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SystemEDGE Features

SystemEDGE is a lightweight agent that provides SNMP-based monitoring of physical and virtual systems. Use the agent to access important system information such as system configuration, performance, users, file systems, and so on. Monitor this information based on specified thresholds or conditions; and create objects based on monitors to maintain aggregate object states.

SystemEDGE supports monitoring metrics from the following MIBs:

You can use the monitoring tables in the Systems Management MIB to enable the following types of intelligent monitoring:

Self monitoring

Provides monitoring of any integer-based MIB object that the agent supports. Create entries in the Self Monitor table to specify objects to monitor, comparison operators, threshold values, and severities. The agent automatically monitors the objects according to your entries. The agent monitors the objects, maintains a current state according to specified threshold and severity values. The agent sends a state change trap when thresholds are breached.

Process and service monitoring

Provides monitoring of any process, Windows service, or application. Create entries in the Process Monitor table to monitor whether a process or service is running or to monitor process table objects against specified thresholds. The agent monitors the processes, maintains a current state according to specified threshold and severity values. The agent sends a state change trap when thresholds are breached or the state of a process (running or stopped) changes.

Process group monitoring

Provides the ability to define a group of processes and monitor that group for changes. Create entries in the Process Group Monitor table defining process groups, and the agent monitors the groups. If a process group changes, the agent sends a trap.

Log file and directory monitoring

Provides monitoring of any UTF-8 encoded system or application log file by searching for strings specified as regular expressions. Create entries in the Log Monitor table, and the agent monitors the specified log file for lines matching user-defined regular expressions. The agent sends a trap when a match occurs. You can associate a severity with the monitor, which is included with the sent trap.

Windows event monitoring

Provides monitoring of Windows event log entries using different filters, such as event source. Create entries in the NT Event Monitor table, and the agent monitors the event log for events matching user-defined regular expressions. The agent sends a trap when a match occurs.

History collection

Provides historical data collection for manager-side baselining and trend analysis. Create entries in the History Control table, and the agent collects metrics over time. Use the metrics to provide a picture of average system performance during a specific time interval.

For more information about monitoring functionality and SystemEDGE architecture, see the SystemEDGE User Guide.