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Foglight for Microsoft DOT NET 5.9.13 - Installation and Configuration Guide

Installing and Configuring Foglight for Microsoft .NET Managing .NET Agent Configurations

Editing Windows Services .NET integration configurations

In the Integration Configuration Properties dialog box, define the service name of the Windows® Services that you want to monitor. Integrating with a Windows Service provides availability and transaction metrics, and performance counters. When you integrate a .NET transaction agent with a Windows Service, the agent changes the Windows registry.

 
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NOTE: The following procedure assumes that you have an integration configuration open for editing, as described in Viewing and editing .NET integration configurations .
To monitor Windows Services:
1
In the Integration Configuration Properties dialog box, click the Windows Services tab.
2
To add a single Windows Service, click Add.
A blank row appears in the table.
3
Click in the Windows Service where service ‘name’ is box and type the full name of the service. This is the service name, not the display name.
4
To add another service, repeat steps 2 through 4.
Or
To add multiple services in a single step, click Add multiple. In the dialog box that opens, type the names of the Windows Services, separated by commas or new lines, then click Set.
5
Click OK to close the editor and save your changes.
6
Restart your Windows Services to apply the changes.

Editing standalone applications .NET integration configurations

In the Integration Configuration Properties dialog box, define the full path to the executable file of any standalone applications that you want to monitor. Integrating with a standalone application provides availability and transaction metrics, and performance counters. When you integrate a .NET transaction agent with a standalone application, a cmd script is created and written to a file in the application’s root directory. Use the cmd script to start your standalone applications to get the applications integrated .

 
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NOTE: The following procedure assumes that you have an integration configuration open for editing, as described in Viewing and editing .NET integration configurations .
To monitor specific standalone applications:
1
In the Integration Configuration Properties dialog box, click the Standalone Applications tab.
2
To add a single standalone application, click Add.
A blank row appears in the table.
3
Click in the Standalone application where ‘executable path’ is box and type the full path to the executable.
4
To add another application, repeat Step 2 through Step 3.
Or
To add multiple applications in a single step, click Add multiple. In the dialog box that opens, type the names of the standalone applications, separated by commas or new lines, then click Set.
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Click OK to close the editor and save your changes.
 
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NOTE: A cmd script is created and written to a file in the application’s root directory.
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To integrate your applications, restart your standalone applications using the cmd script.

Editing .NET thread metrics integration configurations

In the Integration Configuration Properties dialog box, specify whether to enable or disable collection of thread metrics from integrated IIS, Windows® Services, and standalone applications. By default, thread metrics are not collected.

This setting applies to the Performance Counters Agent only. For more information about this agent, see Creating a .NET performance-counters-only monitoring agent .

 
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NOTE: The following procedure assumes that you have an integration configuration open for editing, as described in Viewing and editing .NET integration configurations .
To collect thread metrics:
1
In the Integration Configuration Properties dialog box, click the Thread Metrics tab.
2
Select the Collect Thread Metrics check box.
3
Click OK to close the editor and save your changes.
4
Restart your IIS, Windows Services, or standalone applications.

Switching .NET agent configurations

You can create or edit agent configurations through the .NET Administration dashboard before or after creating a .NET agent. If you create an agent and use the default configuration during installation, you can later create another customized configuration and assign it to the agent.

See Creating .NET transaction agent configurations or Managing .NET agent integration configurations for information about creating configurations.

This procedure describes how to switch the configuration that an agent is using to collect data after the agent and a unique configuration have been created.

To switch an agent’s configuration:
1
On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Application Servers > Administration.
2
On the Application Servers Administration dashboard, in the Monitoring Agents table, click the name of the agent to which you want to assign a new configuration.
3
In the list that opens, click Switch configuration.
Depending on the type of agent you selected (transaction or counters), either the Switch Transaction Configuration or the Switch Counters Configuration dialog box opens.
 
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TIP: These two dialog boxes function identically. The only difference is the name, which reflects the type of agent selected.
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Select a configuration from the list and click Switch.
A message box opens, indicating that the configuration that the agent uses is updated. You do not need to restart the agent.
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Click Close.
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