Configuring Windows Processes in TrueSight
This topic provides information about configuring processes by using the TrueSight and the Central Monitoring Administration console.
Process configuration video
Click to view a short video (4:32) of how to configure processes for monitoring.
Configuration details
On the Add Monitor Types dialog, with the Monitoring Profile set to Services or Processes or Operating System, and the Monitor Type set to Windows Processes, provide the following details:
Process Configuration
Process: Select this check box to enable Process monitoring. By default, PATROL does not monitor any processes. When configuring monitoring for a specific process, you can use the methods shown below:
Process monitoring methods:
Manual process monitoring: Use when you want to select or specify the processes to monitor and you want to customize how PATROL monitors them.
Automatic process monitoring: Use when you want to monitor a process only if it exceeds a specified CPU utilization percentage.
List of Processes: Click | |
Process Specification | |
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Configure Process Monitoring | |
Process Label | Specify a label to identify a group of processes. The input that you specify must match the regular expression pattern, '^[0-9a-zA-Z_]+$'. |
Process Name | Specify a name or a regular expression pattern that matches the names of processes that must be monitored. Enter only the process name without extension. Example: If the process name is Notepad, enter Notepad. Do not enter Notepad.exe. |
Use Regular Expression for Process Name | Select this check box if you want to monitor all the processes that contain the process name specified. |
Process Arguments | Specify the command line arguments for the processes that you want to monitor. Note:
Example: C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService |
Use Regular Expression for Process Argument | Select this check box to enter process command line arguments using regular expression pattern. |
Minimum Count | Specify a value so that an alarm is raised if the process count drops under this value. |
Maximum Count | Specify a value so that an alarm is raised if the process count rises above this value. |
Acceptable Process Owner | Specify a name or regular expression pattern that matches the name of the acceptable process owner. |
Use Process Owners for Filtering | Select this check box if you want to filter processes based on the process owners. |
Process Settings | |
Generate alarm on Process stop | Select this check box to generate an alarm when the process stops. |
Generate alarm on Process start | Select this check box to generate an alarm when the process starts. |
OK | Click to save the configuration. |
Cancel | Click to close the configuration window. |
Automatic Process Monitoring | |
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CPU Threshold in % | Specify the CPU threshold (in %) for automatic process monitoring. The input that you specify must match the regular expression pattern, '^[0-9]+$'.By default, this value is set to 90. |
Time Duration in secs | Specify the time limit (in seconds) to start the automatic process monitoring. The input that you specify must match the regular expression pattern, '^[0-9]+$'. By default, this value is set to 300. |