OneSight Administrator Guide

Configuring Process Monitors
Discover Processes – Click Discover Processes to load all the
names of processes running on the host machine. The list will
show most processes twice, once using the generic process
name and once using the name and the commandline string.
Each entry in the list, however, is unique.
Process – Specifies the name of the process you want to
monitor. Click the arrow to select from all of the running
processes loaded using the Discover Processes button. If the
process you want to monitor is not listed, enter the name in the
text field.
Measurement – Specifies the process measurement you want to
monitor. Click the arrow to select either count (number of
instances), memory usage (in MB), or CPU usage (in percent).
Method of Aggregation – Specifies the method of aggregation to
use for monitoring memory or CPU usage. Click the arrow to
select a method, either Total, Minimum, or Maximum.
It is common for an application to run multiple processes with
the same name or even the same commandline. Method of
Aggregation indicates how to aggregate data about multiple
processes.
Total – specifies that the monitor should add the
measurements from all such processes, for example,
returning the total memory used by processes named ―httpd‖.
Minimum – specifies the smallest measurement for all such
processes, returning, for example, the least CPU usage for all
such processes.
Maximum – specifies the largest measurement for all such
processes, which would help determine, for example, if a
single httpd process is using most of the CPU.
Send sample failure if zero processes found – Sends a sample
failure if no processes are found.
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