The MetricsView Windows service allows users to set thresholds for data from a Windows Performance Counter (WPC) and set alerts when those thresholds are exceeded. A “MetricsView Agent” (aka, MV-Agent) is an application installed locally on your server as a service that gathers the WPC statistical data. The MV-Agent provides access to WPC data from the local machine where the MV-Agent is installed, as well as any machine available on an adjoining network. Learn how to gather data from several machines in your network from Collecting Performance Data from Multiple Computers Using One MetricsView Agent.
The configured WPC monitoring is stored as a task within a MetricsView device. An MV-Agent gathers WPC values at approximately 45-second intervals. Therefore, the number of WPC values gathered within a data set depends on the monitoring frequency. For example, if the monitoring frequency is once-per-3-hours, then 240 WPC values will be gathered within that 3-hour time interval (10,800 secs in 3 hours/45-sec. intervals= 240 WPC values). The configuration of the monitoring task is where the specific intervals, data aggregation, and collection is set-up, including:
- Maximum – the highest value will be taken
- Average – value is calculated as an average of all intermediate WPC values
- Minimum – the lowest value is taken
To view an example of a MV-Agent installation, go to the Setting up MetricsView page.
Watch the following video to complete the MetricsView setup.