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<main> <article class="userContent"> <p><strong>QUESTION:</strong></p> <p>How to deploy TCP connections plugin monitor?</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>RESOLUTION:</strong></p> <p>To deploy the attached plugin monitor, unzip the contents of the zip archive into the directory 'TRAVERSE_HOME\plugin\monitors' on the BVE to create this file and folder:</p> <ul><li>TRAVERSE_HOME\plugin\monitors\connCount.xml</li> <li>TRAVERSE_HOME\plugin\monitors\tcpconn\</li> </ul><p>Confirm on the 'Superuser->Health' page that the plugin files have been distributed from the BVE to the other servers by observing that the 'Config Rev#' number been incremented, then</p> <ul><li>Navigate to 'Superuser->Health->Actions' to select 'Reload Config Files' from the 'Action' menu for the BVE and the DGE</li> <li>Restart the DGE component</li> </ul><p>To provision a test to alert when the number of connections to the provisioning server is less than the expected 4 connections (2 from the DGE component and 2 from the Message Handler):</p> <ul><li>Navigate to 'Administration->Devices'</li> <li>Select 'tests' link for a DGE device</li> <li>'Create New Standard Tests'</li> <li>Select 'Create new tests by selecting specific monitors'</li> <li>Check the box for monitor type 'tcpconn' then 'Add Tests'</li> <li>Select test category 'TCP Connections Windows' then 'Continue'</li> <li>Check the box to the left of 'TCP Connections Windows' (to provision the test)</li> <li>Set 'As Test Value Rises, Severity' to 'descends'. So 4 or greater is Ok, 3 or less is Critical.</li> <li>Change the test interval to 5 minutes</li> <li>Select 'Provision Selected Tests'</li> <li>Return to the test (Administration->Devices->Tests) and change the name to 'Traverse Poet Connections'</li> </ul><p>To monitor for other types of connections simply use a different port number, thresholds and name for the test.</p> <p><strong>Ports:</strong></p> <p>7651 - ProvDB</p> <p>7653 - JMS</p> <p>7654 - Tunnels</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>APPLIES TO:</strong></p> <p>All versions of Traverse</p> </article> </main>