Configuring an Availability Monitor

An availability target defines a managed system, such as a notification sever, that is monitored for availability. In this task you specify an availability target for an availability monitor.

Before You Begin

You must define the availability monitor machines and the managed systems that you want to monitor for availability. For more information, see Defining Availability Monitors and Targets.

To Configure an Availability Monitor

1. From the PATROL console, access the KM menu commands of the managed system that you want to use as an availability monitor.

2. Choose the KM menu command Event Management > Availability > Add Target.
    The Availability Monitor Add Target dialog box opens as shown in the following figure:
   
   Availability Monitor Add Target Dialog Box
   
   
   Use the Availability Monitor - A dd Target dialog box to specify the properties of the agent that you want to monitor for availability. The following table describes the availability target properties.

    Availability Target Properties

   Property	Description
   Hostname	the host name or IP address of the managed system you are monitoring To avoid DNS resolution problems, use the IP address.
   PATROL Agent Port	the port number of the PATROL Agent on the managed system that you are monitoring
   SNMP Port	the SNMP port number of the PATROL Agent on the managed system that you are monitoring If you are using SNMP to monitor a managed system, the HostPingFailures parameter is not used and remains grayed out. Instead, the SnmpPingFailure parameter is used.
   SNMP Community	the SNMP community string of the managed system you are monitoring
   SNMP Timeout	the SNMP connection timeout for the managed system you are monitoring
   SNMP Retries	the number of times the PATROL Agent tries to connect to the managed system that you are monitoring before it fails
   SNMP Object ID	the SNMP object ID on the managed system that you are monitoring for availability PATROL uses the SNMP object ID only when checking the availability of the remote agent on the managed system. It uses the object ID when making an SNMP call to the agent and checking for a response. You can use the default object ID or provide any other valid SNMP object ID.

3. Define the availability target properties and click Accept.

4. Repeat this task for each managed system you want to monitor for availability. For example, if you are using the availability monitor to monitor multiple notification servers, repeat this task for all notification servers.
   
   

   You use the PATROL Configuration Manager to copy the availability monitoring settings to the other managed systems. For more information about the PATROL Configuration Manager, see the PATROL Configuration Manager User Guide.