Comodo One. Understanding monitors in ITSM

Comodo One. Understanding monitors in ITSM

• What is ‘Monitoring’ in ITSM profiles
• How to configure ‘Monitors’ in profiles
• How to check monitoring logs
• How to monitor CPU/RAM/Network performance in devices
• How to Monitor Processes in devices
• How to Monitor Events in Devices
• How to monitor a TCP connection from Devices
• How to Monitor content of a web page from Devices
• How to monitor File Size in devices
• How to Monitor Folder size in Devices
• How to Monitor Disk Free space in devices
• How to monitor Services in devices
• How to Monitoring the Ping in device
• How to monitor online/offline status of devices
• How to use custom script procedure monitoring

What is ‘Monitoring’ in ITSM profiles ?

Monitoring settings allow administrators to define performance and availability conditions for various events and services. For example, you can monitor free disk space, service and web page availability, CPU/RAM usage and more. An alert will be triggered if the conditions are breached. You can also configure procedures to take remedial actions immediately.

How to configure ‘Monitors’ in profiles?

Step 1. Go to Configuration templates > profiles >Click “Profile” applied to device that requires monitoring.

Step 2. Choose ‘Monitoring’ from the ‘Add Profile Section’ drop-down. The ‘Monitoring’ screen will be displayed.

Step 3. Enter details for “General” tab as below,

1.’Monitoring Name’ – Enter name for the monitoring configuration.

2.’Description’ – Describe few words about your monitoring configuration.

3.’Trigger alert any’ – Choose any one of drop down options mentioned below,

a.’ Any of the conditions are met ‘- Choose this option if you want alert when any of the condition satisfied.
b.’All of the conditions are met ‘- Choose this option if you want alert when all conditions satisfied.

4.’Use alert settings’ – Select “Alert settings” from search box for this monitor.

5.’ Auto Remediation on alert ‘ – choose any of the options as mentioned below,

a.’Take no action’ – Select this option if no action needs to done upon “Monitor alert”
b.’Run below procedure’ – Select “Procedure” from search box to run upon alert.

Step 4. Click ‘Add Condition’ . Select condition from drop down menu shown.

1. For example : Select “Ping” condition to monitor ping status for the host.

Step 5. Fill condition details as mentioned below,

1.’Host Name’ – Enter host machine name or IP address to be checked.

2.’Condition’ – Choose option as described below,

a.’is down’ – Select this option if you want to generate alert when host is down.
b.’is online’- Select this option if you want to generate alert when host is available.

3.’During’ – Specify time period for which condition to be monitored .

a. Select ‘sec’ to monitor condition for specified seconds.
b. Select ‘min’ to monitor condition for specified minutes.

4.Click ‘Create’ to save changes.

Step 6. Repeat step 4 to add additional conditions to the monitoring. All monitor conditions will be listed for each ‘Monitoring’.

Step 7. To remove a monitoring condition, select the check box beside it and click ‘Remove Condition’ at the top.

Step 8. Click ‘Save’ to apply changes for the monitoring. Monitoring conditions will be applied to devices where current profile applied.

How to check monitoring logs?

Step 1. To check monitoring logs go to devices >Device list > click Device

Step 2. Navigate to ‘Monitoring logs’ in the device details

Step 3. Click ‘Details’ and check ‘How many times the monitor ran still?’ with Time of log item, Status of the log and Output of the log (Additional Info)

Note:

1. 1. If the status column has OFF, the monitor ran but the threshold level is not reached
2. 2. If the status column has ON, the monitor ran and the threshold level is reached
3. 3. Additional Info have the required details, for example, when we analyze a sample result of ‘Additional Info’
   1. a. RAM Monitor : Threshold is GREATER THAN 75 %- Usage is 90 % AND CPU Monitor : Threshold is GREATER THAN 75 % – Usage is 6 %
   2. b. We get the below useful details
      1. i. Type of Monitor: RAM Monitor
      2. ii. Threshold Value: 75%
      3. iii .Actual Usage Value: 90%
      4. iv. Whether the Monitor has one or more Conditions: 2 Conditions (by the keyword sperator AND)
      5. v. Which Condition has triggered alert: Threshold is GREATER THAN 75 %- Usage is 90 % (First one)
      6. vi. Whether the condition is any of one or all to be met: Any of one

Step 4: Go to Tickets tab and find all tickets which are raised by the monitor.

