Specifying monitoring action parameters
Monitoring actions are scripts or programs that are associated with application
signature, one per signature. The actions monitor the availability and health of
applications. Application Connectivity Monitor includes one predefined monitoring action: a
tcpAction. The tcpAction is a standard action that is used by all the signatures included
with Application Connectivity Monitor.
Figure
Monitoring Action dialog
box
illustrates the dialog box used to customize the parameters of the
Monitoring Action for the application signature. The dialog box displays the
parameters of the selected monitoring action in the Application Signature tab. Only
the values for the parameters can be changed. If you do not specify any values for the
parameters, default values specified during the registration of the action are
assigned to the parameters. The parameters labeled in red are required for the
execution of the monitoring action.
To specify the parameters for a Monitoring Action:
- Click theApplication Signaturetab.
- Type a new application signature or select an existing signature from the list at the top of the tab.
- Select a monitoring action from theMonitoring Actionfield.
- Click theCustomize button.TheCustomize Monitoring Actiondialog box displays
- Type values for the parameters as necessary.The parameters labeled in red are required. In addition, the dialog box displays a message at the bottom identifying required parameters.
- Click theOKbutton.
- Select theEnabled checkboxif the signature is disabled.
- ClickApply.