OneSight Administrator Guide

Configuring OneSight Probe Monitors
Discover Probes and Metrics – Discovers the probes and metrics
and populates the list as a tree.
Info - Displays details about the probe and the metric.
Metric Type – Select the type of metric.
Perl Expression Value – Lets you enter a Perl Expression for
parsing the results.
Total Records Encountered Since Last Sample – Returns the
number of records added since the last sample.
Perl Expression – Enter the Perl Expression to use to parse the
results. Refer to “Using Regular Expressions for Pattern
Matching,” later in this chapter for more information.
3. Each monitor that you add must have a unique name. You can
let OneSight create a unique name using the OneSight Probe
specifications you supply, or you can type in your own name
for the monitor.
4. On the General tab in the Collector Host Name field, enter the
host name of the data collector to which the probe is registered.
5. Click Discover Probes and Metrics. The probes and metrics on
the specified data collector are displayed in a tree view.
6. Select the metric you want to monitor.
7. Select the metric type.
8. To verify that the monitor will work as configured, click the
Test button. The Monitor Test window provides information
about the success or failure of the test and indicates what may
be causing any problem.
9. If the test succeeds, click OK in the Add Monitor dialog box to
save these basic OneSight Probe monitor settings. You can now
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