Tracking Message Flows in DataPower With CA APM
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The document discusses tracking message flows through IBM DataPower gateway appliances. It provides an introduction to DataPower appliances and how they are used. It then discusses how to monitor performance metrics on DataPower to troubleshoot issues. Finally, it explains how to instrument DataPower transactions by creating tracking events within processing policies, and sending those events to an external monitoring point to analyze transaction workflows.
Tracking Message Flows in DataPower With CA APM
- 2. 2 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD © 2016 CA. All rights reserved. All trademarks referenced herein belong to their respective companies. The content provided in this CA World 2016 presentation is intended for informational purposes only and does not form any type of warranty. The information provided by a CA partner and/or CA customer has not been reviewed for accuracy by CA. For Informational Purposes Only Terms of this Presentation
- 3. 3 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Abstract Learn If you want to know more about getting the most from IBM DataPower® Gateway Appliances and viewing results in the CA APM Team Center, this session is for you. The agenda includes an introduction to the IBM DataPower family of products, the ins and outs of troubleshooting the most common DataPower issues, and expert instruction on how to track and analyze message flows. After the presentation, participate in the Q&A segment and let world-class messaging and middleware expert Richard Nikula of Nastel Technologies answer your tough questions. Richard Nikula Nastel Technologies, Inc. VP, Product Development and Support
- 4. 4 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Agenda INTRODUCTION TO IBM® DATAPOWER GATEWAY APPLIANCES MONITORING DATAPOWER PERFORMANCE METRICS TRACKING DATAPOWER MESSAGE FLOWS 1 2 3
- 5. 5 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD NASTEL AutoPilot® Transaction Tracking About NASTEL § Founded in 1994 § Middleware-centric Application Performance Management software supplier § Core competency : Messaging Middleware, Java Application Servers, ESB's and other SOA technologies
- 7. 7 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Nastel AutoPilot® Product Line Insight Message Tracking Administration & Configuration Management Monitoring Self-Service AutoPilot Insight provides a quick and easy way to analyze application behavior in real-time in production, test and development environments. AutoPilot Insight analyzes data from many diverse sources such as machine data (logs and metrics), performance monitoring tools, and open source software, turning it into operational intelligence. Its actionable insight helps measure performance, detect the root-cause of exceptions and improve capacity planning in as few as two clicks. AutoPilot TransactionWorks automatically discovers and tracks your message flows and transactions as they traverse your Middleware infrastructure. It correlates or "stitches" them together to provide a real- time, actionable visualization (e.g. Flow, Timeline, Details & Payload, Milestones) of your business. AutoPilot On-Demand (APOD) allows administrators to delegate access to WMQ environments to DevOps teams in a secure, controlled manner. Accessed from a web browser, DevOps teams can view and manipulate WMQ resources by themselves, reducing support burdens and accelerating application development throughput. AutoPilot provides full lifecycle management of middleware resources (i.e. administration and configuration, performance and availability monitoring), reduces workloads for both operations and middleware teams. Supported Middleware platforms include: WMQ, WMQ/FTE, WMB/IIB, DataPower, Solace, TiBCO EMS & RV, etc.
- 8. 8 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Infrastructure for Modern Applications Application and Infrastructure Management Integrated management of the entire application experience User Network Device Systems of Operations 3rd Party Apps Databases Web Services/SAAS APP SERVER Systems of Record MQ CICS IMS Datacom DB2 MIDDLEWARE TRANSACTIONS DATA Systems of Engagement MIDDLEWARE Cross-Platform CA Cross-Enterprise APM AutoPilot CA SYSVIEW®
- 9. w w w . n a s t e l . c o mw w w . n a s t e l . c o m Introduction to IBM DataPower
- 10. 10 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD IBM DataPower Gateway Appliance Family § DataPower XML Security Gateway (XG45) Entry level variant of DataPower Gateway Appliances § DataPower Integration Appliances (XI52) IBM's hardware ESB – core offering § DataPower B2B Appliance (XB62) Extended B2B capabilities § DataPower Edge Appliance (XE82) Edge-of-network traffic gateway § DataPower Caching Appliance (XC10) 240 Gb cache for improved performance
- 11. 11 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD IBM DataPower Gateway Appliances § Addresses 3 challenges of SOA: Ease-of-Use, Security, and Performance § High performance, firmware-based Enterprise Service Bus § "Any-to-any" message brokering, transformation and processing § Services can be exposed by using different formats and protocols than the ones in which they are implemented § Protects web services and the architecture behind them from attacks
- 13. w w w . n a s t e l . c o mw w w . n a s t e l . c o m Monitoring DataPower Performance Metrics
- 16. 16 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Troubleshooting DataPower Issues Can be Daunting
- 17. 17 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD How Do You Respond to These Challenges? Banking Finance Claims Processing Transport Logistics Order Handling Payments Processing B U S I N E S S A P P L I C AT I O N S Tracking AnalyticsMonitoring XOK !
- 19. 19 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Instrumenting the DataPower SOA Appliance Large range of metrics collected via multiple management API's § SNMP § Web Services § Syslog § Command Line
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- 21. 21 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Instrumenting DataPower Transactions Transform Results Actions Processing Policy Policy Rule
- 22. 22 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Creating the Tracking Event § Transform Action creates a Tracking Event § Analogous to the barcode sticker on a shipped package § Can contain any information available in the processing policy
- 23. 23 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Creating the Tracking Event § XSLT stylesheet § Tracking event: § DataPower variables § Message text
- 24. 24 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Sending the Tracking Event • Results Async. Action • Sends Tracking Event to External Processing Point for Transaction Monitoring