IBM WAS

Supported OS Linux Windows Mac OS

Integration version5.0.0

Overview

This check monitors IBM Websphere Application Server (WAS) through the Datadog Agent. This check supports IBM WAS versions >= 8.5.5.

Setup

Follow the instructions below to install and configure this check for an Agent running on a host. For containerized environments, see the Autodiscovery Integration Templates for guidance on applying these instructions.

The IBM WAS Datadog integration collects enabled PMI Counters from the WebSphere Application Server environment. Setup requires enabling the PerfServlet, which provides a way for Datadog to retrieve performance data from WAS.

By default, this check collects JDBC, JVM, thread pool, and Servlet Session Manager metrics. You may optionally specify additional metrics to collect in the “custom_queries” section. See the sample check configuration for examples.

Installation

The IBM WAS check is included in the Datadog Agent package.

Enable the PerfServlet

The servlet’s .ear file (PerfServletApp.ear) is located in the <WAS_HOME>/installableApps directory, where <WAS_HOME> is the installation path for WebSphere Application Server.

The performance servlet is deployed exactly as any other servlet. Deploy the servlet on a single application server instance within the domain.

Note: Starting with version 6.1, you must enable application security to get the PerfServlet working.

Modify the monitored statistic set

By default, your application server is only configured for “Basic” monitoring. To gain visibility into your JVM, JDBC connections, and servlet connections, change the monitored statistic set for your application server from “Basic” to “All”.

From the Websphere Administration Console, you can find this setting in Application servers > <YOUR_APP_SERVER> > Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI).

Once you’ve made this change, click “Apply” to save the configuration and restart your application server. Additional JDBC, JVM, and servlet metrics should appear in Datadog shortly after this change.

Configuration

    Host

    To configure this check for an Agent running on a host:

    Metric collection

    1. Edit the ibm_was.d/conf.yaml file, in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent’s configuration directory to collect your IBM WAS performance data. See the sample ibm_was.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

    2. Restart the Agent.

    Log collection

    Available for Agent versions >6.0

    1. Collecting logs is disabled by default in the Datadog Agent, enable it in your datadog.yaml file:

      logs_enabled: true

    2. Next, edit ibm_was.d/conf.yaml by uncommenting the logs lines at the bottom. Update the logs path with the correct path to your WAS log files.

      logs:
  - type: file
    path: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/InfoSphere/logs/server1/*.log
    source: ibm_was
    service: websphere

    3. Restart the Agent.

    Containerized

    For containerized environments, see the Autodiscovery Integration Templates for guidance on applying the parameters below.

    Metric collection
    ParameterValue
    <INTEGRATION_NAME>ibm_was
    <INIT_CONFIG>blank or {}
    <INSTANCE_CONFIG>{"servlet_url": "http://%%host%%:%%port%%/wasPerfTool/servlet/perfservlet"}
    Log collection

    Available for Agent versions >6.0

    Collecting logs is disabled by default in the Datadog Agent. To enable it, see Kubernetes Log Collection.

    ParameterValue
    <LOG_CONFIG>{"source": "ibm_was", "service": "<SERVICE_NAME>"}

    Validation

    Run the Agent’s status subcommand and look for ibm_was under the Checks section.