1. 1. Use the ticket-URL to check out the details of the ticket.

How to monitor CPU/RAM/Network performance in devices?

Performance monitor checks the usage of CPU, RAM and Network on devices and trigger an alert if the conditions are met.

Step 1. Go to Configuration templates > profiles and Click profile applied to your devices

Step 2. i. Go to Step 3 for existing monitoring configuration.

1. ii. To create monitoring, add monitoring component from ‘Add profile option’ and configure monitoring settings.

Step 3. Navigate to Monitoring tab. Click Monitoring name that requires changes

Step 4. Click ‘Edit button’ . Enter details for “General” tab as below,

1. ‘Monitoring Name’ – Enter name for the monitoring configuration.

2. ‘Description’ – Describe few words about your monitoring configuration.

3. ‘Trigger alert any’ – Choose any one of drop down options mentioned below,

a.’ Any of the conditions are met ‘- Choose this option if you want alert when any of the condition satisfied.b.’All of the conditions are met ‘- Choose this option if you want alert when all conditions satisfied.

4.’Use alert settings’ – Select “Alert settings” from search box for this monitor.

5.’ Auto Remediation on alert ‘ – choose any of the options as mentioned below,

a.’Take no action’ – Select this option if no action needs to done upon “Monitor alert”
b.’Run below procedure’ – Select “Procedure” from search box to run upon alert.

Step 5. Click ‘Add Condition’ Select ‘Performance’ condition in drop down.

Step 6. You can add monitoring conditions of CPU/RAM/Network for the profile as mentioned below,

1. ‘Parameter usage’ – select any of the option as described below,

a. Select ‘CPU Usage’ to monitor conditions for ‘CPU’ performance for the given time period. This parameter can be monitored in Percentage units.
b. Select ‘RAM Usage’ to monitor conditions for ‘RAM’ memory usage for the given time period. This parameter can be monitored in Percentage,Megabytes and Gigabytes Units.
c. Select ‘Network Usage’ to monitor conditions for ‘Network’ usage for the given time period. This parameter can be monitored in Percentage units.

2. ‘Condition’ – Select any of the option as explained below,

a. More than – Select this condition to trigger alert if greater than specified value reached.
b. Equals to – Select this condition to trigger alert if parameter equals specified value.
c. Less than – Select this condition to trigger alert if parameter value down to less than specified value.
d. More than or equals to -Select this condition to trigger alert if parameter equals specified value as well as exceeds the specified value.
e. Less than or equals to -Select this condition to trigger alert if parameter equals specified value as well as down to the specified value

3. Value – Specify threshold value for the parameters with desired units. Value should be in numerical.

a.% – Select % to monitor parameter condition in Percentage units.
b. GB – Select GB to monitor parameter condition in Gigabytes units.
c. MB – Select MB to monitor parameter condition in Megabytes units.

4. ‘During’ – Specify time period for which condition to be monitored.

a. Select ‘sec’ to monitor condition for specified seconds.
b. Select ‘min’ to monitor condition for specified minutes.

5. Example, to monitor RAM usage for more than 600 MB in 10 minutes time interval,

a. Select ‘RAM usage’ option under parameter.
b. Choose condition ‘More than or equals to’
c. Enter 600 in the value and choose ‘MB’ as value type.

6.Click ‘Create’ to save the monitor condition.

Step 7. The monitoring parameters added for the profile will be listed.

Step 8. Click ‘Save’ to apply changes for the monitoring. Monitoring conditions will be applied to devices where current profile applied.

How to Monitor Processes in devices?

Step 1: Go to ITSM > Configuration Templates > Profiles

Step 2: Choose profile if exist, if not exist then create a new profile then continue.

Step 3: Select ‘Monitoring’ from ‘Add Profile Section’

Step 4: Fill the form of General tab.

