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Using MonitorMagic
Generate
Generates and displays the next 20 scheduling times. Note that scheduling times will only be
evaluated for a period of approximatekly 2 years from the specified Start date.
Clear
Deletes the selected entries from the list Scheduled date and times. If no entries are selected,
all entries will be removed.
Close
End the test.
See also:
Policies, Monitors, Rules and Alarm actions
Scheduling exceptions intervals
Scheduling exceptions intervals
Creating a monitor in a policy
Creating a (real) monitor
Rules
Rules overview
Rules are an essential component in MonitorMagic. To get a basic understanding of policies,
monitors, rules and alarm actions read the topic Policies, Monitors, Rules and Alarm actions first.
Rules and monitors
A rule is part of a monitor. You use a rule to detect certain events that relate to the values of the
monitor. A rule is either triggered or not triggered. A rule contains one or more criteria which are
comparisons that refer to monitor values. The results of the criteria evaluation determines if a rule
is triggered. An example of a disk monitor rule is: "Available disk space is less then 10%".
Rule processing
When a monitor is processed by the MonitorMagic service, the monitor values are updated
(example: the disk monitor for logical disk C:\ of server TULIP has the following monitor value:
available disk space is 8%). Next, MonitorMagic will process all the rules associated with the
monitor. For each rule all criteria are evaluated. As a result, each rule now has a certain state:
TRUE (criteria met) or FALSE (criteria not met). The rule state is used to determine if a rule is
triggered or not.
Rule triggering
Rules where the criteria are met (rule state is TRUE) can become triggered. When the rule
criteria are met the rule is triggered immediately or after some specified period of time. If a rule is
triggered, alarm actions are initiated.
Alarm actions
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