    Data Collected

    Metrics

    ibm_was.can_connect
    (gauge)    		The ability of the integration to connect to the Perf Servlet to collect metrics
    ibm_was.jdbc.allocate_count
    (gauge)    		The total number of managed connections that were allocated since pool creation.
    Shown as connection
    ibm_was.jdbc.close_count
    (gauge)    		The total number of managed connections that were destroyed since pool creation.
    Shown as connection
    ibm_was.jdbc.connection_handle_count
    (gauge)    		The number of connections that are in use. Can include multiple connections that are shared from a single managed connection.
    Shown as connection
    ibm_was.jdbc.create_count
    (gauge)    		The total number of managed connections that were created since pool creation.
    Shown as connection
    ibm_was.jdbc.fault_count
    (gauge)    		The total number of faults, such as timeouts, in the connection pool.
    ibm_was.jdbc.free_pool_size
    (gauge)    		The number of managed connections that are in the free pool.
    Shown as connection
    ibm_was.jdbc.jdbc_time
    (gauge)    		The average time in milliseconds spent running in the JDBC driver that includes time that is spent in the JDBC driver, network, and database.
    Shown as millisecond
    ibm_was.jdbc.managed_connection_count
    (gauge)    		The total number of managed connections in the free, shared, and unshared pools.
    Shown as connection
    ibm_was.jdbc.percent_maxed
    (gauge)    		The percent of the time that all connections are in use.
    ibm_was.jdbc.percent_used
    (gauge)    		The percent of the pool that is in use.
    ibm_was.jdbc.pool_size
    (gauge)    		The size of the connection pool.
    ibm_was.jdbc.prep_stmt_cache_discard_count
    (gauge)    		The total number of statements that are discarded by the least recently used (LRU) algorithm of the statement cache.
    ibm_was.jdbc.return_count
    (gauge)    		The total number of managed connections that were returned since pool creation.
    Shown as connection
    ibm_was.jdbc.use_time
    (gauge)    		The average time in milliseconds that a connection is in use.
    Shown as millisecond
    ibm_was.jdbc.wait_time
    (gauge)    		The average waiting time in milliseconds until a connection is granted if a connection is not currently available.
    Shown as millisecond
    ibm_was.jdbc.waiting_thread_count
    (gauge)    		The number of threads that are currently waiting for a connection.
    Shown as thread
    ibm_was.jvm.free_memory
    (gauge)    		Deprecated, use ibmwas.jvm.freememory_gauge instead
    Shown as kibibyte
    ibm_was.jvm.free_memory_gauge
    (gauge)    		The free memory in the JVM run time
    Shown as kibibyte
    ibm_was.jvm.heap_size
    (gauge)    		Deprecated, use ibmwas.jvm.heapsize_gauge instead
    Shown as kibibyte
    ibm_was.jvm.heap_size_gauge
    (gauge)    		The total memory in the JVM run time
    Shown as kibibyte
    ibm_was.jvm.process_cpu_usage
    (gauge)    		Deprecated, use ibmwas.jvm.processcpuusagegauge instead
    Shown as percent
    ibm_was.jvm.process_cpu_usage_gauge
    (gauge)    		The CPU Usage (in percent) of the Java virtual machine.
    Shown as percent
    ibm_was.jvm.up_time
    (gauge)    		Deprecated, use ibmwas.jvm.uptime_gauge instead
    Shown as second
    ibm_was.jvm.up_time_gauge
    (gauge)    		The amount of time that the JVM is running
    Shown as second
    ibm_was.jvm.used_memory
    (gauge)    		Deprecated, use ibmwas.jvm.usedmemory_gauge instead
    Shown as kibibyte
    ibm_was.jvm.used_memory_gauge
    (gauge)    		The used memory in the JVM run time
    Shown as kibibyte
    ibm_was.servlet_session.activate_non_exist_session_count
    (gauge)    		The number of requests for a session that no longer exists, presumably because the session timed out. Use this counter to help determine if the timeout is too short.
    Shown as request
    ibm_was.servlet_session.active_count
    (gauge)    		The number of concurrently active sessions. A session is active if the WebSphere Application Server is currently processing a request that uses that session.
    Shown as session
    ibm_was.servlet_session.affinity_break_count
    (gauge)    		The number of requests that are received for sessions that were last accessed from another web application. This value can indicate failover processing or a corrupt plug-in configuration.
    Shown as request
    ibm_was.servlet_session.cache_discard_count
