- Monitoring the Domino system
You can monitor system activity and platform use using one of three tools -- the Domino® Administrator, the Web Administrator, or the server console.
- Server Health Monitor
You can monitor and troubleshoot performance issues using a number of different tools.
- Domino domain monitoring (DDM)
Domino® domain monitoring (DDM) provides one location in the Domino® Administrator client that you can use to view the overall status of multiple servers across one or more domains, and then use the information provided by DDM to quickly resolve problems.
- The Domino SNMP Agent
The Domino® SNMP Agent enhances the monitoring and control features of Domino® by enabling third-party management stations, which use industry standard SNMP, to manage aspects of the Domino® server.
- Overview of server maintenance
As a Domino® administrator, a major part of your job is maintaining each server that you administer.
- Tools for mail monitoring
Domino® provides three tools that you can use to monitor mail. Message tracking allows you to track specific mail messages to determine if the intended recipients received them. Mail usage reports provide the information you need to resolve mail problems and improve the efficiency of your mail network. Mail probes test and gather statistics on mail routes.
- Monitoring directory assistance
You can monitor directory assistance by using Show Xdir command to display information about all the directories a server uses for directory services. You can also view directory assistance statistics.
- Monitoring databases
You can monitor database activity, replication, and document deletions.
- Monitoring a cluster
Domino® provides several ways to find out what is happening in a cluster and make adjustments to keep the cluster running smoothly and efficiently, so that no server is overloaded. You can monitor failover, workload balancing, and cluster replication to see how efficiently the cluster is running.
- Monitoring slow or unresponsive servers with the Domino Diagnostic Probe
Use the Domino® Diagnostic Probe (DDP), a Java™ utility provided by Support, to monitor servers that have been intermittently slow or unresponsive. The probe is a Java™ process (dbopen.jar) that runs in the background. The utility probes a specific Domino® server over time by invoking database open transactions. If the probe detects a slow response, it will invoke Notes® System Diagnostic (NSD) to gather diagnostic data. This data is used by Support to troubleshoot and determine the cause or causes of the performance degradation.
- Monitoring quality of service
Quality of Service, or QoS, is designed to react to the general operation of a Domino® server in order to keep that server functioning reliably and always available. If QoS detects that a server is not responding or hung, QoS probing can be configured to email an administrator about the problem and/or automatically terminate the server and restart it. QoS log information can also be useful for analysis by Support.
- Understanding Quality of Service (QoS) behavior and logging
This topic covers details of QoS including server and server controller behavior during kill events, failover trigger, and log file content.