1. Enter name in ‘Monitoring Name’, Example: Monitor RMM

2. Enter description in ‘Description’, Example: This setup monitors process of rmm.exe of the target computer

3. Choose any of one from ‘Trigger an alert if’

a. Select ‘Any of the conditions are met’ if to trigger alert when any condition become true
b. Select ‘All of the conditions are met’ if to trigger alert when all conditions become true

4. 4.Type and select custom alert from ‘Use Alert Settings’ if you want to get alerted based on the existing setting otherwise leave it blank. Example: TriggerAtMonitoringProcess

a. If expected alert is not already created then create a new alert and continue

5. Select any of one from ‘Auto Remediation on alert’

a. Select ‘Take no action’ if you want to take no action belongs to alert
b. Select ‘Run below procedure’, type the script name and select the appropriate script if you want to automatically fix the alert. Example: Get Running Tasks from Task Scheduler

Step 5: Select ‘Conditions’ tab.

Step 6: Select ‘Process’ from ‘Add Condition’ button.

Step 7: Fill the pop-up form loads there.

1. Enter the Process Name. Example: rmm.exe

2. Choose any Condition from the list as per your preference

a. Select ‘is running?’ if you want to monitor running process
b. Select ‘is not running?’ if you want to monitor the process that is not running

3. Click ‘Create’ button to complete the form submission
**Repeat the step 6 and step 7 to create monitor for multiple processes

Step 8: Click ‘Save’ button to save the Monitoring Settings.

Step 9: Go to ITSM > Devices > Device List.

Step 10: Select any Device from the list.

Step 11: Click Manage Profiles

Step 12: Click Add Profiles

Step 13: Choose profile created for monitoring processes and Save the changes. Example: MonitorProcesses

How to Monitor Events in Devices?

Step 1: Go to ITSM > Configuration Templates > Profiles.

Step 2: Choose profile if exist, if not exist then create a new profile then continue.

Step 3: Select ‘Monitoring’ from ‘Add Profile Section’.

Step 4: Fill the form of General tab.

1. Enter name in ‘Monitoring Name’, Example: Monitor Events

2. Enter description in ‘Description’, Example: This setup monitors Events of the target computer

3. Choose any of one from ‘Trigger an alert if’

a. Select ‘Any of the conditions are met’ if to trigger alert when any condition become true
b. Select ‘All of the conditions are met’ if to trigger alert when all conditions become true

4. Type and select custom alert from ‘Use Alert Settings’ if you want to get alerted based on the existing setting otherwise leave it blank. Example: TriggerAtMonitoringEvents

a. If expected alert is not already created then create a new alert and continue

5. Select any of one from ‘Auto Remediation on alert’

a. Select ‘Take no action’ if you want to take no action belongs to alert
b. Select ‘Run below procedure’, type the script name and select the appropriate script if you want to automatically fix the alert. Example: Get Running Events

Step 5: Select ‘Conditions’ tab.

Step 6: Select ‘Event’ from ‘Add Condition’ button.

Step 7: Fill the pop-up form loads there.

1. Select Event ID or Level or Source from Parameter

2. If Event ID

a. Enter the ID value on ‘Value is equal to’., Example: 12345

3. If Level

a. Choose Level – Critical Error or Error or Warning or Information or Verbose on ‘Value is equal to’. Example: Critical Error

4. If Source

a. Enter the source value on ‘Value is equal to’. Example: wininit

5. Click ‘Create’ button
**Repeat the step 6 and step 7 to create monitor for multiple events.

Step 8: Save the monitoring.

Step 9: Go to ITSM > Devices > Device List.

Step 10: Select any Device from the list

Step 11: Click Manage Profiles.

Step 12: Click Add Profiles

Step 13: Choose profile created for monitoring process or processes and Save the changes. Example: Monitor Events

How to monitor a TCP connection from Devices?

Step 1: Go to ITSM > Configuration Templates > Profiles.

Step 2: Choose profile if exist, if not exist then create a new profile then continue.

Step 3: Select ‘Monitoring’ from ‘Add Profile Section’

Step 4: Fill the form of General tab.

1. Enter name in ‘Monitoring Name’, Example: Monitor TCP Connection

2. Enter description in ‘Description’, Example: This setup monitors TCP Connection of the target computer

3. Choose any of one from ‘Trigger an alert if’

a .Select ‘Any of the conditions are met’ if to trigger alert when any condition become true
b. Select ‘All of the conditions are met’ if to trigger alert when all conditions become true

4. Type and select custom alert from ‘Use Alert Settings’ if you want to get alerted based on the existing setting otherwise leave it blank. Example: TriggerAtMonitoringTCPConnection

a. If expected alert is not already created then create a new alert and continue

5. Select any of one from ‘Auto Remediation on alert’

a. Select ‘Take no action’ if you want to take no action belongs to alert
b. Select ‘Run below procedure’, type the script name and select the appropriate script if you want to automatically fix the alert. Example: Get Running TCP Connections

Step 5: Select ‘Conditions’ tab.

