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Re: Writing probes for Glassfish container events

From: Paul Davies <paul.m.davies_at_oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:17:19 -0800

Hi,

Are you using Oracle GlassFish Server or GlassFish Server Open Source
Edition?

The list-probes subcommand and the monitoring scripting client are
available only in Oracle GlassFish Server, not GlassFish Server Open
Source Edition.

Regards,
-Paul Davies

On 2/16/2012 9:11 AM, Comerford, Sean wrote:
> When I run list-probes in asadmin to see what's available I get this:
>
> /asadmin> list-probes/
> /Command list-probes not found. /
> /Check the entry of command name. This command may be provided by a
> package that is not installed./
> /Closest matching local and remote command(s): /
> / list-nodes/
> /Command list-probes executed successfully./
>
> I'm using v3.1.1 if that matters.
>
> --
> Sean Comerford
> ESPN.com Site Architecture
>
> From: Jennifer Galloway <jennifer.chou_at_oracle.com
> <mailto:jennifer.chou_at_oracle.com>>
> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:07:12 -0500
> To: Sean Comerford <Sean.Comerford_at_espn.com
> <mailto:Sean.Comerford_at_espn.com>>
> Cc: "users_at_glassfish.java.net <mailto:users_at_glassfish.java.net>"
> <users_at_glassfish.java.net <mailto:users_at_glassfish.java.net>>
> Subject: Re: Writing probes for Glassfish container events
>
> Did you see the doc on Monitoring Scripting Client?
> http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19226-01/821-1008/index.html
>
> There is a sample script you can follow to see how it works.
>
> There may not be probes specifically for 'http-listener's connection
> queue overflows or even when it reaches a certain threshold'. You
> can run 'asadmin list-probes' to list all the probes available, and
> 'list-probes --details name_of_probe' to get more info. I know there
> are many that are begin and end events for the containers.
>
> Jennifer
>
> On 2/15/12 9:21 PM, Comerford, Sean wrote:
>> We're finally about to turn the keys on V3 in production here at ESPN.
>>
>> Been doing a bit of reading on the probes that have been added to the
>> V3 monitoring framework.
>>
>> These look really promising.
>>
>> But I'm a little stuck on how to actually go about creating and
>> deploying one that listens for container events.
>>
>> For example, I want to create a probe to be notified of things like
>> when an http-listener's connection queue overflows or even when it
>> reaches a certain threshold (i.e. more than X requests are queued).
>>
>> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>>
>> --
>> Sean Comerford
>> ESPN.com Site Architecture
>>>
>>
>
>
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