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IBM Cloud Monitoring

You can use IBM Cloud Monitoring to monitor classic infrastructure metrics such as CPU usage, disk usage, network traffic, and memory. These metrics are stored in IBM Cloud Monitoring. You can access metrics through the prebuilt dashboards.

IBM Cloud Monitoring metrics are available if you deploy the monitoring agent for non-orchestrated environments. For more information, see IBM Cloud Monitoring agent for non-orchestrated environments metrics.

Basic monitoring

You use basic monitoring to initiate service and slow pings to make sure that the device is online and responsive.

Table 1. Basic monitoring service types
Basic monitoring service types Description
SERVICE PING Test ping to address
SLOW PING Test ping to address - doesn't fail on slow server response due to high latency or high server load.

The source of service ping and slow ping monitoring depends on the data center where the server is located. To use public IP monitoring, you need to allow ICMP from the server's data center public service network. For private IP monitoring, you need to allow ICMP from the server's data center private service network.

If an echo isn't received in the allotted time frame (1 second for service pings, 5 seconds for slow pings), an alert is sent to the email address on the account. A status of Up in the Status field indicates that an echo was received, while Down indicates that the echo wasn't received.

Host ping and TCP service monitoring

Host ping is the default basic monitoring option. If you want more basic monitoring options, you need to select Host ping and TCP service monitoring. This selection gives you access to the following add-on monitoring services.

Table 2. Add-on monitoring service types
Add-on monitoring service types Description
DNS Test generic nslookup on address
DNS CUSTOM Test nslookup for specified domain on address
FTP Test for FTP connection to port 21 on address
HTTP Test for HTTP connection to port 80 on address
HTTP CUSTOM Test for HTTP connection to port 80 on address, checks for given response text
HTTPS Test for HTTP connection to port 443 on address
IMAP Test for IMAP connection on address
LDAP Test for LDAP connection on address
NNTP Test for NNTP connection on address
POP Test for POP connection on address
SMTP Test for SMTP connection on address
SSH Test for SSH connection to port 22 on address
TCP CUSTOM Test for TCP connection to specified port on address
TELNET Test for telnet connection to port 23 on address
UDP SIP Test for UDP connection to specified port on address

Viewing configured monitors

To view configured monitors, use the following steps:

  1. Go to your console's device menu. For more information, see Navigating to devices.
  2. From the Devices menu, select Device List and select the device.
  3. Click the Monitoring tab. All current pings are viewable on the landing page.

The Monitoring tab is only visible if at least one monitor is configured.

Health dashboard for classic infrastructure

With the health monitoring dashboard, you can see important stats about your environment that might need attention. From the health dashboard, you can quickly see the following information:

  • All your devices and their associated monitoring statuses
  • Quickly see any servers that might require firmware updates
  • See whether any operating systems are no longer supported and if an OS reload is required

Viewing the health dashboard for classic infrastructure

To view your health dashboard, use the following steps.

  1. Log in to the IBM Cloud® console and click the menu icon Menu icon.
  2. Click Classic Infrastructure Classic icon.
  3. Click Devices > Device list > Health dashboard.

For more information about operating system support cycles, see Lifecycle for operating systems and add-ons.

Next steps

For more information about monitoring your infrastructure and environments, see the following information.