Step 6: Select ‘TCP’ from ‘Add Condition’ button

Step 7: Fill the pop-up form loads there.

1. Select Hostname or IP Address from Parameter.

2. Enter the value at ‘Is Equal to’. Example: 10.109.51.125

3. Enter the port number in ‘Port’. Example: 2424

4. Select any of one from Condition

a. Is Open
b. Is Closed

5. Enter the required number of seconds or minutes in ‘During’.

a. Select ‘sec’ or ‘min’ for During’ value. Example: 5 or Sec

6. Click ‘Create’ button.
**Repeat the step 6 and step 7 to create monitor for multiple TCP connections

Step 8: Save the monitoring.

Step 9: Go to ITSM > Devices > Device List.

Step 10: Select any Device from the list.

Step 11: Click Manage Profiles.

Step 12: Click Add Profiles.

Step 13: Choose profile created for monitoring process or processes and Save the changes. Example: Monitor TCP

How to Monitor content of a web page from Devices?

Step 1: Go to ITSM > Configuration Templates > Profiles.

Step 2: Choose profile if exist, if not exist then create a new profile then continue.

Step 3: Select ‘Monitoring’ from ‘Add Profile Section’.

Step 4: Fill the form of General tab.

1. Enter name in ‘Monitoring Name’, Example: Monitor a Web Page

2. Enter description in ‘Description’, Example: This setup monitors a Web Page from the target computer

3. Choose any of one from ‘Trigger an alert if’

a. Select ‘Any of the conditions are met’ if to trigger alert when any condition become true
b. Select ‘All of the conditions are met’ if to trigger alert when all conditions become true

4. Type and select custom alert from ‘Use Alert Settings’ if you want to get alerted based on the existing setting otherwise leave it blank. Example: TriggerAtMonitoringWebPage

a. If expected alert is not already created then create a new alert and continue

5. Select any of one from ‘Auto Remediation on alert’

a. Select ‘Take no action’ if you want to take no action belongs to alert
b. Select ‘Run below procedure’, type the script name and select the appropriate script if you want to automatically fix the alert. Example: Get Running Web Page

Step 5: Select ‘Conditions’ tab.

Step 6: Select ‘Web Page’ from ‘Add Condition’ button.

Step 7: Fill the pop-up form

1. Enter web page URL in ‘URL’. Example: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletins.aspx

2. Select equals or not equals or contains or not contains from ‘Condition’. Example: Contains

3. Enter the content in ‘Content’. Example: 3198467

4. Enter the required number of seconds or minutes in ‘During’. Example: 5

a. Select sec or min from the list box. Example: sec

5. Click ‘Create’ button
**Repeat the step 6 and step 7 to create monitor for multiple web pages

Step 8: Save the monitoring.

Step 9: Go to ITSM > Devices > Device List

Step 10: Select any Device from the list

Step 11: Click Manage Profiles.

Step 12: Click Add Profiles.

Step 13: Choose profile created for monitoring process or processes and Save the changes. Example: Monitor Web Page

How to monitor File Size in devices?

Monitors changes in the size of a file and also triggers the alert when the specified conditions are met.

Step 1: To Set Monitoring, Go to ITSM ? Configuration Templates and click Profiles.

Step 2 : Choose the profile of your device from the list and if the profile does not exists, create a new profile and continue.

Step 3 : Follow below options,

1. Add Monitoring Column by Clicking “Add a Profile Section “ -> Monitoring.

2. Go to Monitoring tab -> “Add Monitoring “ and Enter the Name for monitoring and its Description in their respective fields.

Step 4 : Go to “General Tab “, configure alert settings as below,

1.Choose desired action from “ the trigger an alert if “ drop down

a. Any of the conditions are met – when any of the condition that you have mentioned is met
b. All of the conditions are met – when all of the conditions that you have mentioned are met

2.Apply the custom alert created for the monitoring using “Use Alert Setting. Example: File size.

