Monitoring Ping Performance
Learn how to monitor the Ping performance between the Monitoring Agent and any "pingable" devices.
This page describes what's being monitored for the Ping Category in Nodinite, using one or more role-based Monitor Views. Nodinite monitors the state, based on user-defined thresholds, either global or specific. For managing the Ping, remote commands are available as Actions. These help you swiftly manage reported problems. The implemented Remote Actions are further detailed on this page.
Example with a list of monitored 'Pingable' resources in a Monitor View
Monitoring Features
- You must manually manage your Ping configurations. Sharing insights is very easy from within Nodinite using Monitor Views.
- State Evaluation - Based on user-defined thresholds for a given duration
- Category-based monitoring - To help you sort out the different type of resources, the monitored Resources are grouped by Categories
State evaluation for Ping based monitoring
The monitored Ping configurations are displayed within Nodinite as Resources. For example, if you have 2 Windows Source Server configuration with 2 and 3 ping-configurations, then you will have 5 'Ping' resources in Nodinite in total.
The name of the Resources are the same as the name for the ping-configuration
The 'Ping' resource belong to the following Category:
Category Description Ping Make sure the Ping configurations are within user-defined monitoring thresholds 
List of the Ping related category as a filter in a Monitor ViewThe Application name is the Display Name from the configuration of the monitored Windows Server:
Each item (presented in Nodinite as a Resource) and is evaluated with a state. (OK, Warning, Error, Unavailable).
From within Nodinite, you can reconfigure the state evaluation on Resource level using the Expected State feature.
Note
Depending on the user-defined synchronization interval set for the Windows Server Monitoring Agent, there might be a delay before Nodinite Web Client/Monitor Views reflects upon the change. Click the Sync All button (or on the dropdown for individual agent selection) to force Nodinite to request a resynchronization request.
Option to force Nodinite to request a resynchronization request with the monitoring agent
Monitoring Ping
For the Ping category, the monitored state evaluates as described in the table below:
| State | Status | Description | Actions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable | Service not available | If the server can't be reached and evaluated either due to Network or security-related problems | Review prerequisites | |
| Error | Error state raised |
|
Response time chart Edit Details | |
| Warning | Warning state raised | Performance Warning threshold is breached | Response time chart Edit Details | |
| OK | Online | The 'Ping' configuration is valid and response times are within user-defined thresholds | Response time chart Edit Details |
Actions for Ping
The following Remote Actions are available for the Ping Category:
Edit thresholds
You can manage the alert thresholds for selected Ping resource, simply click on the Action button and then click on the Edit thresholds menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
Edit thresholds, using the 'Edit' action.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
Here's an example of the 'Edit thresholds' modal.
Details
You can view some details for the selected Ping resource, simply click on the Action button and then click on the Details menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
Open details modal, using the 'Details' action.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
Here's an example of the 'Details' modal.
Metrics chart: Metrics
You can view some statistics about the selected Ping resource, simply click on the Action button and then click on the Response time chart menu item within the 'Control Center' section.
Show Ping performance statistics, using the 'Response time chart' action.
Next, click the option to present the modal.
Here's an example of statistics for the Ping performance over time.
This modal is designed for the purpose of being used as a Widget in the Dashboard.
Ping statistics example as a Widget on the Dashboard.
Configuration
Use the Remote Configuration to manage the Ping configuration.
Ping tab
Click the Ping tab to manage the 'Ping' related Monitoring options.
Here's an example of the 'Ping' tab.
- Enable Ping Monitoring for this configuration - When checked, the
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Ping General Tab
Here's an example of the 'Ping' tab.
- Name - The display name for this Ping configuration, also becomes the Resource name in Monitor Views
- Description - User-friendly short description for this configuration.
- Target (Host name or IP-address) - The target Host Name or IP-address of the device to ping from 'localhost'
Ping Thresholds Tab
Here's an example of the 'Ping thresholds' tab.
- Response time Warning threshold (ms) - When the response time has been over this threshold for more than 60 seconds (Duration) a Warning is raised
- Response time Error threshold (ms) - When the response time has been over this threshold for more than 60 seconds (Duration) an Error is raised
- Duration (s) - Alert when the ping response time consistently breaches this duration (3-3600 seconds)
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