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Troubleshooting Application Problems Flashcards

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Diagnostic session

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  1. directs AppDynamics to collect extra transaction snapshots for one or more BTs for a period of time
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A full call graph

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captures the entire call sequence for the business transaction invocation, and contains information on each monitored node involved in the processing of the business transaction.

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Snapshots under normal circumstances:

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many of these snapshots contain partial call graphs, or no call graphs at all.

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Ways to trigger diagnostic session

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  1. Manually
  2. Automatically in response to performance problems (partial call graph)
  3. In a responce to an event via policy
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Manual diagnostic session parameters

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  1. duration: from 1 to 10 minutes
  2. frequency: from 1 to 10 snapshots
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Slow / Error transaction default threshold

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Configuration. => Slow transaction threshold => diagnostic session settings

  1. More than 10% of calls per minute have errors
  2. More than 10% of calls are slow / very slow / stalled
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Automated Transaction Diagnostics

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  1. uses statistical analysis to identify transaction snapshots for anomalies that could cause issues in the future.
  2. These snapshots may not have triggered a Health Alert.
  3. delivers a prioritized list of causal factor transactions that you can use to manage problematic business transactions before they become actual production issues or outages.
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How AppDynamics Defines errors

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  1. Any Unhandled exception
  2. HTTP return codes 400-505 that occur in BT
  3. An exception that is handled but logged with a severity of Error or Fatal using Log4j or java.util.logging NLog or Log4Net
  4. A handled exception that occurs during a call to an exit point

NB: There is not a one-to-one correspondence between the number of errors and the number of exceptions.

Configuration > Instrumentation > Error Detection.

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A stack trace is available for a given exception if

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the exception was passed in the log call.

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Stall transaction definition

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  1. Disable detection
  2. Stall occurs when a transaction’s response time is <300> deviations above average for the last 2 hours
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Slow / Error transaction setting options

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Select one of the options:

  1. More than X % slower than the average of the last Y hours
  2. Greater than X ms
  3. (Default) Greater than 3 (4) standard deviations for the last Y (2) hour
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Configure periodic snapshot collection

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  1. Configuration => Slow transaction snapshots => Tab: diagnostic session settings: Configure periodic snapshot collection
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Periodic snapshot collection settings options

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(can be both)

  1. Take one snapshot every X (100) execution of a BT (not recommended for PROD)
  2. Take one snapshot every X (10) min (Default)
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Troubleshoot options

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  1. Slow response times (BT, )
  2. Errors
  3. Health rules violations
  4. War room
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Error detection options

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  1. Using logged exceptions or messages
  2. HTTP return code
  3. Redirect pages
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Errors using logged exception and messages

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  1. java.util.logging
  2. Log4j
  3. SLF4j/Logback
  4. Mark a BT as error
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Call Graph settings

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Configuration / Instrumentation / Call graph settings

Configure Call Graph Settings permission.

  1. Methods taking less than X (10 ms)
  2. Minimum SQL query time X (10) ms
  3. Packages to exclude from the call graph
  4. Specific sub-packages from eluded to be included
  5. Enable Aggressive slow snapshot collection ?
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Transaction snapshot

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A collection of detailed diagnostic information captured during a single invocation of a business transaction.
Examples include call graphs and timing during a single user login, where login is the business transaction.

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Transaction snapshot UI

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  1. Overview
  2. Slow calls and errors
  3. Waterfall view
  4. Segment list
  5. Data collectors
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Transaction snapshot drill down

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  1. Overview
  2. Call graph
  3. Slow calls & errors
  4. DB & remote service calls
  5. Server
  6. Network
  7. More
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