3.The remedy action for the triggered alert can be set by technician by either opting to “Take no action” or choose run below procedure for fix using ‘Auto remediation alert’.

a. Take no action – No remedy action are defined for the triggered alert.

b. Run Below Procedure – Assign procedure as a remedy for the triggered alert by entering the name in the respective field. Example : Clean Up Downloads folder in all User Accounts.

Step 5 : After configuring General tab ,Go to “Condition Tab“. To add condition for monitoring the file size in devices follow below steps,

1. Click ” Add Condition ” and select File size.

2. Enter file path. Example: C:/Users/Root/Downloads/instalwin.log

3. Set the conditions

a. Less than – Alert triggers when the file size is less than mentioned value .
b. Equal to – Alert triggers when the file size is equal to the mentioned value.
c. Greater than – Alert triggers when the file size is greater than the mentioned value

4. Value – The Maximum or minimum value of file size can be entered . Example: 55 KB / 55 MB / 55GB

Step 6: Click ‘Create’ and the monitoring parameters will be listed.

Step 7: Click ‘Save’ to apply changes.

Step 8: Go to Devices -> Device List.

Step 9: Select a Device. Go to Manage Profiles -> Add profiles -> select a profile name and save.

How to Monitor Folder size in Devices? 

Monitors changes in the size of a folder and also triggers the alert when the specified conditions are met.

Step 1: To set Monitoring, Go to ITSM ? Configuration Templates ->Profiles.

Step 2 : choose a profile of you device and if the profile does not exists create new profile and continue.

Step 3: Follow below options,

1. Add Monitoring Column by clicking “Add a Profile Section“ -> Monitoring.

2. Go to Monitoring tab -> “Add Monitoring“ and Enter the Name for monitoring and its Description in their respective fields.

Step 4: Go to “General Tab“ , configure alert settings as below,

1. Choose desired action from “the trigger an alert if “ drop down

a. Any of the conditions are met – when any of the condition that you have mentioned is met
b. All of the conditions are met – when all of the conditions that you have mentioned are met

2. Apply the custom alert created for the monitoring using “Use Alert Setting. Example: Folder size.

3.The remedy action for the triggered alert can be set by technician by either opting to “Take no action” or choose run below procedure for fix using ‘Auto remediation alert’.

a. Take no action – No remedy action are defined for the triggered alert .
b. Run Below Procedure – Assign procedure as a remedy for the triggered alert by entering the name in the respective field.
c. Example: Clean Up Downloads folder in all User Accounts.

Step 5 : After configuring General tab ,Go to “Condition Tab“ : To add condition for monitoring the folder size in devices follow below steps,

1. Click ” Add Condition ” and select Folder size.

2. Enter file path. Example : C:/Users/Root/Downloads

3. Set the conditions

a. Either Less than – Alert triggers when the file size is less than mentioned value.(or)
b. Equal to – Alert triggers when the file size is equal to the mentioned value.(or)
c. Greater than – Alert triggers when the file size is greater than the mentioned value

4. Value – The Maximum or minimum value of file size can be entered in any of the terms such as KB/MB/GB. Example: 1000 MB

Step 6: Click ‘Create’ and the monitoring parameters will be listed.

Step 7: Click ‘Save’ to apply changes.

Step 8: Go to Devices -> Device List .

Step 9: Select a Device . Go to Manage Profiles -> Add profiles -> select a profile name and save

How to Monitor Disk Free space in devices?

Monitors changes in the available free spaces in the disk and also triggers the alert when the specified conditions are met .

Step 1: To set Monitoring, Go to ITSM ? Configuration Templates ->Profiles.

Step 2 : choose a profile of you device and if the profile does not exists create new profile and continue.

Step 3 : Follow below options,

1. Add Monitoring Column by Clicking “Add a Profile Section “ -> Monitoring.

2. Go to Monitoring tab -> “Add Monitoring “ and Enter the Name for monitoring and its Description in their respective fields.

Step 4 : Go to “General Tab“, configure alert settings as below,

1. Choose desired action from “ the trigger an alert if “ drop down

a. Any of the conditions are met – when any of the condition that you have mentioned is met
b. All of the conditions are met – when all of the conditions that you have mentioned are met

2. Apply the custom alert created for the monitoring using “Use Alert Setting. Example: Free disk space.

3.The remedy action for the triggered alert can be set by technician by either opting to “Take no action” or choose run below procedure for fix using ‘Auto remediation alert’.

a. Take no action – No remedy action are defined for the triggered alert .
b. Run Below Procedure – Assign procedure as a remedy for the triggered alert by entering the name in the respective field. Example : Clean Up Downloads folder in all User Accounts .

