OneSight Administrator Guide

Configuring Ping Monitors
7. On the Object tab, modify the metric translation type and
sampling parameters as needed. For more information on these
parameters, see the System Tab description.
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 Perfmon monitor settings. You can now add
this monitor to a monitor group. Refer to Adding Monitors to a
Monitor Group in Chapter 4.
Configuring Ping Monitors
You can set up Ping monitors to determine if hosts used by your
monitor group are functioning. Ping is an easy way to confirm that a
host is responding. The Ping monitor sends a Ping request at
specified time intervals to confirm whether a particular host is
operational.
At specified time intervals, the Ping monitor sends an echo request
to a specified host and waits for a reply. The monitor returns the
round trip time or sets an alert if the request times out or exceeds a
threshold.
In the Add Monitor dialog box, when you click Ping in the Monitor
Types box, settings to configure a Ping monitor appear on these
dialog box tabs:
General Tab – Contains the options that you can use to create a Ping
monitor for your monitor group.
Alerts Tab – Displays the options that you can use to define alerts
and associate them with action plans. You can also configure how a
Ping alert will affect the monitor group’s health. It can result in a
Warning state, a Critical state, or can have no impact on health.
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