Editing Sensors

Editing a sensor can be accomplished by completing the following steps:

To start or stop the monitoring of a group or server:

If you use the Web GUI:

·      Please log into your account (see Logging into your account using the Web GUI)

·      From the Account Homepage select Edit for the server you want to edit 

If you use the Windows GUI:

·      Please start the Windows GUI (see Starting the Windows GUI)

·      Double click the sensors’s name

This opens the Sensor Data Window

Note: The options of the sensor details differ depending on the sensor type. See the Sensor Types in Detail section for more information on the individual sensor options.

 

The following properties are shown for all sensor types:

·      Associated Server—use the drop-down menu to select a server to which to attach this sensor

·      Name—enter a descriptive name for the sensor

·      Comments—enter a description for the sensor (i.e., what it does or when it will check)

·      Status—use the drop-down to set the status of the sensor. Options include

·      Active

·      Paused (disables monitoring for this sensor)

·      Dependency—You can pause this sensor if a sensor of another server is not UP. Choose the dependency sensor from the dropdown list. Do not choose the current sensor itself and avoid circular dependencies. Use with caution. See Managing Dependencies.

·      Schedule – allows you to select a schedule defined under My Account (See Managing Schedules). From the drop-down menu you can select from the defined schedules.

·      Probe – If the admin has set up more than one remote probe you can select one or more probes from the list to monitor a server or service from various locations (see Multi Location Monitoring Using Remote Probes).

·      Interval—use the drop-down to select an available interval.

·      Warning level—specify a time (in seconds) when the response time of the sensor should generate a warning notification. If you have the On Warning Notification set to active, this will determine when the notification is sent.

·      Timeout—specify a time (in seconds) when the sensor should stop trying to accomplish its objective and send a failure notification

·      Latencies - "Latencies" are used to defer notifications after warnings or errors have occurred. You can set latencies on group, server and sensor level. The latencies for warnings, errors and escalations can be set individually. Choose “Use Group Settings” if you want this server to use the latency settings of the associated group or choose the latencies for this server individually. See Managing Notifications, Latencies and Dependencies for more information.

·      Notifications - "Notifications" are used to send alarms when warnings or errors occur. You can set notifications for groups, servers and sensors. Choose “Use Group Settings” if you want this server to use the notifications of the associated group or choose the notifications for this server individually. See Managing Notifications, Latencies and Dependencies for more information.

Click the OK Button when finished adding the sensor.