In addition to the standard Symantec Management Platform task types, Monitor-specific task types are available. Monitor-specific task types work the same as other tasks in Symantec Management Platform, but you may find that the Monitor task types are more useful.
See About Monitor Solution tasks and actions.
Predefined tasks are included in the Monitor packs. You can customize tasks further so that the execution of tasks is more useful.
You can add tasks to rules.
See Adding actions to rules.
You can also add tasks to policies.
See Adding actions to monitor policies.
Table: Monitor task types
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Logs the events to the system that are then viewable in the Event Viewer.
The task contains the following fields:
- The message that displays in the Event Viewer . - The severity level of the event, either informational, error, or warning. - You can enter a category ID of your choice or leave this field blank. The value you specify for category ID is displayed in the event information and can be sorted or searched on. - You can enter an event ID of your choice or leave this field blank. The value you specify for event ID is displayed in the event information and can be sorted or searched on. - The details of an NT event. When you enter text in this field it is always displayed with the events. If you want to display current Monitor data that is gathered at runtime, you can enter tokens in this field.
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Logs the events to a UNIX system that are then viewable in the syslog file.
The task contains the following fields:
- The string that is prepended to every message, and is typically set to the program name. - The priority level of the event, either emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notice, info, or debug. - An informational field that is associated with a syslog message. The syslog protocol defines it. It is meant to provide an indication from what part of a system a message has originated from. - The details of a syslog event. When you enter text in this field it is always displayed with the events. If you want to display current Monitor data that is gathered at runtime, you can enter tokens in this field.
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Terminates a process or sets the priority of a process on a client computer. For example, you might want to stop notepad.exe from using too many system resources. You can specify the process as notepad.exe and set the priority for this task to Low. The task would check for running instances of notepad.exe and save system resources by setting that process to a lower priority. With notepad.exe at a lower priority, system resources are used for higher priority tasks.
The task contains the following fields:
- Lets you select Terminate to end the process, you can select Set Priority to adjust the priority level of the process. - Lets you enter the name of the process you want to terminate or adjust the priority of. - If you selected Set Priority in the Command field, this drop-down list is enabled. Select the appropriate priority. - Lets you apply this command to all children of the process. For example, you can terminate the Internet Explorer process. If the computer had multiple tabs open in Internet Explorer, all tabs (instances) are terminated. If you do not select this check box, only the first tab is terminated. - Lets you apply this command to all instances of the process. For example, you can terminate the Internet Explorer process. If the computer has multiple instances of Internet Explorer running, all of those instances are terminated. If you do not select this check box, only the first instance that is found is terminated.
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Resets the Monitor Plug-in state.
Resetting the Monitor Plug-in state affects Monitor behavior as follows:
You might want to run this task if the Notification Server computer and the Monitor Plug-in do not seem to be synchronized. |
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Polls the specified metrics for a monitored resource or resources. When the task is run, the monitored resource or resources metrics are polled immediately. You can specify agent-based or agentless metrics for polling. |
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