To create the object:

1. Go to Configuration > Objects > Service Levels > Application Performance Score.
2. Click the Add New APS Object button.
3. In the APS Name field, type a name for the score.
4. In the Application list, select the application traffic to monitor.
5. Open the Network Object - Internal drop-down and either select a specific network objecta logical definition created and stored in the Exinda lilbrary, can represent any network component or select ALL.
6. Open the Network Object - External drop-down and either select a specific network object or select ALL.

7. If you want to be alerted when the application performance score drops below a particular threshold, set the following alert settings:

1. Ensure the Alert Enable checkbox is selected.
2. In the APS Threshold field, set a threshold value between 0 and 10.
3. In the Alert Trigger Delay field, specify how many minutes that the APS score to be below the threshold before the notification is sent.

8. If you need baselining to start immediately, select the Auto Baseline checkbox and select the Auto Baseline Period.
9. If the application uses a non-transactional protocol for traffic between the client and server, such as Citrix XenApp Servers or Microsoft Remote Desktop, select the Non-Transactional Protocol checkbox.
10. Click Add New APS Object. The object is added to the list of configured APS objects

Editing APS objects created in the Solution Center

You can modify the thresholds either manually or by re-starting the baselineused by monitors and performance reports to establish a standard by which sunsequent performance can be measured analysis. You can also enable an alert, and change the internal and/or external network object setting to monitor the application for a subset of your network.

Related Topics

• Manually creating APS thresholds
• Automatically calculating APS thresholds
• How to know if baselining is in progress
• How the Performance Metric thresholds are calculated

Before you can start to monitor the performance of the important applications on your network, you need to identify those applications in the Configuration Library. The Configuration Library comes with definitions for a very large number of supported applications.

1. In the EMCExinda Management Center, SaaS service to centrally monitor and configure multiple Exinda appliances interface, click Library > Application Performance Scores.
2. On the right side, select the Create new application performance… link to open the APS set up page.
3. Click Name to expand the section. Provide a meaningful name for the new performance score.

Setting up a performance score for email services.

4. Click Application section to expand.
5. Use the Application drop-down list to select the application you need.

Selecting an application

6. Click Notification to expand the section.

Configuring notification settings

7. Configure the following options:

Option	Description
Notification Enabled	Select if you want to be notified when the Alert Threshold is exceeded.
Alert Threshold	Type an alert level between 0.0 and 10.0. This is a measure of how important is the service the application provides. For example, an application that provides real-time communications would require a higher alert level than one whose responsiveness is not as critical.
Notification Trigger Delay	click the down-arrow and select an acceptable delay period. The notification is only triggered if the condition persists for the entire delay period. Click the button for more information.

8. Click Create. The screen refreshes to show an entry for the new performance score.