Progress OpenEdge Server Monitor view

The Progress OpenEdge Server Monitor view provides a status summary for the AppServer broker and agents. You can access the view by:

Then expand the AppServer folder and select a broker.

The view provides details about the broker on a Summary tab and also includes a toolbar that you can use to perform certain AppServer tasks.

Summary tab

The following summary details related to broker and agent status appear in the Summary tab:

Broker status The broker status: starting, active, stopping
Operating mode The operating mode: State-reset, State-aware, Stateless, and State-free
Broker port The port that the broker listens on for connections
Broker pid The operating machine process ID of the broker executable
Active agents The number of active agents, including all those busy, locked, and available
Busy agents The number of busy AppServer agent processes
Locked agents The number of locked AppServer agents that are tied to a specific client
Available agents The number of available agents that are currently idle
Active clients The number of active client requests (current, peak)
Client queue The client queue depth of waiting clients (maximum, average)
Total Requests The total number of requests serviced by this broker and all its agents
Request wait The number of milliseconds clients have to wait before having their requests serviced (maximum, average)
Request duration The length of time each request is taking (maximum, average)

Enable Agent State tab

If you have enabled the Enable Agent State tab in the Server preferences, details appear on the tab when you open it.(To open the tab, start the server in the Servers view. In the Progress OpenEdge Server Monitor view, expand the server, and select an agent from the list. The Agent State tab appears next to the Summary tab.)

If you have not enabled the tab, no details appear. Instead, a message informs you that the tab is disabled. To enable the tab, click the down arrow in the Progress OpenEdge Server Monitor toolbar, choose Preferences, and select the option.

The following information for a single AppServer agent appears in the Enable Agent State tab when you have enabled it:

PROPATH Specifies the search path that agents use to locate ABL procedures that they execute
Databases Lists the name of each connected database, including its full path
Persistent procedures Lists the name of each remote persistent procedure running in the Application Server process
Note: The details shown in the Enable Agent State tab do not refresh. To see refreshed information, either click Refresh server status on the view's toolbar, or set up an automatic server status refresh by setting the Server status refresh interval preference.

Progress OpenEdge Server Monitor view toolbar

You can use the buttons on the Progress OpenEdge Server Monitor view toolbar to accomplish the following tasks:

Automatically refresh the server status at a predetermined interval.
Refresh the server status. (Available only when server is started and selected.)
Add one or more agents. (Available only when server is started and selected.)
Trim one or more agents. (Available only when server is started and selected.)
Trim all agents. (Available only when server is started and selected.)
Open a Web browser by using the currently selected server and start the OpenEdge Explorer connection the server is using.
Note: For more information, see Accessing OpenEdge Explorer.
Access Progress OpenEdge Server preferences.