OneSight Administrator Guide

Configuring Port Monitors
3. Each monitor that you add must have a unique name. You can
let OneSight create a unique name using the Ping specifications
you supply, or you can type in your own name for the monitor.
4. On the General tab, type in the host name for the server you
want to monitor. This value specifies the name or IP address of
the host to ping.
5. All the other settings in the Ping monitor have defaults that will
allow you to start using a Ping monitor. You can change
defaults for any of the other settings.
6. 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.
7. If the test succeeds, click OK in the Add Monitor dialog box to
save these basic Ping monitor settings. You can now add this
monitor to a monitor group. Refer to Adding Monitors to a
Monitor Group in Chapter 4.
Configuring Port Monitors
A Port monitor checks on the availability of a specified network
port. While checking network port availability, the port monitor can
also check the value returned from a query to ensure that an
application is available and running correctly. If a port does not
reply, or if the reply is incorrect (as determined by a text match), an
alert is triggered. The Port monitor can be used to monitor network
applications that are not available as part of other OneSight
monitors.
The monitor must have appropriate privileges to access the
specified port on the monitored machine.
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