    (gauge)    		The number of session objects that have been forced out of the cache. A least recently used (LRU) algorithm removes old entries to make room for new sessions and cache misses. Applicable only for persistent sessions.
    Shown as session
    ibm_was.servlet_session.create_count
    (gauge)    		The number of sessions that were created
    Shown as session
    ibm_was.servlet_session.external_read_size
    (gauge)    		Size of the session data read from persistent store. Applicable only for (serialized) persistent sessions; similar to external Read Time.
    ibm_was.servlet_session.external_read_time
    (gauge)    		The time (ms) taken in reading the session data from the persistent store. For multirow sessions, the metrics are for the attribute; for single row sessions, the metrics are for the entire session. Applicable only for persistent sessions. When using a JMS persistent store, only available if replicated data is serialized.
    Shown as millisecond
    ibm_was.servlet_session.external_write_size
    (gauge)    		The size of the session data written to persistent store. Applicable only for (serialized) persistent sessions. Similar to external Read Time.
    Shown as request
    ibm_was.servlet_session.external_write_time
    (gauge)    		The time (milliseconds) taken to write the session data from the persistent store. Applicable only for (serialized) persistent sessions. Similar to external Read Time.
    Shown as millisecond
    ibm_was.servlet_session.invalidate_count
    (gauge)    		The number of sessions that were invalidated
    Shown as session
    ibm_was.servlet_session.life_time
    (gauge)    		The average session life time in milliseconds (time invalidated - time created)
    Shown as millisecond
    ibm_was.servlet_session.live_count
    (gauge)    		The number of local sessions that are currently cached in memory from the time at which this metric is enabled.
    Shown as session
    ibm_was.servlet_session.no_room_for_new_session_count
    (gauge)    		Applies only to session in memory with AllowOverflow=false. The number of times that a request for a new session cannot be handled because it exceeds the maximum session count.
    ibm_was.servlet_session.session_object_size
    (gauge)    		The size in bytes of (the serializable attributes of ) in-memory sessions. Only session objects that contain at least one serializable attribute object is counted. A session can contain some attributes that are serializable and some that are not. The size in bytes is at a session level.
    ibm_was.servlet_session.time_since_last_activated
    (gauge)    		The time difference in milliseconds between previous and current access time stamps. Does not include session time out.
    Shown as millisecond
    ibm_was.servlet_session.timeout_invalidation_count
    (gauge)    		The number of sessions that are invalidated by timeout.
    Shown as session
    ibm_was.thread_pools.active_count
    (gauge)    		The number of concurrently active threads
    Shown as thread
    ibm_was.thread_pools.active_time
    (gauge)    		The average time in milliseconds the threads are in active state
    Shown as millisecond
    ibm_was.thread_pools.cleared_thread_hang_count
    (gauge)    		The number of thread hangs cleared
    Shown as thread
    ibm_was.thread_pools.concurrent_hung_thread_count
    (gauge)    		The number of concurrently hung threads
    Shown as thread
    ibm_was.thread_pools.create_count
    (gauge)    		The total number of threads created
    Shown as thread
    ibm_was.thread_pools.declaredthread_hung_count
    (gauge)    		The number of threads declared hung
    Shown as thread
    ibm_was.thread_pools.destroy_count
    (gauge)    		The total number of threads destroyed
    Shown as thread
    ibm_was.thread_pools.percent_maxed
    (gauge)    		The average percent of the time that all threads are in use
    Shown as percent
    ibm_was.thread_pools.percent_used
    (gauge)    		The average percent of the pool that is in use. The value is based on the total number of configured threads in the ThreadPool and not the current pool size.
    Shown as percent
    ibm_was.thread_pools.pool_size
    (gauge)    		The average number of threads in pool
    Shown as thread

    Events

    IBM WAS does not include any events.

    Service Checks

    ibm_was.can_connect
    Returns CRITICAL if the Agent cannot connect to the PerfServlet for any reason. Returns OK otherwise.
    Statuses: ok, critical

    Troubleshooting

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