New/Edit Process Monitor
How to get here
- Go to the Active Monitor Library.
- From the web interface, click . The GO menu appears.
- If the WhatsUp section is not visible, click . The WhatsUp section of the GO menu appears.
- Select . The Active Monitor Library appears.
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- From the main menu bar of the console, select . The Active Monitor Library appears.
- In the Active Monitor Library, do one of the following:
- Click , then select .
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- Select an existing Process Monitor, then click . The monitor properties page appears.
Use this dialog to configure a Process Active Monitor. This monitor uses SNMP to monitor the status of device processes and issues state changes as needed. The Process Monitor can detect whether a process is running. You can use this monitor to verify that anti-spyware or antivirus software is running of a device. If the monitor does not find the specified program running, an associated action will notify you of this potentially harmful vulnerability.
For more information, see the example Using the Process Monitor to check for antivirus software.
Enter or select the appropriate information in the following fields.
- . Enter a name for the monitor. This name is displayed in the Active Monitor Library.
- . Enter a short description for the monitor. This description is displayed next to the monitor name in the Active Monitor Library.
- . Enter or browse () to the process name that is to be used in the monitor.
Thresholds to monitor
- . Select this option to instruct the monitor to verify that the selected process is either , or is , on a device, and issue a down state change accordingly.
: Click to set the SNMP timeout and number of retries, and to decide if the monitor is used in Discovery.
Click to save changes.