For health rules based on JMX metrics, you can create health rules on a node or on an entity called a JMX instance name. If you create the health rule on the JMX instance name, you have the option of restricting it to specific nodes. If you create the health rule on the node, you have the option of restricting it to specific JMX instance names.

A JMX metric is identified by its JMX metric path, its JMX instance name, and its metric name. These are determined by the Metric Path, Object Name Match Pattern, and Metric Name fields specified in the Splunk AppDynamics JMX metric MBean Configuration screens. The instance name is derived from the value returned by the object match pattern. Identical JMX instance name values are considered distinct when their metric paths differ.

JMX instance names appear in the Metric Browser under the appropriate JMX metric path. Specific JMX metrics are reported under each JMX instance name. For details about how JMX metrics are configured, see Configure JMX Metrics from MBeans.