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Instances Tab

The Instance thresholds tab of the Remote Configuration tells the Nodinite Microsoft BizTalk Server Monitoring Agent when BizTalk service instances should raise a warning or an error. Set the thresholds globally, or per BizTalk Application when one Application needs other limits.

Animation: Instance thresholds, the Suspended sub-tab with its global counts and time spans, then a new specific configuration for INT001: Order Flow
Instance thresholds › Suspended: the global counts and time spans, then Specific configurations › Add for the Application INT001: Order Flow with Warning count 1 and Error count 3. Save and close sends the thresholds to the agent.

Common Settings

The tab has six sub-tabs: Suspended, Active, Dehydrated orchestrations, Ready to run, Retrying, and Scheduled. Each sub-tab has the same fields:

  • Enabled – The agent evaluates this instance type only while it's checked
  • ⚠️ Warning count – A Warning alert is raised when the number of instances is higher than this value
  • ❌ Error count – An Error alert is raised when the number of instances is higher than this value
  • ⚠️ Warning time span – The longest time an instance may stay in this state before a Warning alert
  • ❌ Error time span – The longest time an instance may stay in this state before an Error alert
  • Specific configurations – Overrides for individual BizTalk Applications

Time spans use the format days.hours:minutes:seconds, for example 7.12:30:59.

Specific configurations

Click Add under Specific configurations to override the global thresholds for one Application. An override holds:

  • the Application name and a Description;
  • its own Warning and Error counts and time spans, or Use global thresholds;
  • on the Suspended sub-tab, per-service overrides of its own: a port name, the port type, and that port's thresholds.

A new Suspended override starts with Warning count 5, Error count 10, Warning time span 08:00:00, and Error time span 2.00:00:00. A new per-service override starts with 5, 10, 08:00:00, and 1.00:00:00.

Instance Types

Sub-tab Icon Description Details
Suspended Instances halted due to errors Suspended Instances
Active Currently running instances Active Instances
Dehydrated orchestrations Persisted orchestration instances Dehydrated Instances
Ready to run Queued instances awaiting execution Ready to Run Instances
Retrying Failed instances attempting retry Retrying Instances
Scheduled Delayed activation instances Scheduled Instances

The Suspended sub-tab with Enabled, the global counts and time spans, and four specific configurations
The Suspended sub-tab with its global thresholds and four Specific configurations.

You can also fine-tune the thresholds of a single Resource through its Action button, when the Monitor View allows Remote Actions.

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