Configure Health Monitoring Agent

Modify the properties on Health Monitoring Agent.

Follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Control Panel, Configuration, Configuration Policy, Policy Name, DSM, Health Monitoring, Health Monitoring Agent.
  2. On the Setting Properties dialog, specify suitable values for the following items:
    Enable Health Monitoring

    Specifies the state of Health Monitoring. Default: False

    True

    Enables health monitoring.

    False

    Disables health monitoring.

    Script Directory

    Specifies the folder to which custom alert scripts must be copied. Default: scriptdir

    Note: When an absolute path is not specified, the folder is taken relative to the HM folder under DSM installation directory. Network paths are not supported.

    Script Output Directory

    Defines the name of the folder to which the output of custom alert scripts are copied. Default: scriptoutputdir

    Note: When an absolute path is not specified, the folder is taken relative to the HM folder under DSM installation directory. Network paths are not suported.

    Script Timeout

    Defines the time in seconds for the health monitoring agent to wait for script execution to complete. Default: 120 seconds

    Note: When the script execution fails with time-out error; increase the time in seconds, and retry.

    Maximum Upload Retries

    Defines the number of times alert information upload is reattempted. Default: 3

    Upload Retry Interval

    Defines the interval in seconds at which, the alert information upload is reattempted. Default: 5 seconds.

  3. Click OK.

The health monitoring agent is now enabled.

You must also configure additional parameters for HM event logging

Follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Configuration Policy, Default Computer Policy, DSM, Common Components, Event Logging, Health Monitoring Events.
  2. Configure the following parameters
    Event Log Destination Folder

    Defines the folder location relative to the DSM install folder for the event log files. The folder must exist on the agent.

    Default: HM

    Event Log File Name

    Defines the file name to use for logging the health monitoring events

    Default: hmevents_list.xml