AVIcode SharePoint 2007 Application Management Pack

Overview

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) provides a comprehensive solution for content management and enterprise search that accelerates business processes and information sharing. This integrated suite of server capabilities streamlines workflow processes. It provides document control, storage and access management, and web content management across an organization. It extends business intelligence and enhances collaboration by extending the collection and dissemination of information across organizational boundaries.

Ensuring the SharePoint Server platform, and connected components, are behaving as expected, is critical. Organizations worldwide rely on System Center Operations Manager 2007, along with the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Management Pack and the AVIcode SharePoint 2007 Application Management Pack to do just this.

The AVIcode SharePoint 2007 Application Management Pack extends the native monitoring capabilities of Operations Manager 2007, enabling organizations to detect and diagnose problems related to their SharePoint Web applications.

Together with the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Management Pack, the AVIcode SharePoint 2007 Application Management Pack enables a complete SharePoint monitoring solution. The Microsoft management pack leverages built-in instrumentation in SharePoint applications and improves manageability of the SharePoint Server 2007 platform. The AVIcode management pack provides the deep-dive diagnostics into detected events inside custom built solutions, including performance, security, connectivity, and application failures.

The AVIcode management pack monitors back-end connectivity with databases and can diagnose failures due to data inconsistency. For example, AVIcode provides insight into the processes running inside MOSS 2007, such as SLA performance violations within web services calls and associated parameters being passed. Another example: the AVIcode Management Pack reveals configuration problems that could exist within a Business Data Connector attempting to connect to Siebel or Microsoft Dynamics. The errors are collected with precise data, such as Single Sign-On mapping information, to simplify security troubleshooting.

Specifically, the AVIcode SharePoint 2007 Application Management Pack provides:

• Automated discovery and configuring of the management pack for monitoring all Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 components, including Enterprise Search, Excel Services, and Office Forms Server 2007.
• Monitoring for security and connectivity problems related to incorrect configuration of SharePoint Server components like the Business Data Catalog, Office Forms Server 2007, Excel Services and Enterprise Search Calls.
• Real-time detection of SharePoint Web Application failures due to erroneous code activities within custom Workflow classes.
• Performance monitoring of Business Intelligence (BI) Dashboards, based on Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
• Detection and Correlation of SharePoint resource utilization for Memory, CPU and I/O with overall Windows Server resource utilization for Memory, CPU and I/O at the moment a problem occurs.
• Trending Analysis for Memory, CPU and I/O resource utilization for SharePoint Server.

Why monitor SharePoint?

Problems occurring with components in custom SharePoint web parts, such as slow-running lists or searches, are typically not visible until an end-user complains. The AVIcode SharePoint 2007 Application Management Pack is easily configured to monitor SharePoint performance data, providing valuable information on how long it takes for each web part to open.

Additionally, the management pack can detect web part problems such as bugs in a spreadsheet stored on the Excel Service server and report all of the relevant information related to the bug so the problem can be quickly resolved.

With the AVIcode SharePoint 2007 Application Management Pack, Operations Manager 2007 users gain real-time insight into the functionality, performance, and behavior of their SharePoint applications. And, when a problem is detected, the SharePoint 2007 Application Management Pack automatically classifies the error and provides a complete root cause analysis, including a reproducible test case, empowering organizations to quickly resolve problems and best ensure the availability and reliability of their SharePoint-driven applications.

For more details on the AVIcode SharePoint 2007 Application Management Pack, please call 443-577-3000 or email info@avicode.com.