How to Use the Web Services Connector to Publish Nimsoft Metrics in Executive Insight
Prerequisites:
- Executive Insight 2.x Installed
- Nimsoft Monitor 7.x or 8.x Installed
- Nimsoft UMP Installed
Steps:
1. Install the webservices REST probe onto the robot hosting the UMP.
2. Ensure access to the webservices as described in the Nimsoft Webservices Manual: http://docs.nimsoft.com/prodhelp/en_US/Monitor/SDK/REST/Nimsoft%20RESTful%20Webservices%20Manual%20and%20Reference%20Guide_v2_11.pdf
Or just typing http://<UMP_address>/rest/version-info on a browser.
3. Identify the QOS metric (ex. QOS_CPU_USAGE), source and target you wish to display in Executive Insight. This can be found using the Performance Report Designer:
4. Configure a new webservice connector in Executive Insight
a. Name the Connector and the Request appropriately
b. The URL should be http://<UMP_ADDRESS>/rest/qos/data/name/<QOS_NAME>/<SOURCE>/<TARGET>/lasthour/now/0
c. Set the Authentication Type to Basic and enter appropriate Nimsoft credentials.
d. Set the content type to application/xml.
e. On the Processing Tab Enter “{<METRIC NAME>}” for the Metric Name (This is free form text and it will be the metric name displayed in EI dashboard).
f. Set Metric Value to: /qos-data/data/samplevalue
g. Set Metric Timestamp to: /qos-data/data/sampletime
h. Set Date/Time Format to: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss
i. Set an appropriate refresh period (take into consideration the metric interval).
j. Select the Result option and click Test. The results should be similar to image below.
5. Save and enable the metric. After some minutes data will be visible in EI.