Editing Sensors

Editing a sensor can be accomplished by completing the following steps:

To start or stop the monitoring of a group or server:

If you use the Web GUI:

·      Please log into your account (see Logging into your account using the Web GUI )

·      From the Account Homepage select Edit for the server you want to edit 

If you use the Windows GUI:

·      Please start the Windows GUI (see Starting the Windows GUI)

·      Double click the sensors’s name

This opens the Sensor Data Window

Note: The options of the sensor details differ depending on the sensor type. See the Sensor Types in Detail section for more information on the individual sensor options.

The following properties are shown for all sensor types:

·      Associated Server—use the drop-down menu to select a server to which to attach this sensor

·      Name—enter a descriptive name for the sensor

·      Comments—enter a description for the sensor (i.e., what it does or when it will check)

·      Status—use the drop-down to set the status of the sensor. Options include

·      Active

·      Paused (disables monitoring for this sensor)

·      Schedule – allows you to select a schedule defined under My Account (See Managing Schedules). From the drop-down menu you can select from the defined schedules.

·      Interval—use the drop-down to select an available interval.

·      Warning level—specify a time (in seconds) when the response time of the sensor should generate a warning notification. If you have the On Warning Notification set to active, this will determine when the notification is sent.

·      Timeout—specify a time (in seconds) when the sensor should stop trying to accomplish its objective and send a failure notification

·      Notifications  (see Managing Notifications for details)

·      On Error—use the drop-down to select if this level of notification is on and what bello network monitoring should do

·      On Warning—use the drop-down to select if this level of notification is on and what bello network monitoring should do

·      On OK—use the drop-down to select if this level of notification is on and what bello network monitoring should do

·      On Escalation—use the drop-down to select if this level of notification is on and what bello network monitoring should do

Click the OK Button when finished adding the sensor.