Documentation forServer & Application Monitor

Monitor your environment with SAM

SAM offers immediate insight into the performance of your servers and applications. As you view data, you can investigate further to examine alerts, forecast usage, and modify configurations. Summary pages display high-level events and alerts, along with performance data for managed nodes that represent network devices, applications, virtual servers, and more.

The term "managed node" refers to any entity from which SAM extracts data directly via an Orion polling method such as SNMP, ICMP, WMI, or API. In SAM, a managed node is usually a server, but can also be a VM, hypervisor, or Nutanix cluster, as well as a remote API or service.

Use links in widgets on summary pages to drill down further and see details such as server resources, allocated virtual resources, application performance, and OS metrics.

To monitor immediate needs in your environment:

  • View notifications by clicking the bell icon at the top of the Orion Web Console.
  • View events, alerts, traps, and Syslogs by clicking Alerts & Activity > Message Center.

This section includes the following topics:

For more SAM monitoring details, see Monitor with AppInsight applications and Use SAM templates, application monitors, and component monitors.

The Orion Platform Administrator Guide describes functionality available in many products, such as how to: