HP Operations Manager for Windows

Add a process to monitor


Use the Add New Process dialog box to specify which Windows processes you want to monitor. If you know the name of the node where the process you want to monitor is running, you can type it directly into the Node box. If you do not know the name of the node, click the [...] button to browse a list of nodes. After you have selected the node, click Refresh to display a list of the Windows processes running on the selected node. The list shows only running processes; the list does not display processes that are either disabled or stopped.

Note NOTE
If you use the browse option, the policy editor attempts to connect to the node as the Windows user, who started the console. If this user is not allowed to access process information on the specified node, HPOM displays an error message and prompts you to type a user name and password to log on to the node.

To add a new process to monitor

  1. Select Processes in the Monitoring drop-down menu in the Policy dialog.
  2. If you know the name of the process you want to add:
    1. Click New.
    2. Type the details of the process to monitor.
    3. Choose whether you want to use default actions with the new process or define your own custom actions.
    4. Click OK.
  3. If you do not know the name of the process:
    1. Click Browse to select from a list of available processes on a node.
    2. Type the name of the node in the Node box or click the [...] button to browse a list of nodes. The list of nodes is retrieved from the HP Operations database and does not indicate that a connection to the individual nodes in the list has been successful.
    3. Click Refresh to display a list of processes on the specified node.
    4. Note NOTE
      If the policy editor cannot connect to the selected node to retrieve a list of processes, it displays an error message or asks you for more information.

    5. Select the process that you want to monitor and click OK if you do not want to add any more Windows processes, or click Apply if you want to continue adding processes to the process-monitor policy.
    6. Select a process from the list and click Edit if you want to inspect or change the default actions associated with the selected process monitor.

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