Latest Contributions by DerekLaw

In March 2024, the Forsyth County, GA GIS Department presented a session on ArcGIS Monitor at the Atlanta Region Geospatial Community Quarterly Meeting. They discuss how ArcGIS Monitor helps them manage their ArcGIS Enterprise deployment and showing metrics in ArcGIS Insights.  Checkout Forsyth County's ArcGIS Monitor user success story: Forsyth County Monitors Enterprise GIS with Optimization and Management Solution You can view their presentation, ArcGIS Monitor: Monitor, Observe & Manage Systems by downloading the PDF file.   FC_Monitor1.png   FC_Monitor2.png ... View more

At the Esri 2024 User Conference in San Diego, CA, Natalie Watkins from the City of Fort Worth, TX presented how her organization leverages ArcGIS Monitor as part of their enterprise GIS workflows. The session was called Successful GIS Deployment Requires IT Best Practices. The session description:  "As a major technology system in an organization, enterprise GIS needs to be well-architected and implemented in order to meet your business needs. Whether it be following data security standards or monitoring and diagnosing GIS infrastructure, IT professionals have a role in implementing ArcGIS. See how two jurisdictions set up an enterprise GIS through IT best practices and lessons learned."  Checkout Natalie's presentation, Enhancing Incident Resolution: Postmortems with ArcGIS Monitor by downloading the PDF file.  Monitor_1.png Monitor_2.png ... View more

Rayburn Electric Cooperative (REC) is a trusted, Member-focused Generation and Transmission Cooperative dedicated to providing its Members with dependable and cost-effective wholesale electric energy solutions. GIS at REC has grown leaps and bounds and become a Level 1 system in their IT landscape. Recognizing how mission-critical GIS is to their operations, REC needed a robust solution to monitor the health of their ArcGIS system. The decision to implement ArcGIS Monitor was a proactive measure to identify potential events, obtain better system usage metrics, and maintain and enhance overall system health. CyberTech helped them deploy ArcGIS Monitor. Learn more, ArcGIS Monitor, the Foundation of Rayburn Electric Cooperative’s Future-Proof Enterprise GIS System    Cybertech_ArcGISMonitorStory.png ... View more

ArcGIS Monitor collects metrics on the health, performance, and usage of your Enterprise GIS to optimize your GIS and IT investment.  On Wed November 20 at 9 am PST, Cloudpoint Geospatial will be presenting a 30 mins webinar on ArcGIS Monitor. It will provide practical guidance to help you efficiently monitor and optimize your GIS infrastructure.  Register here  CloudpointGeospatial.png ... View more

New ArcGIS Monitor customer story in ArcWatch featuring the City of Seguin, Texas. With ArcGIS Monitor, IT staff can view the performance of each individual service, and also increase or decrease their instances depending on how and when they are being used. When a server is being taxed, IT staff can see immediately with the ArcGIS Monitor interface what might be causing performance issues and take action to correct issues based on those metrics. Monitor has become an integral part of their enterprise GIS.  Monitoring the City via ArcWatch.  CityOfSeguinTX_story.png ... View more