Step 5: After configuring General tab ,Go to “Condition Tab “ : To add condition for monitoring the free disk space in devices follow below steps,

1. Click ” Add Condition ” and select Disk

2. Select Parameter

a. Free space left on system drive – The alert triggers when the free spaces left on system drive reached the mentioned condition .
b. Free space left on all drivers – The alert triggers when the Free space left on all drivers reached the mentioned condition .c. Free space change on system drive – The alert triggers when the Free space change on system drive reached the mentioned condition

3. Set the conditions

a. More than – Select this condition to trigger alert if greater than specified value reached.
b. Equals to – Select this condition to trigger alert if parameter equals specified value.
c. Less than – Select this condition to trigger alert if parameter value down to less than specified value.
d. More than or equals to -Select this condition to trigger alert if parameter equals specified value as well as exceeds the specified value.
e. Less than or equals to -Select this condition to trigger alert if parameter equals specified value as well as down to the specified value

4. Value – The Maximum or minimum value of file size can be entered . Example : 55 KB / 55 MB / 55GB

Step 6: Click ‘Create’ and the monitoring parameters will be listed.

Step 7: Click ‘Save’ to apply changes.

Step 8: Go to Devices -> Device List.

Step 9: Select a Device . Go to Manage Profiles -> Add profiles -> select a profile name and save.

How to monitor Services in devices?

Monitors changes in the size of a folder and also triggers the alert when the specified conditions are met.

Step 1: To set Monitoring, Go to ITSM ? Configuration Templates ->Profiles.

Step 2: Choose a profile of you device and if the profile does not exists create new profile and continue.

Step 3: Follow below options,

1. Add Monitoring Column by clicking “Add a Profile Section“ -> Monitoring.

2. Go to Monitoring tab -> “Add Monitoring“ and Enter the Name for monitoring and its Description in their respective fields.

Step 4 : Go to “General Tab“, configure alert settings as below,

1. Choose desired action from “ the trigger an alert if “ drop down

a. Any of the conditions are met – when any of the condition that you have mentioned is met
b. All of the conditions are met – when all of the conditions that you have mentioned are met

2. Apply the custom alert created for the monitoring using “Use Alert Setting. Example: Services.

3. The remedy action for the triggered alert can be set by technician by either opting to “Take no action” or choose run below procedure for fix using ‘Auto remediation alert’.

a. Take no action – No remedy action are defined for the triggered alert.
b. Run Below Procedure – Assign procedure as a remedy for the triggered alert by entering the name in the respective field. Example: Clean Up Downloads folder in all User Accounts.

Step 5: After configuring General tab ,Go to “Condition Tab“: To add condition for monitoring the service in devices follow below steps,

1. Click ” Add Condition ” and select Service.

2. Enter service name – Enter the any service name that you would like to monitor .Example: Parameter = CesmAgentService

3. Set the conditions

a. Is Running – The alert is triggered when the service is running state
b. Is Not Running – The alert is triggered when the service is not running. Condition = Is Not Running

Step 6: Submit the parameters by clicking ‘Create’ button.

Step 7: Click ‘Save’ button.

Step 8: Go to Devices -> Device List.

Step 9: Select a Device. Go to Manage Profiles -> Add profiles -> select a profile name and click Save icon.

How to Monitoring the Ping in device?

Step 1: To set Monitoring, Go to ITSM ? Configuration Templates ->Profiles.

Step 2 : choose profile of your device and if the profile does not exists create new one . Example: Monitor Processes.

Step 3 : Follow below options,

1. Add Monitoring Column by Clicking “Add a Profile Section“ -> Monitoring.

2. Go to Monitoring tab -> “Add Monitoring“ and Enter the Name for monitoring and its Description in their respective fields.

