Use SMARTS to monitor SMARTS services

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

• Guidance on setting up to  Use SMARTS to monitor SMARTS services.
• Get an alert if SMARTS service goes down etc.

Environment

Smarts - 10.1.x

Resolution

If ports assigned to the domains is static then for self-monitoring you can go with the below 2 solutions:

1). Using Failover Manager: By adding failover manager domain in the SAM.

     NOTE: This is applicable if you have failover setup.

    Following are the list of events from the failoverManager:

 

2). Using Smarts ACM (Application Connectivity Monitor) domain: Application Connectivity Monitor (ACM) automatically discovers TCP-based applications on the network. Application Connectivity Monitor performs the TCP checks by using the open TCP sockets. Document for reference.