A Knowledge Module (KM) or a monitoring solution is a set of files from which a PATROL Agent receives information about resources running on a monitored computer. A KM file can contain the actual instructions for monitoring objects or simply a list of KMs to load. KMs are deployed to PATROL Agents and are located in the Infrastructure Management–PATROL Repository (Repository).

PATROL for Google Cloud Platform reports and monitors availability and performance across critical areas of your Google Cloud environment. It issues visual warnings and alarms when thresholds are exceeded, allowing easy identification of problem areas.