Custom Monitors
Other than the available pre-defined monitors, MSP Center Plus provides you the option to create Custom Monitors provided the performance metric of the device that has to be monitored has a system OID and returns a numeric output when queried. To create a custom monitor:
- Click the name of the Monitoring Template [Network Monitoring-> Admin-> Monitoring Templates] in which you want to add a Custom Monitor.
- Click the link New Monitor. Add New Monitor window opens.
- Enter the SNMP OID or click the Select button to load from the MIB Browser. If have a got a MIB from a vendor, then download the MIB under central\mibs folder.
- Enter the Monitor Name, Display Name, Description and Interval.
- Enter the Units of the performance metric that has to be monitored.
- Configure the Threshold Alert and Rearm Value.
- Enter the count of the number of Consecutive Times the threshold can be violated before raising an alert.
- Click on Advanced button to enter the Alarm Message and Severity of the Alarm.
- Click Ok.
Custom Monitor is added to the Monitoring Template.
If you want to create multiple Custom Monitors at a time, - Click Add Bulk button available on top right corner of the Add New Monitor window.
Now Add Bulk Monitor window opens.
- Enter the Name, OID, Interval, Units, Threshold and Rearm Values. Select the Tabular check box if the entered OID is a tabular OID. [A tabular OID is a OID which defines multiple related object instances that are grouped in MIB tables.]
Loading the MIB and Selecting the OID- In the opened MIB browser click on the Load Mib button to load the MIBs for selection.
- Select the respective MIB and click on Load.
After loading the MIB, select the OID for which you want to create the custom monitor. Click on
OK.
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