Hi hello, I´m comparing the monitoring feature in the Domino Admin client with SA+, and I´ve got a question about adding new statistics.
Is there a way to create and add a new statistic? The ones that are pre-defined does not cover everything I would like to monitor.
Thanks in advance
max
Subject: How to add new statistics to admin client?
Hello,
yes there is away. But it needs a lot of knowhow about the task you want monitor and I think a lot of know how in script and java. You can modify your domadmin.nsf in your designer.
Some manufacturers for software for domino like trend micros scanmail for lotus notes does this do. They has created a database with an eagent wich copy some designelements to the database domadmin.nsf. After this we are able to select the scanmailtasks for monitoring. Trendmicro calls this database smlnadm.nsf.
I think it is possible but without the knowhow of the manufacturer there isn’t any way to do this.
Subject: possible low-hanging fruit
Is the new statistic a Domino-generated stat that the Admin client just doesn’t know about, or a completely new value that you’re calculating on your own?
If it’s the former, the admin client gets its list of statistics to monitor from the local Monitoring Configuration DB, events4.nsf. As of 6.0.2, there’s a substantial gap between the group of stats Domino generates, and the list in events4, but it’s trivial to add a missing statistic to the database manually.
Calculating a brand new statistic is a little more work; the C API has functions that let you generate a new facility/statname.