Pipeline category
Please also review the Recommended tracking settings for default pipelines user guide! There is a BUG in BizTalk that Nodinite can tackle and that you must be aware of.
The Nodinite BizTalk Server Monitoring Agent has built-in support for monitoring and managing the tracking settings for Pipelines (making sure your tracking settings remain as recommended).
- Pipelines in BizTalk are listed in Nodinite as resources by its unique name
- Pipelines belong to some named BizTalk Server Application
- BizTalk Server pipelines are grouped by the following Category Pipeline
Example of a Monitor View filtered by the 'Pipeline' category.
What are the key features for Monitoring BizTalk Server Host instances?
- State Evaluation - Monitors and evaluates the run-time state of pipelines and warns if body tracking becomes set for pipelines
What is evaluated for the Pipeline category ?
The different evaluated states for pipelines are provided in the table below:
| State | Status | Description | Actions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable | Resource not available | Evaluation of the 'BizTalk Pipeline' is not possible either due to network or security-related problems | Review prerequisites | |
| Warning | Body tracking is enabled | Tracking is enabled before and/or after pipeline which may cause hefty unwanted logging | Set default tracking | |
| OK | Default tracking is applied | Default tracking options are currently set and no body tracking option is set |
TIP: The evaluated state may be reconfigured using the Expected State functionality that exists on every Resource within Nodinite.
Remote Actions
The following Remote Actions are available:
- Set default tracking
Set default tracking
The 'Set default tracking' action resets the selected pipelines' tracking setting to default.
Example of the Action button with menu item 'Set default tracking'
Below is an example of a Microsoft BizTalk Server default pipeline with our recommended tracking settings:
Default tracking options
Earlier versions of this agent had more Actions however we decided that Nodinite should only provide you with the one and only option that gets the correct and anticipated behaviour of your BizTalk Server environment.
Auto Healing
TIP: Use the Auto Healing feature of Nodinite to make sure Default Pipelines does not lose tracking settings when deploying/redeploying BizTalk Applications. We consider the lost setting of tracking a bug in BizTalk that may be compensated for using the Auto Healing feature of Nodinite.
And again:
Please also review the Recommended tracking settings for default pipelines user guide! There is a BUG in BizTalk that Nodinite can tackle and that you must be aware of.
Metrics
Not yet implemented, please send a feature request if you need this feature detailing what you would like to see.
Remote Configuration for Pipelines
You can enable/disable the tracking monitoring feature for BizTalk Server pipelines, review the Configuration user guide for additional information:
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