Monitoring

This page describes the Monitoring item, which allows viewing the load and activity data for VMS servers.

Overview

To access server monitoring, select the Monitoring item in the main menu:

The Monitoring item displays information about the main types of servers:

  • VMS Management Server
  • Analytical Servers
Additionally, it allows viewing Grafana expanded dashboards with system monitoring for all VMS servers.

VMS Management Server

The VMS Management Server block shows:

  • Server name
  • CPU current activity in percentage
  • RAM load
  • Total management server activity time
  • Latest update time of the management server activity

Analytical Servers

The Analytical Servers block shows:

  • Server name
  • CPU and GPU current activity in percentage
  • RAM and VRAM load
  • Latest update time of the analytical server activity
  • Current working analytics
  • Toolbox comprises additional options:
    • View server details
    • Edit server
The GPU % column also displays the current percent of GPU consumption by the encoding and decoding processes.

To view analytical server details, click the View icon on the toolbox. In the Server Details pop-up window:

  1. View active analytics details
  2. Click the:
    • Edit icon to edit settings in the selected analytics
    • View icon to see the selected analytics process in real-time
  3. View active analytics quantity

To edit analytical server parameters, click the Edit icon on the toolbox. In the Edit Server pop-up window:

  1. Fill in the required fields:
    • Edit the server's name
    • Select NIC to receive real-time analytics broadcast
    • Specify the port for real-time analytics broadcast or leave the default setting
  2. Enable external access to the analytical server:
    • Select the Enable External IP Address checkbox to allow access to analytics broadcasts from outside the local network
    • If enabled, enter the analytics server's external IP address and external port
    • If this option is not enabled, real-time analytics will only be accessible within the local network
  3. Click the Confirm button to apply changes

If you changed the Port, after saving the settings it is necessary to restart the analytical services:

  • For Windows:
    1. Press the Win + X keys and select the Computer Management option in the context menu
    2. Navigate to the Services and Applications tab
    3. Select the Services option
    4. Select Incoresoft ProcessRunner Service from the list and click the Restart button to restart the service
  • For Linux: sudo systemctl restart incoresoft-process-runner.service

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