This section introduces the System Health page, which provides Carbon Black App Control administrators with the ability to monitor the health and performance of the Carbon Black App Control Server.

The System Health page provides Carbon Black App Control administrators with the ability to monitor factors that affect the performance of the Carbon Black App Control Server. It displays the output of Health Indicators that can warn you about problems on the Carbon Black App Control Server, the SQL Server, or the environment as a whole.

Note: Example: your servers might not be in compliance with VMware Carbon Black App Control Operating Environment Requirements guidelines for the number of rules or endpoints being managed. This could occur because you added more endpoints with Carbon Black App Control Agents to your environment. Another cause of a system health deterioration might be a change in your hardware environment, such as a change in disk capacity or RAM.

The System Health page can help you see these trends before they become a serious problem, so that you can either remedy them yourself or contact VMware Carbon Black Support for guidance. Knowing that all of the monitored factors are healthy can also be helpful.

The summary tab of the System Health page showing a system health error for SQL Server

The System Health page contains different tab views showing the results of analysis by different health indicators. The first tab will show the overall Health Summary, which will include brief headlines for any triggered health indicators. Other tabs contain one or more related indicators. The information on the tabs can be presented as a graph, a table, simple text, or a combination of formats.

Health indicators provide feedback on critical or borderline conditions in several different ways:

  • System Health Page Triggered Indicators – When an indicator detects that your server has an issue that affects its health, the System Health page displays a red icon and highlighting. If a yellow icon and highlighting appears for an indicator, the factor it is reporting on is in a borderline but not critical state.
  • Alerts – There is a built-in alert for each tab on the System Health page to warn when your system is not in compliance with VMware Carbon Black App Control Operating Environment Requirements or other required configuration, and you can also create an alert to be triggered when a health indicator changes its severity level.
  • Events – When the severity level of a health indicator changes, an event is recorded by the server and made available through Syslog output.

The Health Indicators displayed on the System Health page are delivered to the Carbon Black App Control Server through Carbon Black File Reputation. This cloud service not only delivers the initial set of indicators needed to enable the System Health page but also keeps your server up to date with any changes to existing indicators as well as new indicators that will add to your view of system health. Carbon Black File Reputation must be connected to your server for the System Health indicators to function.