What's new in Obcerv

Immediate command execution

The Obcerv Entity Viewer app now offers additional command functions. Through the Commands page, commands set up in the Geneos Gateway Setup Editor can be accessed directly within the Entity Viewer app, allowing you to run commands at once on entities and metrics.

Easily track the progress of your commands and check which are queued, running, or completed. Access your command history and dive into detailed information about each execution, including dimensions, targets, status, timestamp, and more.

Instant access to historical entity details

Gain more control over your monitored entities by organizing them into context groups and filtering based on specific criteria. The Entity Viewer app provides easy navigation: drill-down from the state tree to groups according to attributes, dimensions, or severity. You get a comprehensive snapshot of your monitored entities.

After selecting a specific entity, explore its detailed information, including historical logs, metrics, and activities. You can also instantly jump into details from the severity timeline, which provides a visual path so you can review signal history and related metrics.

More control over ingested data points

Since Obcerv 2.0.0 requires explicit configuration for data point ingestion, the Ingestion app allows you to manage the order of dimensions, which are unique entity identifiers within a data point. This granularity gives you precise control over data ingestion.

You can configure unknown dimensions and wait for matching data points so it gets updated to a fully resolved status.

Proactive monitoring of FIX transactions

Track potential issues, including schedule violations, message rejections, and "don't know" trades, during FIX sessions with the FIX Monitor app. Get real-time insights into key metrics like "New orders" and "Order cancels" through KPI boxes and timeline charts.

When message processing is delayed or interrupted, you are immediately alerted through banner notifications.

Obcerv-centralised Gateways

Gateway configuration files for Geneos can be stored centrally in Obcerv. Use the Obcerv Centralised Configuration app to centrally access your repository for Gateway setup files. You can also upload Gateway archives and validate your Gateway setup.

Manage Gateway configuration such as setting permissions, adding resources, and more right within Obcerv.

Real-time forecasts with historical playback

Instantly check real-time forecasts on any metric based on historical usage. It is easy to set up how signals are triggered: choose a set of servers and a metric, select a lookback period, and then specify warning thresholds. With the Forecaster app, the most suitable forecast model on an observed metric is automatically selected. The Forecaster app generates signals to predict or inform you when the threshold is breached over a period.

Convenient and automated notifications

Never miss an important alert when the condition of your IT estate needs attention. With integration to third-party tools such as Slack, you can easily receive notifications in your preferred channel. Set up triggers in the Obcerv Notifications app and start receiving automated messages based on your settings. Whether you need to track a specific entity or a group of entities, the Obcerv Notifications app supports your requirements.

Dynamic and predictive dashboards

Uncover key insights from critical monitoring data through Obcerv's beautifully designed dashboards. With Obcerv, you can create native and Grafana dashboards, and then easily share them with others. It's convenient to quickly view visualisations and track metrics on the go.

Built-in forecasting algorithms also provide you with predictive intelligence from historic data analysis.

Simplified log investigation

With the ability to store and analyse log data and metrics together in Obcerv, you will get a long view of problems that may arise in your IT estate. With easy access to logs before, during, and after critical errors occur, Obcerv helps you with root cause analysis to prevent problems in the future. From a focus on error monitoring, you now have the tools for proactive error prevention.

Smart and sensible alerts

As a "monitor of monitors", Obcerv correlates data and consolidates alerts from different systems and sources so you can mitigate technological and operational risks. With the Obcerv classification system, you can group alerts by their common traits so it's easier to understand their context.

Alerts are fully configurable. You can also identify and reconfigure rules and thresholds to help reduce alert fatigue.

Flexible and affordable data storage

Take control over which data to publish on the Obcerv platform. From the huge amount of collected monitoring data, only store and analyse data that make sense for your needs. Metadata tagging also provides dimensionality to your stored data. Along with data compression, all these can significantly lower your data storage costs.

You can also easily install, expand, and manage the deployment of Obcerv by leveraging Kubernetes extensibility.