Can we monitor Websphere MQ in Dynatrace Managed (via OneAgent) ?

[hmor3]

Hi Guys,

Please help me know if we can monitor Websphere MQ metrics using Dynatrace Managed ?

I am mentioning some of the metrics that we would be interested in to fetch :

Queue Managers :
-Monitor Number of connections to QM
-Channel initiator status
-command server status
-Queue Manager uptime
Channels :
-monitor completed batch count
-buffers received count
-buffers sent count
-bytes received/sent
-compression rate
-compression time
-exit per message
-long retires left
-Channel uptime
-channel status
-time since last MQI(Messae Queue Interface) call handled
-Monitor state of channels like stopping,initializinf,switching channel,retrying , requesting,binding,running
Messaging Queues :
-Dead Letter Queue depth
-number of messages in the queue
-no of applications connected to queue to put messages on the queue
-no of applications connected to queue to get messages on the queue
-time duration for which a message is in the queue
- oldest message age in the queue
- time since last successful GET to the queue
- time since last successful PUT from the queue

Note : I have checked the below link but it speaks only from Appmon and not Dynatrace Managed

https://answers.dynatrace.com/spaces/148/uem-open-q-a_2/questions/166392/ibm-websphere-mq-server.htm...

Thanks

Himanshu Mor

[hmor3]

Hi Guys,

Please let me know if this option is available or else I will go and raise an RFE for the same

Thanks

Himanshu Mor

[JamesKitson · Accepted solution]

You'll see messaging as outgoing calls from OneAgent monitored processes but to get the level of depth you're looking for would likely require a plugin that can log in to the queue manager and pull the info like the community plugin in AppMon.

James

[hmor3]

Thanks james! Yes I am looking for something similar to appmon plugin like you mentioned.

Nothing like that exists for now , I will raise an RFE for dynatrace to consider this further.

Thanks

Himanshu Mor

[john_liebal]

Hi Himanshu -- has this RFE been raised? Could you provide the link so I can vote on it?

I see that there is another one that is similar at:

https://answers.dynatrace.com/spaces/483/dynatrace-product-ideas/idea/187619/rfe-ibm-mq-support.html?_ga=2.1898738.293022517.1525354315-1899532595.1520255074

[hmor3]

Hey @John L. , I have posted it now at below link

https://answers.dynatrace.com/spaces/483/dynatrace-product-ideas/idea/201730/rfe-support-for-ibm-mq-...

Thanks

Himanshu Mor