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The list will be different for different types of monitors. The
figure, to the left, shows how the list looks like when creating
a rule for a disk monitor. While you change the selected
value in the list, the field, Value description will update and
show a description of the currently selected value.
Once you have selected a value the contents of the fields Operator and Limit/Reference value
can be specified.
Operator
The operator specifies how MonitorMagic should evaluate the Value to compare and the
Limit/Reference value. For different types of values different operators apply. When you have
selected the Value to compare the operator list will contain the applicable values. As an
example, the following figures show the operator values for numeric and textual monitor values.
Limit/Reference value
The Limit/Reference value depends on the Value to compare and the Operator. For some
monitor values the number of possible values is limited and well described. This is the case, for
instance, with the monitor value Service state of a Service monitor. In these cases,
MonitorMagic will show the possible values in the list. For other monitor values, you can specify
any value. When specifying numeric values only use numbers, no suffixes.
Additional rule criteria settings
Use the specified components
Select this option for normal criteria.
Use a criteria that is always true (no criteria evaluation takes place)
Select this option if the alarm actions associated with this rule must be initiated each time the
monitor is processed. As an example: suppose you want to receive the actual CPU load of a
machine in a popup message (alarm action) every 10 minutes. In this case, the performance
counter monitor has a rule which should be triggered always (you want to receive the CPU load
popup message regardless of the actual value of it).
Instead of a normal criteria, insert an OR operator
Select this option if you want to combine multiple criteria with the logical OR operator. Normally, if
you specify multiple criteria the rule state is TRUE if ALL criteria are met; with this option you can
specify that the rule state is TRUE if the criteria preceding or following the OR operator is TRUE.
Value description
This field describes the selected Value to compare. If no Value to compare is selected, no
description is shown.
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