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Host Instance category

The Nodinite BizTalk Server Monitoring Agent monitors BizTalk host instances on all servers part of the BizTalk group. New (and/or removed) Hosts and host instances are automatically detected and managed by the monitoring agent.

Nodinite automatically lists all Host instances as resources, where the name is the Host-name together with the configured server name, for example, 'SendHost32@SEBTPRD01'.
Host instances belong to the group name Application.
Host instances group further by the following Category: Host Instance.

Here's an example of a Monitor View filtered by the 'Host Instance' category. Do note that there is no specific Application associated with the Resource.

What are the key features for Monitoring BizTalk Server Host instances?

Cluster support - Verifies that your hosts are correctly set for a clustered environment
Verify Tracking Host configuration - Alerts if there is not at least one dedicated Tracking host
Host instances exist for host - Alerts if not all host instances exist on each BizTalk Server node
Running host instances - Alerts if a host instance is stopped (and not configured as disabled and/or part of a cluster configuration)
Remote Actions - Support the execution of remote actions
State Evaluation - Monitors and evaluates the run-time state
Metrics - There is a Widget with information about the BizTalk group available that can be used on the Dashboard

What is evaluated for BizTalk host instances?

The different evaluated states for any host instance are provided in the table below:

State	Status	Description	Actions
Unavailable	Resource not available	Evaluation of the 'BizTalk Host Instances' is not possible either due to network or security-related problems	Review prerequisites
Error	Stopped and not disabled	A Stopped host instance renders as state 'Error' (if not configured as disabled and/or part of a Windows fail-over cluster resource group)	Start
Error	Invalid tracking host configuration	There must be at least one host/host instance configured for Host Tracking per node in the BizTalk group	Details A BizTalk administrator must manually create dedicated tracking hosts to resolve this matter
Warning	Is throttling	Throttling is above configured thresholds. This behaviour is built-in by BizTalk Server design, but may be an indication of exhausted resources, make sure to verify overall performance	Metrics chart: Throttling Metrics
OK	Enabled and running	Host instance is operational, and no other problems are detected	Stop

Tip
The evaluated state may be reconfigured using the Expected State functionality on every Resource within Nodinite.

What Remote Actions are available for BizTalk Server?

Actions on resources can be called upon using the Nodinite Web Client tool or by programmatically calling the Web API. To execute remote actions some Prerequisites must be satisfied. The user must be logged on to Nodinite using a Windows Credential. The user must also be assigned a Monitor Views with BizTalk Resources where Remote Actions are allowed. See Add or manage Monitor View for more details.

Start
Stop
Restart
Details - Get the details

List of available actions from the Action button menu for a BizTalk host instance

Metrics chart: What Metrics/Statistics are available for BizTalk Server?

Metrics chart: Host Instance Throttling

Individual and group (all instances combined) Throttling Metrics can be viewed using the Metrics graphs either as Remote Action or for use on the Dashboard as a Widget.