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Owl
	File:Integrasolv owl logo.pngOwl Logo
Developer(s)	Integrasolv
Stable release	2.4
Operating system	Unix-like Windows
Platform	Unix-like
Type	Business transaction management
License	Commercial
Website	www.integrasolv.com

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Owl is an application monitoring, system monitoring, and network monitoring software application. Owl monitors the status of applications and computer hardware as well as business metrics in order to give a complete view of a system. Alerts are sent when observed behavior diverges from expected or acceptable behavior, either in software performance or any type of business metric. Owl uses instrumentation to collect data directly from applications.

Owl's Central runs on Linux, Solaris, and other Unix variants.

Owl's collection agent (Blackbird) runs on Windows and Unix variants.

It was developed by software vendor and professional services company Integrasolv.

Overview

Owl is made up of two distinct applications, Owl Central and Blackbird (Collection Agent). Owl Central is a multithreaded java based application.

Monitors process and connection data collected by Blackbird.
Auto discovers instrumented applications
Alerts users to unexpected or undesired behavior
Executes controls within applications
Manages exceptions in applications
Self monitoring
Owl Map displays entities and connections in an interactive multi-tiered map
Graphs metrics onto histogram for display and analysis
Implements a rule-based system

Blackbird

File:Owl Process Architecture.jpg

Owl Architecture

Blackbird is Owl's collection agent. It has several methods by which it collects data from applications. Through these collection methods owl can collect such metrics as queue length, transaction time, thread status and more.

Collection Methods

Direct instrumentation of the blackbird library (C, C++, C#, VB, Java)
Log files (Perl)
API Proxy
JMX Bridge - Enables automatic support for JMX instrumented applications such as Apache tomcat
Application Adapter

Owl Dashboard

Owl is fully integrated with Crystal dashboard design (formerly known as Xcelsius). Users can create customized dashboards using Crystal Dashboard Design and connect them to data output from Owl using Owl's web services API.

References

Integrasolv. "Owl Admin Manual"

External Links