Windows Remote Monitoring (NT_REMOTE_CONTAINER)

Configure Remote Hosts

Displays the Configure-Remote-Host-Monitoring-dialog-box, which allows you to add, modify or remove hosts.

Configure Profiles

Displays the Configure-Profiles-dialog-box, which allows you to add, modify or remove profiles.

KM Version

Version number of the KM

Microsoft Windows Servers

Remote Monitoring

Windows Remote Monitoring

Remote Host Configuration

Click Add to add remote host configurations.

Host Details

Remote host names

Host Names/File Path

Enter the host name of the server in any of the following ways:

• Single host name or IP address.
• If you want to use the same configuration for multiple hosts, enter a comma separated list of host names or IP addresses with common credentials.
• If you want to use the same configuration for large number of hosts, you can configure the remote hosts from a file (.txt, .csv). Enter the absolute path to the file that includes a list of host names or IP addresses.
  For example, the file path can be C:\PROGRA~2\BMCSOF~1\Patrol3\log\WinProductionHosts.txt or %PATROL_HOME%\log\WinProductionHosts.txt.
  • The file must contain a list of comma separated host names or IP addresses * (with or without publish host names) that have common credentials.
  • The file must be located on the host which is running the PATROL Agent. BMC PATROL default account must have read permission on the directory where the file is located. The _ConfigStatus parameter indicates errors related to the input file.
• A combination of all the earlier options.

Note: You can add a publish hostname to represent the host with different hostname or if the Fully Qualified Domain name of the remote host cannot be retrieved. The published hostname can be added in the <hostname>;<publish_hostname> format. This format can be used in any of the above options.

Authentication Type

Select the type of authentication for adding the remote host.

• Negotiate: Negotiate is selected for local computer accounts. In this option, the client sends a request to the server to authenticate. The user name should be specified as username for a local user on the server.
• Kerberos:  Kerberos is selected to authenticate a domain account. In this option, the client and server mutually authenticate using Kerberos tickets. The user name should be specified as domain\username for a domain user.

Connection Protocol

Select the type of connection protocol for adding the remote host.

• HTTP
• HTTPS

Port Number

Enter the remote host port number.  By default, the port number is set to 5985 for HTTP and 5986 for HTTPS.

Reconnect Interval

User Credentials

User Name

Enter the common user name to connect to the remote host. By default the value is $USERNAME.

Note: If you continue with the default username then default PATROL account is used to connect remote hosts and hence the password field is ignored.

Password

Enter the common password of the hosts added in the Host Names/File Path field.

Confirm Password

Reconfirm the password that you entered in the field above.

Monitor Configuration

Operating System Monitoring

Monitoring options

Specify one of the following options:

• Disable OS Monitoring: This option disables both Standard and Advance monitoring options. You can select this option whenever you want to use only the Custom monitoring.
• Standard Monitoring: This option enables all the Standard monitors by default and cannot be disabled. Also, this monitoring option does not monitor any advance monitoring options.
• Advance Monitoring: This option monitors both windows Standard and Windows advanced configurations. Advance monitors need to be enabled explicitly. In this option, you can enable and disable all the configuration types.

• Memory: Select this check box to enable Memory monitoring.
• Health: Select this check box to enable Health monitoring.
• Cache: Select this check box to enable Cache monitoring.
• System: Select this check box to enable System monitoring.
• Processor*: Select this check box to enable Processor monitoring.
• Network*: Select this check box to enable Network monitoring.
• Physical Disk*: Select this check box to enable Physical Disk monitoring.
• Logical Disk*: Select this check box to enable Logical Disk monitoring.
• Page File*: Select this check box to enable Page File monitoring.
• Process*: Select this check box to enable Process monitoring.
• Service*: Select this check box to enable Service monitoring.
• Event Log*: Select this check box to enable Event Log monitoring.
• WMI*

* indicates additional configuration is required for monitoring.