In this article we will build a Dashboard solution for our Ping MP. You need to have the Data Source installed and configured and aslo our Ping MP to be able to follow this. You also need the plugin Polystat installed.
In the last part of this series of articles we created an pane to display the status of each instance of the class Target Host. In this article we will create a new dashboard which we then will be using to display more details of each instance when you clik on the instance.
1. Start by creating a completly new dashboard by click on the New button and choose "New dashboard" on the Dashboard page.
2. Choose "Add visualization".
3. Choose the SCOM Datasource as the datasource.
4. We now want to create visualization for Jitter, Packet Lost and Average Response time which is Performance Counters. We start with Jitter and select the Performance tab and then choose "Target Host" as Class, "*" as Instance and "Average Jitter - Target Host - ICMP" for the counter and then click "Apply".
5. We can then change the name to "Average Jitter" and as you can see this will show this counter for all Instances (we will change this in the next part)
6. Now you can save this dashboard and maybe give it a new name for example "Ping Details" and the go back to the dashboard.
7. Next step is to do the same for Packet Loss. Choose the Add button and select "Visualization".
8. We select the Performance tab and then choose "Target Host" as Class, "*" as Instance and "Avg Packet Loss - Target Host - ICMP" for the counter and then click "Apply".
9. We can then change the name to "Avg Packet Loss" and as you can see this will show this counter for all Instances (we will change this in the next part)
10. Now you can save this dashboard and the go back to the dashboard. Then you select Add and Visualization yet another time to add the Response Time.
11. We select the Performance tab and then choose "Target Host" as Class, "*" as Instance and "Avg Response Time - Target Host - ICMP" for the counter and then click "Apply".
12. We can then change the name to "Avg Response Time" and as you can see this will show this counter for all Instances (we will change this in the next part)
13. Now you can save this dashboard and the go back to the dashboard. And if you want you can reorganize the dashoboard to your preference.
14. One last thing is to copy the URL for the Dashboard because we will use part of that in the next part. So copy the URL and save it. The important part of the URL is this:
In the next part we will make the Polystat panel clickable which will then display this new dashboard with the performance counter for that instance.