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Monitoring Configuration

The sysedge.cf file stores the monitor entries that control the SystemEDGE agent's monitoring operations. You can create monitor entries using any of the following methods:

• Dynamically in the CA Virtual Assurance user interface, where you can deploy the changes to any agent system without requiring a restart
• Remotely or locally using SNMP Set requests
• Directly in the local sysedge.cf file for implementation after a restart

You can add lines to the sysedge.cf file to add monitoring entries to the following MIB tables:

• The Self Monitor table for monitoring MIB object thresholds, including file systems, interface, processors, and so on. The Self Monitor table supports entering monitoring entries based on a MIB attribute's OID or an object's class, instance, and attribute values and setting attribute thresholds.
• The Process Monitor table for monitoring process attributes and Windows services. The Process Monitor table supports entering monitoring entries based on process or service regular expressions and setting process attribute thresholds.
• The Process Group Monitor table for defining and monitoring groups of processes. The Process Group Monitor table supports entering monitoring entries based on process regular expressions to form a group to monitor for changes or group statistics.
• The Log Monitor table for monitoring log files for regular expression pattern matches. The Log Monitor table supports entering entries based on a log file and regular expression patterns within the file.
• The NT Event Monitor table for monitoring Windows event logs for regular expression pattern matches. The NT Event Monitor table supports entering monitoring entries based on regular expression patterns to match in Windows event logs.
• The History Control table for collecting historical data for baselining and trend analysis. The History Control table supports entering entries based on any integer-based MIB attribute's OID.

The agent's state management model derives state and severity information from entries in the Self Monitor and Process Monitor tables and aggregates connected monitors to display and act on only the worst severity status.

For more information about how each of these monitoring tables operates, see the chapter "Concepts." For more information about table columns and creating entries in the sysedge.cf file for each of these tables, see the chapter for each monitoring type. For more information about creating monitor entries from the CA Virtual Assurance user interface, see the CA Virtual Assurance Administration Guide and Online Help.

Note: You can also define MIB extensions and Windows registry or performance data to monitor in the sysedge.cf file. For more information, see the chapters "Custom MIB Objects" and "Windows Registry and Performance MIB Objects."