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Using MonitorMagic
all the rules of the monitor and checks if the rules are triggered or no longer triggered. According
to these results, alarm actions, associated with each rules can be executed.
MonitorMagic supports different types of monitors: ping, disk, service, events etc. A monitor can
be created in two ways: directly, by the user creating a single monitor or when a policy is applied
to the computer.
See also:
Policies, Monitors, Rules and Alarm actions
Real monitors and policy monitors
Real monitors and policy monitors
This topic requires a little background knowledge of the concepts used by MonitorMagic. To get a
basic understanding of monitors, policies, rules, and alarm actions you are advised to read the
section Policies, Monitors, Rules, and Alarm actions first.
With MonitorMagic you can monitor various objects like disks, services, performance counters,
and so forth. MonitorMagic uses monitors that correspond with these "network devices". The
monitors are maintained by the MonitorMagic service(s). For each monitor, a corresponding
network device or software process exists. These monitors are referred to as real monitors.
Monitor policies contain definitions of monitors, rules, and alarm actions. The monitors consist of
the complete specification of real monitors except for the name of the computer. These monitors
are referred to as policy monitors. This type of monitor does not correspond with an existing
network device or software process. When a policy is applied to a computer the MonitorMagic
service processes all the policy monitors. Each policy monitor defines how the MonitorMagic
service must generate real monitors. The generated real monitors correspond with the physical
or software objects of the computer to which the policy is applied.
With the exception of the name of the computer, the policy monitors contain the complete
specification of the rules and alarm actions. When the policy is applied to a computer,
MonitorMagic will automatically generate the rules and alarm actions for each generated monitor.
See also:
Policies, Monitors, Rules and Alarm actions
Creating a (real) monitor
Creating a monitor in a policy
Applying a policy to a computer
Creating a (real) monitor
You can create a monitor in two ways: directly, by the user creating a single real monitor or when
a policy containing policy monitors is applied to the computer. There are various ways to create a
monitor directly:
Open the monitor window, right click the mouse and select menu option Add monitor,
[monitor type]
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