Spotlight on Oracle 10.5 - Getting Started Guide

You will need	Description
Administrator access	Ensure your login to the Windows machine has Administrator access privileges. To add a new connection to the Windows machine you are currently using, ensure you are logged in to the machine with Administrator access privileges. If necessary, logout and login again.
Privileges	Spotlight on Windows retrieves its data from Windows performance counters and the windows registry of the monitored system. An administrator login to the Windows machine has such access.
Remote connectivity	To add a new connection to a Windows machine other than the one you are currently using, ensure the machine is accessible to the Spotlight client. Spotlight uses NetBIOS traffic to retrieve perfmon and registry information, so any firewalls between the Spotlight on Windows client and the machine being monitored must allow this traffic to pass through. Troubleshooting Spotlight on Windows

You will need

Description

Administrator access

Ensure your login to the Windows machine has Administrator access privileges.

To add a new connection to the Windows machine you are currently using, ensure you are logged in to the machine with Administrator access privileges. If necessary, logout and login again.

Privileges

Spotlight on Windows retrieves its data from Windows performance counters and the windows registry of the monitored system. An administrator login to the Windows machine has such access.

Remote connectivity

To add a new connection to a Windows machine other than the one you are currently using, ensure the machine is accessible to the Spotlight client. Spotlight uses NetBIOS traffic to retrieve perfmon and registry information, so any firewalls between the Spotlight on Windows client and the machine being monitored must allow this traffic to pass through. Troubleshooting Spotlight on Windows

Click File | Connect to open the Spotlight Connection Manager
Select Spotlight on Windows on the Connections menu.
Double-click Add new connection.
Fill in the connection Properties | Details page. Windows Connection Details

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Spotlight Connection Manager

Spotlight Browser

Troubleshooting Spotlight on Windows

Windows Connection Details

Field	Description
Connection name	Enter the preferred display name for the Windows machine. Note: If left blank, the Connection name field resets to the value of the Address field.
Local Machine	Select to diagnose the machine you are now using.
Address	Enter the hostname, IP address or URL to the Windows machine. Note: The value changes to "." and cannot be edited when Local Machine is selected.

Field

Description

Connection name

Enter the preferred display name for the Windows machine.

Note: If left blank, the Connection name field resets to the value of the Address field.

Local Machine

Select to diagnose the machine you are now using.

Address

Enter the hostname, IP address or URL to the Windows machine.

Note: The value changes to "." and cannot be edited when Local Machine is selected.

Logon Details

Note: Not applicable when Local Machine is selected.

Field	Description
Domain	The name of the domain the user belongs to (to login to the Windows machine). Note: If you intend to leave User blank then Domain should also be left blank.
User	Enter the user name to login to the Windows machine. Note: Ensure this user has administrator rights.
Password	Enter the password to login to the Windows machine. Note: Applicable when Save password details (for this connection) is selected.

Field

Description

Domain

The name of the domain the user belongs to (to login to the Windows machine).

Note: If you intend to leave User blank then Domain should also be left blank.

User

Enter the user name to login to the Windows machine.

Note: Ensure this user has administrator rights.

Password

Enter the password to login to the Windows machine.

Note: Applicable when Save password details (for this connection) is selected.

Select Save password details (for this connection) to save the password.

Note: Not applicable when Local Machine is selected.

Close the dialog.

Click	Description
Connect	Save changes and open the connection in Spotlight.
OK	Save changes. Do not open the connection in Spotlight.
Cancel	Do not save changes.

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Connect to Windows Systems

Troubleshooting Spotlight on Windows

Spotlight Connection Manager

All connections

Spotlight Today

Spotlight on Windows Home Page

The Spotlight home page shows the flow of information and commands between various sub-components and the size and status of internal resources such as processes, disk files and memory structures.

The display is based on the Windows architecture diagram. Windows Architecture Overview

Related operating system statistics are grouped together on panels that are connected by a series of graphical flows and icons. Spotlight updates these flows in real time so you can see how quickly data is moving through the system. The icons change color as Spotlight alarms are raised, upgraded, downgraded and canceled.

Tip: Hover the mouse pointer over a panel component for more information.

To see the Spotlight on Windows Home Page

Select the Spotlight on Windows connection from the Spotlight browser.
Click .

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Spotlight Home Pages

Spotlight Home Page Components

Spotlight on Windows Alarms

Spotlight alerts you to problems with your system by issuing an alarm.

This alarm…	Alerts you…
Cache alarms	When the level of cache activity exceeds a threshold.
Disk alarms	As the logical disk is filling up, and also when disk activity exceeds a threshold.
Event Log Alarm	When an Event Log entry is found which matches an active Event Log severity rule.
Memory alarms	When the available memory (both physical and virtual) drops below specified thresholds.
Paging alarms	When there is excessive paging activity on the target system.
Process alarms	When processes sustain a high CPU load.
Windows CPU Alarm	When the server’s CPU usage exceeds a specified percentage.
Windows Status Alarms	Spotlight is re-establishing its connection to the Windows system.