Comprehensive Application Monitoring

PHD Virtual Monitor provides a variety of monitoring features that provide detailed and comprehensive real-time application monitoring rules for Windows & Linux applications, including monitoring services, processes, resource utilization, and files & folders. In addition, monitoring Windows performance counters and event logs yields trend data for exceeding thresholds, and enables Administrators to report on application performance.

PHD Virtual Monitor provides the following benefits when monitoring applications:

• Leverage PHD Virtual Intelligent Agent to capture additional application level data
• Troubleshoot and auto resolve the application issue by restarting the processes and services
• Automatically sense changes to windows platforms or applications and collect all performance counter data for trending, setting thresholds and alerting
• Automatically monitor and alert for application resource starvation to meet your SLAs
• Flexible and extendable monitoring of any application that has a process or generates log files

PHD Virtual Monitor can monitor any application that has processes, services, generates log files or events by using a combination of our easy to configure Watch rules.  Below is a sample of applications supported out-of-the-box using pre-configured monitoring rules included in PHD Virtual Monitor.

XenDesktop and XenApp

End Silos of Visibility so if performance issues arise the administrator can:

• Determine Causality
• Remediate Quickly
• Provide Objective Evidence

The ability to respond and react to potential problems is only as effective as the information you receive on the health and status of your infrastructure. Citrix EdgeSight and Desktop Director provide session level application and system performance monitoring for Citrix XenApp and Citrix XenDesktop infrastructures. It also provides real time performance information for proactive problem solving and end-user experience optimization. While this information is important to the overall end-user experience, it is not a complete view into the physical and virtual infrastructure and that creates "gaps" in visibility that can impact the performance of the virtual desktop applications.Use PHD Virtual Monitor on a standalone basis, or utilize the integration with Edgesight or Desktop Director to create a single view for the entire infrastructure that will determine the root cause of performance issues and allow for quick remediation with historical data.  This will prove the cause of the event whether it is the desktop, application, or the surrounding infrastructure.

Is XenApp or XenDesktop performing poorly?

End the finger pointing and answer this question quickly by determining root-cause using PHD Virtual Monitor. Though PHD VIrtual Monitor can be used effectively on a stand-alone basis, it can also be combined with EdgeSight and Desktop Director to provide a comprehensive approach to monitoring the XenApp or XenDesktop environment. By monitoring the underlying infrastructure, in conjunction with the granular diagnostic data collected by EdgeSight or Desktop Director, administrators can now understand exactly where problems exist, leading to rapid isolation and remediation. Having an environment where MonitorIT and Citrix EdgeSight or Desktop Director coexist will give IT organizations a complete view into the Citrix infrastructure, thus reducing risk of service downtime and improving end-user experience.

Microsoft Exchange

PHD Virtual Monitor can be deployed on Microsoft Exchange servers to monitor resources and services, manage mailbox quotas, plan capacity, reduce over provisioning, and enhance reliability. Microsoft Exchange log files can also be monitored for mail delivery, round trip response times, and other performance characteristics.

SharePoint

PHD Virtual Monitor enables customers who have deployed SharePoint Solutions to monitor for server utilization and performance trends to ensure SLAs are being met. In addition, SharePoint performance counters, processes, services, and events can be monitored to define alarm thresholds and gather additional performance data.

Active Directory

Active Directory can be a vital component of an IT infrastructure, and its performance and reliability is critical to organizations that employ Active Directory based solutions. PHD Virtual Monitor allows administrators to report on the availability of Active Directory components, collect performance data, and troubleshoot failures quickly. PHD Virtual MOnitor's remediation capabilities enable IT departments to quickly address AD service and process failures for improved response times and reduced end-user downtime. The EventLogWatch Display shows monitored Events dynamically, in real-time, with the capability to display the previous 24 hours of received events. Status and event information can be collected for auditing, performance, and SLA reports. In addition, Active Directory integration enables PHD Virtual Monitor to leverage Active Directory Groups for more effective User activity auditing.

Microsoft SQL Server

PHD Virtual Monitor's SQL Server monitoring capability helps database administrators monitor the performance and availability of production databases. It is an agent and agentless monitoring solution that provides out-of-the-box performance metrics for ensuring the SQL Server runs efficiently. SQL server monitoring has the ability to connect to the database source & monitor various databases to ensure availability. After deploying an agent it is also possible to start analyzing database performance for transactional speeds, database I/O, and specific components of your data stack.

Blackberry Enterprise Server

PHD Virtual Monitor’s Blackberry Enterprise Server monitoring provides visibility and remediation to the messaging server to ensure SLAs and availability requirements are met for end users. Out-of-the-box monitoring rules ensure a quick and easy setup.

IIS

PHD Virtual Monitor provides in-depth availability and performance monitoring of IIS Servers by connecting to the IIS server, and checks for the availability and response time at regular intervals of time. In addition, preconfigured watches for IIS enable administrators to quickly begin monitoring their IIS servers for key metrics and conditions.

PHD Virtual Monitor helps optimize IIS server performance and also provides comprehensive management reports. It ensures availability through automated event escalation via email, SMS, and helps taking corrective action by automating fix actions such as restarting underlying services.

Apache

PHD Virtual Monitor enables administrators the ability to proactively monitor and manage their Apache web servers for optimal performance and reliability. Monitor log files for errors and status; monitor processes to insure key processes are running, and monitor overall server performance metrics of CPU, Disk, and Memory utilization.

MySQL

PHD Virtual Monitor enables monitoring of key MySQL processes and associated log files. And DB administrators can monitor overall server performance metrics to insure satisfactory database operation.