Characteristics of AppServer resource log file monitors

Data that you can capture and view using the AppServer resource log file monitors and viewers can help you:

Ensure the integrity of these log files by monitoring files for errors and allowing you to define actions that trigger when errors occur.

Use predefined AppServer-related search criteria, or create your own, to run against the data in these log files. OpenEdge Management predefines search criteria to support the broker and server log file monitors.

The following figure shows an excerpt of the Search Criteria subcategories, including the AppServer Broker and AppServer Server links to the predefined search criteria.

Figure 17. AppServer-related search criteria

You can create and maintain the search criteria for each of the AppServer resources in the following two locations:

At the AppServer resource local file monitor instance level. The search text and type are not shareable at this level. See Customizing an AppServer broker log file monitor for details.

At the OpenEdge Management Component Library level under the AppServer subcategory. The search text and type are shareable at this level.

Specifically, the predefined search criteria provide:

Detailed data about the recorded operations of an AppServer broker or AppServers

A means for extracting detailed data