You do not have to set up monitoring plans and rules for your memory resource. OpenEdge Management automatically provides a default resource named Memory when you initially start up OpenEdge Management. You cannot delete this OpenEdge Management-provided default resource, nor can you change its name. However, you can change the values in the memory resource's monitoring plans definition and rules definition.

To review the default memory resource monitoring plan:

  1. Click Resources > Go to Resources in the OpenEdge Management console menu.
    All resources managed by your console appear in the grid frame.
  2. Filter or search for, and select the default Memory resource whose monitoring plan you want to review.
    The monitoring plan and a tabular and graphical representation of the memory status appear.
  3. To review the values set in the memory resource's monitoring plan definition and rule definition, click the monitoring plan in the Name column. The monitoring plan for the memory resource appears.

    The default monitoring plan consists of the following monitoring plan definition values:

    • Schedule — Identifies the system-defined 24/7 default schedule used when the plan is active. The default is Default_Schedule.
    • Polling Interval — Identifies the polling cycle, which is the frequency at which the resource's rules are checked. The default is 5 minutes.
    • Alerts Enabled — Indicates whether alerts are active and will be generated when the plan is active. The default is true.
    • Trend Performance Data — Indicates whether you want to store performance data in the OpenEdge Management Trend Database. The default is true.
    • Trend every — Indicates how often performance data is trended. The default is 1 poll(s).

    The default monitoring plan consists of the following rule definition values:

    • The Alert if system memory usage exceeds field indicates the threshold percent value that generates an alert. This alert indicates that the percentage of physical memory in use by the system has been exceeded.
    • The OR if virtual memory usage exceeds field indicates the threshold value that generates an alert. This alert indicates that the percentage of virtual memory in use by the system has been exceeded.

      These memory-related statistics are displayed as single snapshots when OpenEdge Management polls the system to determine the amount of free virtual memory. For example, OpenEdge Management displays the amount of free virtual memory at a single instant. Therefore, these statistics are more likely to reflect random spikes in performance that might not accurately reflect overall performance. You should consider configuring these monitors so that an alert is not generated the first time the threshold is crossed, but only after it has been crossed enough times to validate concern about performance.

    • Alert Severity — Identifies the severity level at which OpenEdge Management triggers an alert. The default is Error.
    • Throw alert after — Identifies at which point OpenEdge Management triggers an alert. The default is 2 failed poll(s).
    • Throw additional alerts — Indicates if OpenEdge Management will throw additional alerts. Possible values are true or false.
    • On alert perform action — Identifies the action that OpenEdge Management takes when an alert is generated. The default is Default Action.
    • Clear alert after — Identifies the number of successful polls after which OpenEdge Management clears the alert. The default is 0 successful poll(s).
    • On clear perform action — Identifies a user-defined action or a compound action. For example, OpenEdge Management might run a job that was defined as an action. The default is None.