Ping Monitor

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The Ping Monitor sends version 4 ICMP echo requests to the Agents being monitored. You may specify the size of the echo request packets and the number of packets that are sent. The Ping Monitor will execute the configured Actions, depending on the results of the Ping.

•When enabled, the Success Action will be executed if all echo requests succeed.

•When enabled, the Warning Action will be executed if at least one echo request fails and at least one succeeds.

•When enabled, the Failed Action will be executed if all echo requests fail.

Even though the Ping Monitor is assigned to Agents, it is always executed by the ELM Server.

Ping Monitor Settings

Packet Size (bytes) - Enter the size of the ICMP echo request (e.g., the size of each ping packet), in bytes, to send at each ping interval.

Repeat (packets) - Enter the number of packets to send at each interval.

Timeout (seconds) - Enter the time, in seconds, to wait for a response.

Place a checkmark in the Execute configured Action(s) for every failure checkbox to specify that the Action be executed each time the Ping Monitor returns a failure code (e.g., Ping failed). If the checkbox is left empty, the enabled Actions will be executed only on state changes (e.g. from Success to Failure or from Warning to Failure).

Note
By default, the Ping Monitor will execute the enabled Actions only for state changes, and not for subsequent intervals where the state has not changed. For example, the first time the Ping Monitor receives a success result, it will execute the enabled Success Action(s). If the ping is successful at the next interval, the Success Action(s) will not be executed because the state has not changed.

If you want the Ping Monitor to execute its configured Action(s), you can do so by manually adding the HKLM\SOFTWARE\TNT Software\ELM Enterprise Manager\6.7\Settings\PingMonitorTakeActionAtEachInterval registry entry to the ELM Server computer, setting the REG_DWORD value to 1, and restart the ELM Enterprise Manager Server service.

Actions

•Failed (Error) 5506 - All ICMP echo requests did not receive a reply.

•Success (Informational) 5507 - All ICMP echo requests received a reply.

•Quality of Service (Warning) 5508 - Some ICMP echo requests received a reply and some did not.

Test Monitor

Test 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.

Schedule

Displays the Scheduled Interval and Scheduled Hours settings which control the frequency for the Monitor Item.

Scheduled Interval tab

Specify 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 tab

Select 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 Tab

This read-only tab displays the properties of the selected object and the values for those properties.