Performance metrics monitoring tools for Policy Server and Agents

Products

• CA Single Sign On Secure Proxy Server (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On Agents (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On Federation (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On SOA Security Manager (SiteMinder)
• SITEMINDER

Issue/Introduction

 

When running a Policy Server, how to monitor authentication and
authorization response times in order to evaluate performance of
Siteminder Policy Server ? Is there such a functionality ?

 

Environment

 

Policy Server 12.8SP3 on RedHat 7;

 

Resolution

 

At first glance, Policy Server logs and traces are for debugging the
services and transactions.

In order to monitor the authentication and authorization response
times and other activities, there are 2 other tools :

    - Oneview Monitor;
    - SNMP pooling;

The OneView monitoring gives you instant statistics, at the time you
consult the stats (1)(2)(3). The SNMP pooling will help to get instant
monitoring as per OneView monitor, plus it allow to keep historical
data, and depending the tool you use to get the SNMP data, you can
build graphs on the current and historical data (4)(5).

 

Additional Information

 

(1)

    Use OneView Monitor to Analyze Performance
    https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/identity-security/siteminder/12-8/administrating/use-oneview-monitor-to-analyze-performance.html

(2)

    Install OneView Monitor
    https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/identity-security/siteminder/12-8/installing/install-oneview-monitor.html

(3)

    Access the OneView Viewer
    https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/identity-security/siteminder/12-8/administrating/use-oneview-monitor-to-analyze-performance/access-the-oneview-viewer.html

(4)

    Monitoring SiteMinder Using SNMP
    https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/identity-security/siteminder/12-8/administrating/monitoring-siteminder-using-snmp.html

(5)    

    Install and Configure SNMP Support
    https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/identity-security/siteminder/12-8/installing/install-and-configure-snmp-support.html