KBI 311990 Recommended ViewMagic Dashboard For Smaller Accounts
Version
Argent Advanced Technology — All Versions
Date
Friday, 6 May 2022
Summary
This article describes how to build recommended ViewMagic dashboard for smaller accounts
Technical Background
By using ViewMagic in Argent Commander you can view simple but powerful dashboards
Rules to build dashboard must have executed at least one and have the following option turned on
Additional help can be found at https://help.argent.com/argent-viewmagic/argent-viewmagic/
Resolution
Launch Argent Commander Website
Select ViewMagic TAB
Create New Design
Create first table by Selecting Insert Table
Left Click in box on space next to %NODE_NAME% where Green Star is
Select Properties
Update for Windows Servers
To add a new design do the following
Left Click on space where Green Star is
Select Column > Insert After
Add the following design for Location
Add the following design for Status
• Uses System Down Rule (NDE_API_CONNECT)
Add the following design for Alerts
Add the following design for CPU
• Uses Performance Rule (PRF_CPU_OVERLOAD)
Add the following design for Disk
• Uses Disk Space rule (PRF_DISK_SPACE)
Add the following design for Uptime
• Uses rule System Uptime (PRF_NEW_REBOOT)
• Use scale (0.0000115740741) to convert to Days
Add the following design for Updates
• Uses Windows Update Service Rules (WUS_PENDING_UPDATES)
Create the following table for Linux
Insert Table
Add the following design for Linux Server
Add the following design for Alias
Add the following design for Status
• Uses System Down Rules (NDE_PACKET_LATENCY)
Add the following design for Alerts
Add the following design for CPU
• Uses rule SCP_LINUX_PDT_CPU_UTIL
Add the following design for Disk
• Uses rule SCP_LINUX_PDT_DISK_FREE
Add the following design for Latency
• Uses System Down Rules (NDE_PACKET_LATENCY)
Create the following table for Graphs
Add the following design for Server Names (Linux)
Add the following design for Locations (Linux)
Add the following design for CPU (Linux)
Add new rule to table
Add the following design for Server Names (Windows)
Add the following design for Locations (Windows)
Add the following design for CPU (Windows)
Add the following design for Latency (Windows)
If SQL Express is used, create the following rule using the path of data base files
Create relator to execute rule once a day
Create the following table for SQL Express
Add the following design for SQL Express Server
Add the following design for SQL Express DB
Add the following design for Current Size
• Uses rule FMGT_SQL_EXPRESS_FILE_SIZE
Add the following design for Size Graph
• Uses rule FMGT_SQL_EXPRESS_FILE_SIZE
