Infrastructure item monitor settings

Required Rights (by category)	Server Administration
Access	Configuration Categories →  DROPS - Configuration Settings→  Infrastructure Item Monitoring Settings

To test the connection to one or more agent(s) automatically and periodically, add infrastructure items to the monitoring list. A task is scheduled on the DROPS Server to check if the items that belong to the monitoring list are reachable. If the agent is not reachable, the status of the entry is set to FAILED and a notification can be sent to the user(s) in the Administrator or Contributor role.

Open the Infrastructure Item Monitoring Settings editor to define this task.

Scheduling Pattern

Define the frequency of the task execution. By default the frequency is every 5 minutes, which is expressed as follows: */5 * * * *.

The frequency is defined by crontab-like rules.

• Minutes sub-pattern: on which minute of the hour should the task be launched? The values range from 0 to 59.
• Hours sub-pattern: on which hour of the day should the task be launched? The values range from 0 to 23.
• Days of month sub-pattern: on which days of the month should the task be launched? The values range from 1 to 31. The special value "L" can be used to recognize the last day of the month.
• Months sub-pattern: during which months of the year should the task be launched? The values range from 1 (January) to 12 (December). The aliases jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov and dec can also be used.
• Days of week sub-pattern: on which days of the week should the task be launched? The values range from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday). The aliases sun, mon, tue, wed, thu, fri and sat can also be used.

Note

The asterisk wild-card character * is also recognized, indicating "every minute of the hour", "every hour of the day", "every day of the month", "every month of the year" and "every day of the week", according to the sub-pattern in which it is used.

Reference

For more information about this scheduling pattern, refer to this website

http://www.sauronsoftware.it/projects/cron4j/manual.php.

Notification Activated

Tick this checkbox to activate the email notification in case of failure.

Notification Subject

The subject of the notification sent to the Administrator and Contributor. The subject and the body can both contain substitution variables related to the infrastructure item. Use the following syntax:

${infrastructureItem.<attribute>}.

By default, the subject is:

DROPS: infrastructure item ${infrastructureItem.code} is unreachable.

Notification Body

The subject of the notification sent.