On Oct 16, the first ArcGIS Monitor User Group meeting was held. The topic was a discussion on leveraging analysis views in Monitor.  AM_userGroup.png Joe Guzi from Stark County GIS, OH and Joel Lopez from Halff, discuss how they use analysis views in ArcGIS Monitor to help manage their Enterprise GIS deployments. This is an intermediate-level presentation. Prior knowledge of ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Monitor is recommended.  ArcGIS Monitor User Group Meeting 1 - Analysis Views  Presenters.png Webinar attendee submitted questions & answers: Q1: Does Monitor require 2 servers?  One for Monitor and one for the PostgreSQL database? A1: You can deploy ArcGIS Monitor Server and the ArcGIS Monitor database (e.g. the PostgreSQL database) on the same machine. Please ensure the machine has adequate system resources. If you are collecting data from many components, then the ArcGIS Monitor database size may become large and deploying ArcGIS Monitor Server and the ArcGIS Monitor database on two separate machines might be more appropriate. Q2: When are we going to see the user license info like in Monitor 10.8.x? Can we monitor the ArcGIS License Manager in Monitor 2024? A2: This functionality is not currently available in ArcGIS Monitor 2024. Please vote for the feature enhancement on the ArcGIS Monitor Ideas forum on Esri Community. This will help us prioritize the request as we work on future releases. Ability to monitor ArcGIS License Server in Monitor 2023 Q3: In Monitor 2024.x it appears an agent must be installed on each ArcGIS Server instance. In an AWS auto-scaling environment is it a best practice to install Monitor agent on the machine that will be used to create the updated AMI and Enterprise will recognize the instance when it comes online due to a scaling event? A3. Supporting this workflow is possible with some custom scripts and configurations, but not available out of the box with ArcGIS Monitor. Q4: Is the ArcGIS Monitor 2024.0.1 patch available for Linux?  I see the 2024.0.1 patch downloads for Windows on MyEsri, but when downloading the install for Linux, it is still 2024.0. A4. Yes, there will be an ArcGIS Monitor 2024.0.1 patch for Linux. It will be released in early November 2024. Q5: Where can we find templates to help beginners set up analysis views? A5. At the ArcGIS Monitor 2024.0 release, it includes two new sample analysis views to help new users get started. One focused on Enterprise portals and ArcGIS Servers, the other focused on infrastructure. Q6: Does monitor now support qualitative information in the email notifications? Instead of a code and a link? A6: We are actively working on improving the content in email notifications for the ArcGIS Monitor 2024.1 release. Q7: Are there any plans to support ArcGIS Monitor deployments and upgrades through IaC like Chef or PowerShell DSC? A7: This is currently not supported. Please vote for the feature enhancement on the ArcGIS Monitor Ideas forum on Esri Community. This will help us prioritize the request as we work on future releases. Support fully automated installation & configuration of ArcGIS Monitor & remote Agents Q8: There are a lot of log components within ArcGIS Enterprise, e.g. Portal, Data Store, Server & IIS/Tomcat. Are there any plans to create an amalgamated view of these logs through ArcGIS Monitor? A8: This is currently not supported. Please submit a feature enhancement on the ArcGIS Monitor Ideas forum on Esri Community. Other use can vote for this and it will help us prioritize the request as we work on future releases. Q9: Will I have to re-setup my Analysis when updating from 2023.x to 2024.x? A9: No, you should be able to upgrade from Monitor 2023.x to 2024.x and the analysis views you have configured will remain unchanged. Q10: Can I use SSO (like Okta) for profiles on Monitor? A10: This is currently not supported. Please vote for the feature enhancement on the ArcGIS Monitor Ideas forum on Esri Community. This will help us prioritize the request as we work on future releases. Support AD or LDAPS identity stores Q11: Would you say a regular GIS Analyst can set this up or do we need an IT to support? A11: Yes, we have several customers using ArcGIS Monitor and they are GIS Analysts and not IT staff. The help documentation can help you get started, Get started with ArcGIS Monitor. Please also see question 12. Q12: What is your recommendation for the people who are just starting to use Monitor? A12: Some resources to start learning about ArcGIS Monitor, ArcGIS Monitor: An Overview – Esri UC 2024 technical session video ArcGIS Monitor: Techniques for Analyzing Common Operational Scenarios – Esri Dev Summit 2024 technical session video Getting Started with ArcGIS Monitor blog Q13: Can ArcGIS Monitor report the same metrics for ArcGIS Online as it does for Portal (Users, Items, etc.)? A13: ArcGIS Monitor is designed and meant to be used with ArcGIS Enterprise only. ArcGIS Online offers its own set of admin and reporting capabilities. Please vote for the feature enhancement on the ArcGIS Monitor Ideas forum on Esri Community. ArcGIS Online Health in ArcGIS Monitor ... View more

ArcGIS Monitor provides data metrics focused on both ArcGIS Enterprise components and its underlying infrastructure. The Esri UC 2024 technical session videos is now available:  ArcGIS Monitor: An Overview presented by @GeoJosh and @GeoJen  https://mediaspace.esri.com/media/t/1_7o33c1yw  Description: Is your enterprise GIS due for a checkup? Join us for an overview of ArcGIS Monitor, which complements ArcGIS Enterprise by providing tools that monitor the health of your enterprise GIS implementations. Learn how to set up and configure ArcGIS Monitor, add components, create collections, configure alerts, and understand analysis. Familiarity with ArcGIS Enterprise is recommended.  ArcGIS Monitor UC 2024.png ... View more