Processes & Usage Page

This Processes & Usage sub-page lists all server processes.

Overview

The Processes & Usage sub-page displays information about the currently existing work processes (WPs) in a system. You can retrieve information about them and execute basic commands.

Currently inactive processes are displayed with a light gray symbol. You can open the statistics and the current report of a process via the context menu. You can also end individual server processes.

Where to find the page:

The Administration perspective is only available, if the user has the required privilege.

Open the Administration perspective.
In the Navigation pane on the left, find the Automation EngineDiese Komponente steuert ein Automation Engine-System. Besteht aus verschiedenen Serverprozessen. ManagementManagement ist der Funktionsbereich des Service Orchestrator, in dem die Verwaltung von Service Level Agreements (SLAs) durchgeführt wird. In diesem Bereich werden SLA-Definitionen erstellt, bearbeitet und gelöscht. Außerdem dient dieser Bereich auch der Verwaltung Ihrer Geschäftseinheiten. page.
Click its tab to expand its sub-entries, find the Processes & Usage sub-page.

Functions

The processes listed here can be accessed further and commands be used via the context menu.

In the toolbar the default buttons Export to export the table content as .csv and Refresh are available.

In addition you can use the General Usage button to display the Usage panel at the bottom of the Processes table.

Table Columns Information

To sort by a certain column, click the column header. A small arrow in the column header will indicate the sorting direction.

The table columns display the following information:

Column	Description
Name	Server process name including the patch level. This name is a combination of the system name, #, process type and the consecutive 3-digit process type number.
Type	Details: Server Processes C ... Communication Process P ... Primary Work Process W... Work Process D ... Dialog Process N ... NonStop Process
Version	Server process version including the patch level.
IP address	TCP/IP address of the server process.
Port No.	Server process port number.
HostRechner, Zielsystem.	Name of the computer on which the server process is running.
B.01	Percentage of server process utilization during the last minute.
B.10	Percentage of server process utilization during the last 10 minutes.
B.60	Percentage of server process utilization during the last 60 minutes.
Process ID	Process identification number of the server process.
Time difference	Time difference between the computer on which the server process is running and the AE system.
Server time	Date and time of the computer on which the server process is running.
Connections	This column shows the number of external connections. Internal connections between communication processes and work processes are shown in the ServiceManager. Number of connections to the communication process (such as UserInterfaces and agents).Connections to work processes are exempted. For work processes: The value is always "0".
Role	Server role that the work process assumes. Possible values: "O" and "R" "O" - Output "R" - Resource Each role is only assigned once. Therefore, a work process does not necessarily assume a role. Communication processes cannot assume Server roles.
Linked
Net Area	Name of the server processes' net area. Details: Net Areas in the Automation Engine By default, this value complies with the name of the AE system. WPs always run within the same net area.

Context Menu

Right-clicking a process's entry in the Processes table opens its context menu. The context menu items provide the following commands:

Column	Description
Executions	Calls the Executions - Statistics for Agents page.
Open ReportBericht, der nähere Informationen über die Durchführung einer Aufgabe oder einer Komponente enthält.	Opens the last Reports für Server und Agenten
Start	Starts the selected server process via a ServiceManager. You can only use this option if a ServiceManager is available that can be used to start the server process. You must also enter the ServiceManager settings in the Server object either manually or by using the command Verify connection to ServiceManager.
Change logging	Causes the log file to be changed. Changing the log file of a particular work process implies that the log files of all other work processes are also changed.
Quit Process	Closes the server process immediately regardless of tasks that might be running.
Change Server mode to DWP / Change Server mode to WP	Changes the work-process mode from WP to DWP and vice versa (see also WP_MIN_NUMBER) WP ... Work Process DWP ... Dialog Process You cannot change a work process to a dialog process, if it performs a Server role (check in the Role column).
Change Server mode to PWP / Change Server mode to WP	Changes the work-process mode from WP to PWP and vice versa. WP ... Work Process PWP ... Primary Work Process You cannot change a work process to a primary work process, if it performs a Server role (check in the Role column).
Verify connection to Service ManagerProdukt(e): AE, RA_JMS. Der Service Manager dient dazu, Komponenten wie AE-Serverprozesse oder Agenten zu starten oder zu stoppen. Sie haben somit die Möglichkeit, von einer zentralen Stelle auf diese Programme zuzugreifen.	Refreshes the ServiceManager's connection settings for the selected server processes. You must specify these settings if you start the server processes via the System Overview or the script element MODIFY_SYSTEM by using a ServiceManager. You can use the Server object's Seite „Attribute“ in order to show and manually edit these settings. This scan is automatically made when the server processes start for the first time. It can happen that the service name defined in the Server object does no longer comply with the related service name in the ServiceManager. In this case, Automic recommends running the Verify connection to Service Manager command or entering the relevant values manually.
Workload	Opens the search (message analysis) or statistical overview (message statistics of buffered Server messages). This menu item is only available for work processes (WP, PWP or DWP).

Usage

In the panel at the bottom of the Processes table you can access additional statistical records about the currently selected process.

How to open the Usage panel:

In the toolbar find the button General Usage.
Click it to open the panel.
Inside the panel, two more buttons can be found, Usage Chart and Usage Table. Use them to alternately display the chart or the table.

For Usage Chart and Usage Table the following behavior applies:

They display the workload of all Automation Engine work processes in percent, if no work process in the table above is selected.
They display the workload of one particular Automation Engine work process in percent, if you select it in the table above.

Usage Chart

General

To open the Usage Chart, click the button in the panel.

The Usage Chart is displayed by default, if you use the General Usage button in the toolbar. In this panel, you can also open and use a Usage Table.

Information provided

You see the data displayed as chart columns, by client. The x-axis shows the time of the workload data, the y-axis the percentage of workload at a given point in time.

What you can do:

You can use the Client icon to activate or deactivate the display of that particular client's data. (The icon turns light gray, when that client is deactivated.)

At the right-hand side of the chart you can choose the time frame of data you want to display from a drop down list.

The image shows the Usage Chart of a all work process of the system.

Usage Table

Opening the Usage Table displays the workload of one or all work processes in percent.

To sort by a certain column, click the column header. A small arrow in the column header will indicate the sorting direction.

Each of the columns stands for a certain hour. The headings show the respective time. Client data is displayed in lines, one line per client (hourly values and average value).

The image shows the Usage Table of a particular work process.