Configuring BMC Defender Ping Monitor adapter

Once the CO-Ping.exe program has been installed and is running on the system, you can configure the list of devices that are polled by the agent. You might accomplish this activity using the Messages > Adapters > Ping tab of the web browser interface. (The Adapters tab is automatically added to your system if it does not already exist.)

Note

By default, the CO-Ping.exe program does not poll any devices. The address group of 0.0.0.0 (that is the default poll address for all items) disables the polling process for that group. You must configure a device IP address (or list of addresses), that is polled by the CO-Ping.exe program.

Click Edit to edit an existing monitor. Provide an IP address or device group as follows:

Specify a static IP address such as 10.1.1.1. In this case, the monitor polls the single device.
Specify an IP address with wildcards such as 10.1.1.*. In this case, the monitor polls all devices in the Devices tab of BMC Defender that match the specified wildcard.
Specify an address group such as @@my_servers@@ that describes one or more devices. These device groups provide the most maintainable way of polling the devices. The device groups are configured in the Correlation > Config > Address Groups tab of the program.

Note

When using wildcards as the IP address, the devices are polled only if the wildcard matches one or more entries in the Messages > Devices tab of the program. You can add device entries clicking Add New, found on this screen.

Setting the IP address value to 0.0.0.0 effectively disables any polling for a specified ping monitor. This provides a way of disabling the polling associated with a particular monitor without deleting the ping monitor from the system.

For more information about device groups and their usage, see Using-BMC-Defender-Ping-Monitor-adapter.

Configuring BMC Defender Ping Monitor adapter

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