Configuring using TrueSight console
You can define the monitoring criteria in policies and then apply them to the PATROL Agents. When you modify a policy, all the changes are automatically pushed to the PATROL Agents on which the policy is already applied.
When a monitoring policy is applied to a PATROL Agent, the device or server that hosts the Agent is automatically added to the list of monitored devices.
To create a monitoring policy
- Log on to the TrueSight console.
- In the navigation pane, expand Configuration and select Infrastructure Policies.
- In the Infrastructure Policies page, ensure that the Monitoring tab is selected and click Create Policy.
- In the Create Monitoring Policy page, specify the monitoring policy properties:
- Define the general properties.
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- Select PATROL Agents.
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- Specify values in at least one of the configuration tabs and click Save.
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Add and configure monitor types to a monitoring solution
- Ensure that the Monitoring tab is selected. By default, this tab is selected. If not, click it.
- Click Add Monitoring Configuration.
- In the Add Monitoring Configuration dialog box, configure the following properties:The [confluence_table-plus] macro is a standalone macro and it cannot be used inline. Click on this message for details.
The following figure shows the Add Monitoring Configuration dialog box.
- Provide details for configuring the Collection Agent and click OK. For more information, see ITDA monitor type configuration.
The configured monitor type is added as a new row in the Monitoring page. - To modify the monitoring configuration, click the action menu for that configuration and select Edit. Modify the configuration and click OK.
- To delete a monitoring configuration, click the action menu for that configuration and select Delete. After you save the policy, the deleted monitor type configuration is removed from the selected PATROL Agents.
After you save or update a policy, the monitor type configurations are pushed to the selected PATROL Agents.
Configure filters to include or exclude data and events
After you configure the monitor types in the PATROL Agents, they send the collected data to the Infrastructure Management server. You can configure filters to restrict or allow data to be sent to the Infrastructure Management server.
You can configure filters for all data, or for the data from a specific Agent or from a specific monitor type.
Note: A PATROL Agent applies a filtering policy during the next scheduled discovery or collection of a PATROL object (monitor type or attribute). That is, filtering is applied when the first collection occurs on the PATROL object after filtering rules are applied. Due to this behavior, there might be a delay in the deployment of the filtering rules on the PATROL object.
To configure filtering options
- Click the Filtering tab.
- Select one of the following options:
- Agent Level: Filters data and events from the PATROL Agent. Select an appropriate filtering option from the list.
- Monitor Type Level: Filters information from a specific monitor type. To specify the monitor type:
- Click Add Monitor Type.
- In the Add Monitor Type dialog box, select a solution and its version.
- Select a related monitor type from the list.
- If you want to specifically filter data and events from an attribute, select an attribute from the list. The default value is All.
- Select one of the following filtering option:
- No Filter (Send all data and all events.)
- Filter out data (Send all events, but no data.)
- Filter out events (Send all data, but no events.)
- Filter out data and events (Send no data and no events.)
- Click OK. The selected monitor type row is added to the table in the Filtering page.
To add multiple monitor types for filtering data and events, repeat the previous steps a-f.
- To modify the properties of an existing filter level for Monitor Type Level option, click the action menu for that filter and click Edit.
- To delete a configured monitor type level for Monitor Type Level option, click the action menu for that level and click Delete.
Enables you to manually create Agent configuration rules such as Agent history retention, Agent run queue schedule settings, disabled Knowledge Modules, and so on.