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How to Create a Simple Log File Event Detection Monitor in Essentials 2007 A simple log file event monitor queries a log file for specific text and sets the health state based on the match. You can specify two pattern matches in the log file: one to set the health state to either warning or error, and the other to set the health state to success. To create the monitor: Log on to the computer with an...

Read More... No Comments 12:50 - Apr 16, 2008

I just ran across a great post by Tom Swanson on how he monitors MySQL using Essentials 2007 . Check it out! In his post, Tom describes the steps he took to create custom monitors and how to work around monitoring ODBC drivers. The steps include: Make a custom monitor that checks all the MySQL services are running OK Watch for the particular ports used by MySQL to make sure they are live from outside...

Read More... No Comments 11:45 - Mar 12, 2008

The Monitoring pane in the Essentials 2007 console provides users a method to find relevant monitoring data to take appropriate actions to maintaind a healthy network. The Monitoring pane displays various aspects of monitoring data that Essentials 2007 collects. Each object in the Monitoring pane is either a view type or a folder that contains a collection of views. The Find, Search, and Scope buttons...

Read More... No Comments 09:10 - Feb 12, 2008