Step 4: Go to “General Tab“, configure alert settings as below,

1. Choose desired action from “ the trigger an alert if “ drop down

a. Any of the conditions are met – when any of the condition that you have mentioned is met
b. All of the conditions are met – when all of the conditions that you have mentioned are met

2. Apply the custom alert created for the monitoring using “Use Alert Setting. Example: Ping

3.The remedy action for the triggered alert can be set by technician by either opting to “Take no action” or choose run below procedure for fix using ‘Auto remediation alert’.

a. Take no action – No remedy action are defined for the triggered alert .
b. Run Below Procedure – Assign procedure as a remedy for the triggered alert by entering the name in the respective field. Example: Clean Up Downloads folder in all User Accounts.

Step 5: After configuring General tab, go to “Condition Tab“: To add condition for monitoring the ping in devices follow below steps,

1. Click ” Add Condition ” and select Ping

2. Enter Host name. Example: 10.108.51.125

3. Set the conditions

a. Is Down – when the system is going down , the alert will be triggered.
b. Is Online – When the system is going Online , the alert will be triggered.
c. During – Define the time limit. Example: 5 mins /5 sec

Step 6: Click ‘Create’ and the monitoring parameters will be listed.

Step 7 Click ‘Save’ to apply changes.

Step 8: Go to Devices -> Device List.

Step 9: Select a Device . Go to Manage Profiles -> Add profiles -> select a profile name and save.

Save

How to monitor online/offline status of devices

The state of availability of a device can be known by setting the “Device status” monitor in ITSM. This monitoring allows the user to check whether the device is connected or disconnected for a certain amount of time. If the condition achieved, the user will be notified with an alert. In addition to triggering an alert, a user can call a procedure automatically as an act of remedy.

Use cases:

Device Online status can be checked for devices of sales representative who uses devices for limited period of time.
Device offline status can be checked for server devices which is set be always up.

Step 1: To set Monitoring, Go to ITSM ? Configuration Templates ?”Profiles” menu and go to “Profiles” Tab.

Step 2: Choose a profile applied to your devices which requires monitoring for online/offline status. Example: Standard Updates Management Profile.

Step 3: Add a Device Status ‘Monitoring’ to the profile as mentioned in the below steps,

1. i. Add a monitoring column to the profile by clicking “Add a Profile Section“ -> ‘Monitoring’.
2. ii. Go to ‘Monitoring’ tab -> “Add Monitoring“ and enter the Name for monitoring and its Description in their respective fields.

Step 4: Go to “General Tab“, configure alert settings as below,

1. 1. Choose the desired action from “ the trigger an alert if “ drop-down
   1. i. Any of the conditions are met – when any of the conditions that you have mentioned is met.
   2. ii. All of the conditions are met – when all of the conditions that you have mentioned are met.
2. Example :All of the conditions are met
3. 2. Apply the custom alert created for the monitoring using “Use Alert Setting.
4. Example: Sales department alert
5. 3. The remedy action for the triggered alert can be set by the technician by either opting to “Take no action” or choose run below procedure for fix using ‘Auto remediation alert’.
   1. i. Take no action – No remedy action are defined for the triggered alert.
   2. ii. Run Below Procedure – Assign an existing procedure as a remedy for the triggered alert by entering the name in the respective field.
   3. Example: Send notification to logged in user

Step 5: After configuring General tab, go to “Condition Tab “ and then follow below steps,
Click ” Add Condition” button and Device Status from the drop-down.
In the ‘Add Condition Dialog’ box, set the conditions and click ‘Create’ button.

1. 1. i. Device is Online – Select this option, if you want to check if the device is online
   2. ii. Device is Offline -Select this option, if you want to check if the device is offline
   3. iii. Period-Enter the time period in the text box.
   4. Example:
   5. Condition: Device is offline.
   6. Period: 30 Min.
      If the device is in offline for more than the defined time period the alert will be triggered.

Step 6: Click ‘Save ‘button to apply changes to Monitoring.

The created ‘Monitoring’ will be listed.

How to use custom script procedure monitoring

The “Custom script” which will be available now in the “Monitoring” will help you to receive an alert by giving your own conditions. It helps you create your own Custom script for monitoring, Alerts you if the condition has met and also generates the Tickets.

Note : We also have the other custom scripts from the below Webpage (https://forum.mspconsortium.com/forum/script-library/11468-script-monitors-index-page)

Step 1: Go to ‘Configuration Templates’ > ‘Profiles’ > click “Profile” applied to device that requires monitoring.

