OneSight Administrator Guide

Exporting and Importing Monitors
Exporting Monitors
Microsoft Excel. If you are deleting a row in the file, delete the entire
row. Make sure to save the file as CSV.
The following monitor types can be imported or exported: Database,
DNS, Event Log, FTP, JMX, Logfile, Directory, Mail, OneSight Probe,
OneSight Virtual Agent, Perfmon, Ping, Port, Process, Service, SNMP,
SNMP Trap, TCP/IP Socket, URl, and WMI.
Note: If you have exported monitors with file names that begin with
a dash (―-―), Microsoft Excel assumes that they are formulas and
displays them in the format ―#NAME?‖. If you modify the CSV file
and save it, the monitor names are saved as ―#NAME?‖ formatted
as text. To avoid losing the original file names, format all of the
monitor name cells as text before modifying and saving the file.
To export monitors:
1. Click the Import/Export button on the General tab of a The
Import Export Monitors dialog box is displayed.
The type of monitor that you are importing is displayed under
the Choose action for this monitor type Prompt. This dialog box
has the following options:
Choose action for this monitor type – Select whether you want to
import or export monitors.
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