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Typically, you will use central monitor policies for most circumstances and use local monitor
policies for testing purposes only. Note that you can copy monitor policies from local to central
and vice-versa.
To configure local and central monitor policy settings, select the main menu option Policy,
Storage options. You will be presented the following window:
The window contain the following fields:
Allow monitor policies to be stored in a local file
Select this option if you want to use local monitor policies. In this case, you also need to specify
the file that stores the monitor policies. This option is enabled by default and the file is
NmMonPol.cfg, stored in the local MonitorMagic client program directory.
Allow monitor policies to be stored on the following central location...
Select this option if you want to be able to store monitor policies on a central location. The
location is a computer running the MonitorMagic service. It is recommened to use a single
computer running the MonitorMagic service for the central monitor policy database.
See also:
Monitor policy window
Monitors
Introduction
Monitors are the objects monitored by MonitorMagic. To get a basic understanding of
MonitorMagic monitors, policies, rules and alarm actions, read the section Policies, Monitors,
Rules and Alarm actions. Monitors are the essential components of MonitorMagic. Monitors are
monitored by the MonitorMagic service. In most situations, the MonitorMagic service will process
all the monitors it maintains on a regular basis. When a monitor is processed, the MonitorMagic
service gets the latest information related to the monitor. As an example, suppose the
MonitorMagic service has a disk monitor configured. On an interval basis, the MonitorMagic
service retrieves, for instance, the available diskspace. Next, the MonitorMagic service evaluates
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