Configuring port monitoring - Documentation for BMC PATROL for Internet Server 9.0

Description

Monitor Name

Enter a name of the instance.

Host

Enter the computer name or IP address.

Port

Enter the port number of the host you want to monitor.

Username

Enter the username that is used to connect to the host 
(for Telnet and SSH network protocols only).

Password

Enter a valid password. 
(for Telnet and SSH network protocols only).

Timeout

Enter the time in number of seconds until the session timeout. The default timeout is 30 seconds.

Monitor Type

Select TCP/IP, Telnet, or SSH.

Disable monitoring

Select this check box to disable port monitoring.

Content Check Criteria

These fields are optional.

On-Screen Configuration

Select one of the following operations and enter the required expressions. You can enter 10 expressions.

• Write
• Write line
• Read
• Read Until

File-Based Configuration

If you have to enter more than 10 expressions, define the expressions in a file and enter the path to the file in this field.

SSH Commands Configuration

Enter the SSH Commands. Use semicolon (;) to separate multiple SSH commands.

Single line content expression

Enter single line content expression in this field for single line expression.

Multi line content expression file

Enter the full path to a file containing multiple line content expressions.

Case sensitive match

Enable to check for case sensitive matches.

Evaluate UNIX-style expressions

Select to include Unix-style regular expressions in the content specified in Single line content expression or multi line content expression file.

Content check operation

Select to raise an alarm when the content matches or does not match.