OneSight Administrator Guide

The Profile Manager
Which Profile Should I use?
In some cases, you have more than one profile option available for
monitoring a web component. In particular, the RFC 1213 Network
Device can provide network statistics for a wide variety of
machines.
For example, you can monitor a Linux machine using the Linux
profile or using the RFC 1213 Network Device profile. If you want
to monitor the overall health of the Linux machine, the Linux
profile is more appropriate. The Linux profile has a focus on system
statistics, while the RFC 1213 profile has a focus on network
statistics. If you have a specific network statistic within RFC 1213
that you want to use, you can also set up an SNMP dedicated
monitor.
If you have an Apache web server on a UNIX machine or an IIS web
server on a Windows 2000 or 2003 machine, there are specific
profiles for these purposes. In addition, the HTTP web server profile
is a more generic web server profile that can be used on a wider
variety of systems because it contains no metric for monitoring the
web server’s log file.
Profile Symbols
In the Profiles list in the Profile Manager, you will see these
symbols next to the profile names and descriptions.
Profile is defined and applied to a component.
Profile is defined but not applied to a component.
The Profile Manager
Use the Profile Manager to control which profiles are available for
creating monitors.
To open the Profile Manager:
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