties screen.

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* New feature: A description field has been added to maintenance schedules. This can be used to specify the reason for the schedule. It is also possible to search for this field in the search function.
* Improvement: Report generation speed has been optimized.
* Improvement: Windows service control tool is now only visible for system administrators.
* Bug fix: Potential crash bug fixed when doing inspection on objects not responding in a timely fashion.
* Bug fix: Ping monitor should no longer be able to ping invalid IP numbers.
* Bug fix: Toplist widget now takes the unit setting into account.
* Bug fix: New version notification should now be shown correctly in the system information widget.

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