November, 2018 | QueueMetrix

How to Monitor IBM MQ with AppDynamics using LAMAXU

Nov 30, 2018 | Tech Notes

Defining the AppDynamics Agent

To integrate LAMAXU with AppDynamics, simply include the AppDynamics -javaagent option to the LAMAXU startup.sh script.

Please contact your AppDynamics administrators as they need to generate, and provide you with, a new client configuration bundle for every LAMAXU agent deployed.

The ./conf/controller-info.xml located in the AppDynamics agent’s directory contains information about the server LAMAXU will push JMX updates to.

Example; This example uses the following values to identify the LAMAXU agent.

./conf/controller-info.xml

Adding the AppDynamics Agent to the LAMAXU Start-up

Add the option in red below to the ${LAMAXU_HOME}/bin/startup.sh|startup.bat files.

nohup "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -javaagent:/app/AppServerAgent-4.0.6.0/ver4.0.6.0/javaagent.jar -DLOG_PATH=${LAMAXU_HOME}/logs -cp ${LAMAXU_CLASSPATH} com.qm.lamaxu.Main -config ${LAMAXU_HOME}/config/config.xml >nohup.out 2>&1 &

Testing AppDynamics works with LAMAXU

Once the LAMAXU agent has been started, open AppDynamics and navigate to the LAMAXU MQ Application on the menu.

Once in the LAMAXU MQ application, navigate to App Servers and select the node.

Navigate to ‘More/JMX’ and click on the ‘Refresh Domains’ button to view the monitored MQ queue manager MBeans, as show in screen shots below.

How to Monitor IBM MQ with Solarwinds and Queuemetrix Lamaxu

Nov 21, 2018 | Tech Notes

Queuemetrix Lamaxu extends the monitoring capability of solarwinds SAM by enabling the monitoring of IBM MQ message flows and metrics.

LAMAXU interfaces natively with solarwinds ® using standard Java JMX MBeans, making IBM MQ appear just like a Java Application Server.

SETTING UP THE LAMAXU JMX GATEWAY

The JMX Gateway can be accessed using an RFC2609 compliant service url:

service:jmx:rmi://<TARGET_MACHINE>:<JMX_RMI_SERVER_PORT>/jndi/rmi://<TARGET_MACHINE>:<RMI_REGISTRY_PORT>/jmxrmi

Given the above and the following parameters:

TARGET_MACHINE = auprod1
JMX_RMI_SERVER_PORT = 3098
RMI_REGISTRY_PORT = 3099

We can derive the following functional URL:

service:jmx:rmi://auprod1:3098/jndi/rmi://auprod1:3099/jmxrmi

For convenience, this URL is also written to the LAMAXU log file at start-up:

2015-11-23 18:07:37,039 [main] JmxGateway remote url is: service:jmx:rmi://auprod1:3098/jndi/rmi://auprod1:3099/jmxrmi

You can now use the URL above to connect to the LAMAXU JMX gateway process.

JconsoleUrl

Locate and execute the JDK utility jconsole. On startup you will be prompted for a URL, username and password. You should be able to connect to LAMAXU successfully, assuming authentication and SSL details have been defined correctly.

1. As illustrated in the screenshot below, the MQ queue manager information is displayed under the MBeans tab.
2. A successful connection via jconsole means you can now proceed to connecting Solarwinds using the same parameters.