Step 2: Choose ‘Monitoring’ from the ‘Add Profile Section’ drop-down. The ‘Monitoring’ screen will be displayed.

Step 3. Enter details for “General” tab as below,

• a. ‘Monitoring Name’ – Enter name for the monitoring configuration.
• b. ‘Description’ – Describe few words about your monitoring configuration.
• c. ‘Trigger alert any’ – Choose any one of drop down options mentioned below,
• d. Any of the conditions are met ‘- Choose this option if you want alert when any of the condition satisfied.
• e. All of the conditions are met ‘- Choose this option if you want alert when all conditions satisfied.
• f. ‘Use alert settings’ – Select “Alert settings” from search box for this monitor.

Step 4. Click ‘Add Condition’. Select condition from drop down menu shown:

• 1. Select “Custom script” Condition To monitor

Step 5. Fill Conditions for Custom Script

• 1. Script name – Enter name of the script.
• 2. Description – Describe few words about your monitoring.
• 3. Check Period – Specify time period for which condition to be monitored.
• 4. Note – Please read Instructions carefully.
  • a. Write your code on below box without disturbing.
  • b. To run a script as custom monitor, It has “alert” function definition as default. Check an example script.
  • c. To create an alert based on a condition call, call “alert” function with arguments “1” i.e. ( “alert(1)”) should be given to trigger the alert.
  • d. To disable the alert based on condition call, Call “alert” function with arguments “0” i.e. (“alert(0)”) should be given.
  • e. please do not disturb the code below for default function definitions of an “alert()” and “check UAC”
• 5. Edit your code customly to generate the alert

The below code which should not be disturbed:

import os 
import sys 
import _winreg 

def alert(arg):
    sys.stderr.write("%d%d%d" % (arg, arg, arg)) 

# Please use “alert(1)” to turn on the monitor(trigger an alert)
# Please use “alert(0)” to turn off the monitor(disable an alert)
# Please do not change above block and write your script below
Here there is a sample Example to Generate the alert with Custom Script

Reference: Here you can refer a sample code.

import sys
import _winreg
import os
import re
import socket
 
def alert(arg):
    sys.stderr.write("%d%d%d" % (arg, arg, arg))
def information():
    name=os.environ['username']
    print 'PC-NAME : '+name
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
    s.connect(("8.8.8.8", 80))
     
    print "IP-ADDRESS : " + (s.getsockname()[0])
    path="c:\windows\system32"
    os.chdir(path)
    out=os.popen("cscript slmgr.vbs -dli").read()
    c=0
    os.environ
    k,li,up,no,no1=[],[],[],[],[]
     
    ab=re.findall('Licensed',out)
    bc=re.findall('([0-9]{2}\sday.*)',out)
    cd=re.findall('0xC004F056',out)
    de=re.findall('0xC004F034',out)
    lea=len(ab)
    leb=len(bc)
    lec=len(cd)
    led=len(de)
    for i in ab:
        li.append(i)
    for j in bc:
        up.append(j)
    for k in cd:
        no.append(k)
    for l in de:
        no1.append(l)
    if  lea!=0:
        if ab==li:
            print "Your windows is Activated."
            alert(0)
    if leb!=0:
        if bc==up:
            up.append('Left to expire your windows,Please Activate it.')
            str1=''.join(str(e)for e in up)
            print str1
            alert(1)
    if lec!=0:
        if cd==no:
            print "You need to Activate your windows."
            alert(1)
    if led!=0:
        if de==no1:
            print "you need to Activate your windows."
            alert(1)
 
information()

Step 6: Click on “Save”, to save your Custom script.

Step 7. Go to ITSM → ‘Devices’ → ‘Device List’ menu and click “Device Management” tab. Select a device to which you want to see the log files from the list.

Step 8: Click the “Associated Profiles”.

• a. Profiles will be added here with Name,source Associated,Information about association.
• b. If it is “successfully processed” ,go to next step to see the logs else, Check the profile if any Mistakes have done and correct it.

Step 9:

• 1. Click the “Logs” tab.
• 2. Click “ Monitoring logs” tab, the triggered alerts will be listed here with the following details Monitor name, Status, Hits Count(24H Period), last hit time, Last Update time and details.
  • a. Click on details
  • b. You can see your custom script statuses with Additional information
  • c. See Example below: