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The Link Monitor periodically spiders/crawls your Web site starting at the URL you specify. It can check for broken links and Quality of Service. Note Important Link Monitor Starting URL ProfileCustomize the behavior of the Link Monitor: •URL - Enter the URL you wish to use as a starting point for the Link Monitor. •Username - If a username is required to access the above URL, enter it in this field. •Password - If you entered a username in the Username field, enter the password for that username in this field. •Max Pages - Limit the number of pages visited by the Link Monitor by entering the maximum number of pages visited in this field. This value must be a positive integer. •Max Levels - Limit the number of levels traversed by entering a maximum number of levels in this field. This value must be a positive integer. •Warn if average QoS response time is more than - Verify Quality of Service of the checked links by configuring the Link Monitor to warn you if any page is not retrieved within this QoS threshold. •Proxy Server - If the Agent needs to go through a proxy server in order to access the page(s) to be checked, enter the name (e.g., host name or Fully Qualified Domain Name) of the Proxy Server. •Port - If you are using a Proxy Server, use this field to specify the port on which the Proxy Server listens for requests. Exclude URLsTo exclude a URL from Link Monitor activity, enter it in the Enter URL to be excluded field, and click Add . To remove an excluded URL, select it in the These URLs will not be visited during the spidering operation field and click Remove. Note Actions•Success (Informational) 5561 - All the links were found and responded within the quality of service time period. •Quality of Service Warning (Warning) 5555 - The web page was not retrieved within the quality of service time period. •Broken Link (Error) 5556 - A broken link was found. CategoriesDisplays the Monitoring Categories to which the Monitor is assigned. Click to select or deselect Monitoring Categories. Right click to create or edit Monitoring Categories. Test MonitorTest any Monitor Item against any Agent capable of running the Item using the drop-down and Test button on this dialog box. Testing a Monitor Item prior to putting it into production validates that the monitor item is configured properly. To test a monitor item: 1.Select the Agent you wish to test against from the drop-down list. 2.Click the Start Test button. If the test was successful, you will receive a pop-up indicating this and the option to see detailed results of the test. If the test failed, detailed results of the test will automatically open in Notepad. ScheduleDisplays the Scheduled Interval and Scheduled Hours settings which control the frequency for the Monitor Item. Scheduled Interval tabSpecify the interval at which the monitoring, polling or action is to occur. Depending on the Monitor Item type, Items can be scheduled in interval increments of Seconds, Minutes, Hours and Days. The Scheduled Interval is relative to the top of the hour or top of the minute. For example, if a Scheduled Interval is configured for 10 minutes, the Monitor Item will execute at hh:10:00, hh:20:00, hh:30:00, hh:40:00, hh:50:00, h1:00:00, etc. If a Scheduled Interval is configured for 15 seconds, the Monitor Item will execute at hh:00:15, hh:00:30, hh:00:45, hh:01:00, hh:01:15, etc. Scheduled Hours tabSelect the days and/or hours this item is active. By default, the schedule is set to ON for all hours and all days. Mouse clicks toggle squares between ON and OFF. Clicking on an individual square will toggle the active schedule for that hour. Clicking on an hour at the top of the grid, or on a day of the week at the left of the grid will toggle the corresponding column or row. Keyboard equivalents are the arrow keys and the space bar. Properties TabThis read-only tab displays the properties of the selected object and the values for those properties.
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