This document provides an overview and demo of IBM Bluemix Availability Monitoring. It discusses the problems that DevOps professionals like Maureen face in ensuring their applications are available and meeting performance expectations. The solution, IBM Bluemix Availability Monitoring, runs simulated tests from multiple global locations 24/7 to proactively detect, isolate, and diagnose issues. It integrates tightly into the DevOps lifecycle. The demo shows capabilities like uptime monitoring from 15 locations, alerting, correlated analysis, historical trends, and integration with DevOps tools. The service helps users release updates smoothly and get to the root cause of failures.

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Presented by:
IBM Bluemix Availability Monitoring Shikha Srivastava, STSM, IBM
E-mail: ssriva@us.ibm.com
Twitter: @shikhasthoughts
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shikhasriva

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amount of multiprogramming in the user’s job stream, the I/O configuration, the storage configuration, and the workload processed.
Therefore, no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve results similar to those stated here.

3. Agenda
 Problem – Solution – Release Hills
 Capabilties
 Demo

4. Maureen, the DevOps Professional
Continuously rolls out updates to her applications
Hell breaks loose when her app slows down or has an outage
Problem
Is there a problem? Is it in my domain or not? What is the root cause?
Maureen needs to ensure her applications is available and meeting user expectations for response time
at all times and do so with minimum setup and maintenance of tools

5. Solution
A Bluemix-native service that helps DevOps teams ensure their applications are always available
and meeting user expectations for response time as they roll out continuous updates. The service,
which is tightly integrated into the build and run aspects of the DevOps lifecycle, runs simulated
tests from locations around the world 24X7 to proactively detect, isolate and diagnose performance
issues before they impact users
IBM Bluemix Availability Monitoring
Ensuring uptime and user satisfaction from around the world, around the clock
Build
RunManage
DevOps
Innovate like a Startup
Scale for the Enterprise

6. Maureen, the DevOps Professional
Release Hills
Is there a problem?
Hill 1: Setup and Detect
Maureen, without assistance
from an expert, can setup
monitoring and see immediate
results of the availability and
response time of their
application within 5 mins on
IBM Cloud, and be
progressively guided to setup
additional monitoring value.
Is it in my domain or
not?
Hill 2: Isolate
Maureen can be provided relevant
insights that help her accurately
isolate whether the problem is
in her domain or needs to be
resolved by another team.
What is the root cause
?
Hill 3: Diagnose and Fix
Maureen can be provided relevant
insights that help her accurately
isolate whether the problem is
in her domain or needs to be
resolved by another team.
Sponsor Users

7. Agenda
 Recap
 Problem – Solution – Release Hills
 Capabilities
 Demo

8. Ismyapplicationupandrunningfromaroundtheworld?Aremyuserssatisfied?
Around the world , around the clock synthetic
monitoring :
• Uptime
• Web Page Speeds
• API call response times
• Simulated user flows and transactions
15 worldwide locations

9. Bethefirsttoknow..
• Get alerted about problems BEFORE they impact users via
email, SMS, Slack, Push notifications
• Policies to reduce alert noise
• Seamlessly integrated with IBM Alert Notification Service an
d PagerDuty

10. Correlated analysis of ..
• Response Time
• Availability
• Alerts
• Code Deployment
Activities
Wasthe
problem
causedbya
deployment?

11. Gettothebottomof
thefailure…
Waterfall Analysis
• Broken links
• Slow external requests
• Large images
• Slow lookups
and much more..
Failure Screenshots

12. AmImeetingmytargetuptime?CanIsharetheinformationwithotherseasily
Historical Trends and
Statistics:
• Average and
percentiles for last
day, last week, last
month
• Share reports in CSV
format with others
• View history up to a
year

13. Monitor throughout the application lifecycle
Integrated into
DevOps toolchain

14. TeaLeaf
Delivery
Pipeline
Logmet
Monitoring and
Analytics &
IBM Availability
Monitoring
Mobile
Quality
Assurance
Web IDE
Jazz SCM
UrbanCode
Deploy
Rapidly setup and manage an integrated toolchain following DevOps best practices
Coremetrics
Optimizel
y
Google
Analytics
Autoscaling
IBM Alert
Notification
Pingdom
Uptime
Hipchat
Track
& Plan
Rational Team
Concert
Globalization
Pipeline
Canary
Advisor
Active
Deploy
Jenkins
GitHub
Issues
GitHub
Integrations to IBM Bluemix Services and IBM Cloud Marketplace
Partners and other 3rd party Services
That support evolving DevOps methods and toolchains
Bluemix Garage Method
https://www.ibm.com/devops/method
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15. The IBM Garage Method
• Combine industry best practices for
Design Thinking, Lean Startup, Agile
Development, DevOps, and Cloud to
build and deliver innovative solutions
– transform and innovate with speed
– incrementally deliver awesome solutions
– create innovative solutions fast
– accelerate time to market and reduce costs
– leverage the power of the Cloud
– ensure operational excellence
– continuously experiment to deliver the right solution
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16. Demo