Monitoring View
NetWitness provides detailed statistics and other information about the host and the individual NetWitness services in Details views. You can view the current health of all the hosts and the services running on the hosts in the Monitoring view.
What do you want to do?
Role | I want to ... | Show me how |
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Administrator | View and Perform Procedures | Monitor Hosts and Services |
Quick Look
To access this view:
- Go to (Admin) > Health & Wellness.
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Click the Monitoring tab.
The Monitoring view is displayed.
1 | The Monitoring tab shows health statistics for the NetWitness Platform hosts and services. |
2 | The Group panel enables you to view statistics for a selected group. |
3 | The Hosts panel displays operational statistics. |
Groups PanelGroups Panel
The Groups panel lists all of the groups of hosts available. When you select a group, the associated content is displayed in the Hosts panel.
Note: If the total host count in the Groups panel is lower than the actual number of hosts displayed in the Hosts panel, refer to the Troubleshooting Health & Wellness topic for possible causes of this issue and recommended solutions.
Hosts Panel
The Hosts panel displays operational statistics for hosts and the services running on each host.
Parameter | Description |
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Type a host name or a service name in the Filter field to display the corresponding hosts and services in the Host panel. | |
Stopped Services | Click Stopped Services to display a list of all stopped services. It also displays the host on which the service is installed. |
Stopped Processing | Click Stopped Processing to display a list of all the hosts that have services installed on them that are in the stopped processing status. |
Physical drive Problems <#> host(s) |
Click to view the hosts that have physical drive problems. |
Logical Drive Problems <#> host(s) |
Click to view the hosts that have logical drive problems. |
Full Filesystems <#> host(s) |
Click to view the hosts that have full file systems. |
Note: The summary information in the boxes at the top displays the System Statistics for all of the hosts configured in NetWitness and does not change with the application of filters on the groups.
Below the boxes at the top of the Hosts panel is a list of hosts, the services installed on them, and information regarding the hosts and services.
Parameter | Description |
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Host Name | Displays the host name. If a host has services installed that are not in view, you will see a prefixed to the host name. Click to view all the services installed on the host. |
Status | Displays the status of the Host. - The host is active and running. - The host is stopped or yet to start processing. |
CPU | Displays the current CPU usage of the host. |
Memory | Displays the Memory used by the host. |
When you click prefixed to the host name, a list of all the services installed on the host is displayed. The table below describes parameters displayed for a service and their description.
Parameter | Description |
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Service | Displays the status of the service. Ready - The service is active and running. Stopped - The service is stopped or yet to start processing. |
Health Status | Displays the processing status of the service. - The process is running and the data is being processed at a rate greater than zero. - The processing is stopped. - The processing is turned on but the data is not being processed. |
Rate | Shows the rate at which data is being processed. |
Name | Name of the service in the format <host> - <service>. Click the link in the Name field to get additional service details. |
Service Type | Name of the type of service. |
CPU | Shows the current CPU usage of the service. |
Memory Usage | Displays the Memory used by the service. |
Uptime | Displays the time for which the service has been running. |