Consider the following recommendations before deploying AppManager for Microsoft SharePoint Server:
Use an AppManager agent computer that meets the following minimum requirements:
Dual Core/Dual vCPU 2.4 GHz (or higher)
2 GB RAM, in addition to the RAM needed for Microsoft SharePoint on the server
Follow these Knowledge Script suggestions:
Use monitoring policies to allow the monitoring jobs to be automatically updated when changes in the environment, such as a new Web application, are discovered.
NOTE:A monitoring policy is applied on the agent and runs an AppManager job for each Knowledge Script in the KSG. A monitoring policy may apply to many objects, and in the largest environments may not work for configuring AppManager. For assistance with configuring Knowledge Scripts and Knowledge Script Groups in a large environment, contact NetIQ Technical Support.
Ad hoc jobs do not automatically update when changes in the environment, such as a new Web application, are discovered. You must manually update a job to reflect changes to the environment.
Stagger the start time of jobs, especially jobs that monitor Web applications, so they do not all start at the same time. Do this by specifying a daily schedule with a frequency of X minutes with a different start time for each job. For example, to monitor every 5 minutes, specify a daily schedule with a frequency of 5 minutes starting at 12:00:00 for the first job, 12:01:00 for the second job, and so on. Do not specify a schedule of regular intervals every 5 minutes.
Consider the following when collecting data and raising events:
Schedule jobs that monitor Web applications to start during off-peak hours, such as in the evening or on the weekend. This includes the following Knowledge Scripts: SharePoint_IsolateApps, SharePoint_RecycleBinInfo, SharePoint_SiteInfo, SharePoint_WebPagePerf, and SharePoint_WebPartInfo.
In large environments, increase the default schedule of the SharePoint_WebPart Info Knowledge Script from every 30 minutes. NetIQ Corporation recommends every 3 hours.
For Knowledge Scripts that monitor Web applications and SharePoint content databases, run these jobs on just one server in the SharePoint Server farm because each job you run will display the same information for every server in the farm.