Unified Management Portal is Multilingual
Image used with Creative Commons license permission from Eyesplash; originally published on Flickr.com.* For Nimsoft Monitor Nimsoft’s Unified Management Portal, v7.5 or later, enables you to select...
View ArticleSNMP Data Monitoring – Self-Health Configuration
For CA Nimsoft Monitor The SNMP Data Monitoring (snmpcollector) probe self-health metrics are always on by default. If you do not want to collect and view this information, you can disable...
View ArticleAlarms Your Way
Image used with Creative Commons permissions from Ben Garney, originally published on Flickr.com. Create a Custom URL Action in UMP With the release of Nimsoft 7.6, you can now create a custom URL...
View ArticleGoing Metric!
There’s a new kind of data source available for widgets in the UMP Dashboard portlet – Metric! A Metric data source allows widgets to display the current performance data being monitored on a system....
View ArticleBetter Together Part Three: Nimsoft + APM
For Nimsoft Monitor Maybe you’ve seen one of the latest YouTube videos from CA Technologies, the one that shows how the application economy is a lot like speed dating? And maybe you know that CA APM...
View ArticleAmazon Web Services Monitoring
For CA Nimsoft Monitor Amazon Web Services (AWS) provide a decentralized IT infrastructure for multiple organizations. The various capabilities of AWS include remote storage and content delivery,...
View ArticleIs that Trouble with a capital T?
Graphic representation of an algorithm by fdecomite, used with Creative Commons permissions; originally published on Flickr.com. For CA Nimsoft Monitor On September 15, Anton Chuvakin, Research VP and...
View ArticleNetQoS Performance Center SSL LDAP differences: W2K3 vs W2K8R2
The security behavior of .NET in Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 r2 is different. In Windows 2003, the SSL certificate for an LDAP server is accepted even when the host name in the...
View ArticleNot a LUAU – it’s Lua!!
Did you know that you can customize your discovery results using Lua scripts? Lua is a lightweight programming language that is designed for cross platform scripting. It can be embedded and extended...
View ArticleChange is in the air…
With the 8.0 version of CA Unified Infrastructure Management (formerly CA Nimsoft Monitor), you’ll begin to see some changes in our documentation. You’ll still be able to go to http://docs.nimsoft.com...
View ArticleIntroducing CA Unified Infrastructure Management
What’s that Name? The product formerly known as CA Nimsoft Monitor is now CA Unified Infrastructure Management (UIM). Likewise, the Flipboard cookbook is now the CA Unified Infrastructure Management...
View ArticleTime To Threshold Predictive Alarm
Prediction Engine is a new SLM probe that lets administrators configure a Time To Threshold alarm for QoS enabled probes. To configure a Time to Threshold alarm, you must have CA Unified...
View ArticleSo Many Seeds…
Image of sunflower seeds by oatsy40, used with Creative Commons permissions; originally published on Flickr.com. Seed device discovery is a new feature introduced in CA Unified Infrastructure...
View ArticleWebSphere MQ Monitoring
For CA Unified Infrastructure Management IBM WebSphere MQ is messaging middleware that allows you to share data and messages asynchronously between applications across multiple platforms. Websphere MQ...
View ArticleSay, Hola!
Sunset Over Barcelona taken by Matt Debnam, used with Creative Commons license* permission, originally published on Flickr.com. Today is the last day of vmworld Europe in Barcelona, Spain. Whether...
View ArticleDefining a Default Dashboard
You’ve spent a lot of time creating the perfect dashboard. You want to make sure that people see it when they start UMP. You’ve tried sending emails to everyone. You’ve called. You’ve stood in their...
View ArticleFile-based Imports
If you manage a large enterprise, all of your device and host configuration information is likely maintained in a configuration management database (CMDB). You may be faced with the daunting task of...
View ArticleOracle Database Monitoring
For CA Unified Infrastructure Management The Oracle Database Monitoring (oracle) probe allows you to monitor your Oracle databases 24×7 so you can detect, diagnose, and resolve Oracle performance...
View ArticleThe *NEW* List Widget!
CA UIM 8.0 introduced a new widget that allows administrators to design lists that display system information in a Dashboard. When you drag the List widget to your Dashboard, the List Designer wizard...
View ArticleCustom Monitoring for SNMP Devices
For Unified Infrastructure Management Did you know you can create your own monitoring configuration with the SNMP Data Monitoring (snmpcollector) probe? If the thresholds in the default configuration...
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