Cascading alerts are caused by the numerous dependencies inherent in a web application. For example, a the operating system on a server may go into an error state that could then affect the database running on it which would then affect the web page operation. Traditional management solutions would send an error alert for each component, a total of three so that the root cause would be difficult for a web system administrator to figure out. Instead of this scenario, Holistix Web Manager would only send one alert because the operating system was the root cause. Web Manager has the ability to determine the root cause of the problem and alert only on that error state.
Action plans are configurable responses to error events.
Web Manager allows a web operations team to tie specific plans to specific events. For example, if a web server crashes, an Action Plan can be configured to respond to this error event by alerting the web administrator via a page and then run an automated recovery script to reboot the server. An Action Plan can also have escalation scenarios built into it so that if someone doesn't respond in time to an alert, another person will be notified to respond. A web application is series of monitored web components that are critical to your web site. A Holistix profile is a default set of performance criteria.