Monitor Settings
The Monitor Settings section in Motadata AIOps provides you with comprehensive configuration and management options for monitors, agents, processes, and services that are discovered within the system. This screen serves as a centralized hub for fine-tuning the monitoring settings and optimizing the monitoring experience.
Effectively manage the agents installed on devices for agent-based monitoring. Monitor Settings enables you to view agent status, update existing agents, and more.
Gain granular control over the monitoring of processes and services running on your devices. Configure specific processes and services to be monitored.
Configure scheduled topology scans to maintain an up-to-date visual representation of your network infrastructure. Topology scans provide insights into the relationships and dependencies among devices, enabling better understanding and troubleshooting of network issues.
By leveraging the Monitor Settings in Motadata AIOps, you can fine-tune the monitoring parameters, ensure efficient agent management, monitor critical processes and services, automate rediscovery, and maintain an accurate network topology. These capabilities empower you to proactively manage your IT environment, identify and resolve issues promptly, and optimize the performance and availability of your infrastructure.
Device Monitor Settings
The list of all the Monitors discovered in the system can be viewed under Device Monitor Settings. The monitors can be configured and managed from this screen.
Go to the Main Menu, Select Settings 
. After that, go to Monitoring Settings 
. Select Device Monitor Settings. The list of all the monitors that are discovered in the system is now displayed.
The Device Monitor Settings screen displays the following details:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Monitor | The name of the monitor. |
| IP | The IP address of the monitor. |
| Host | The hostname of the monitor, if available. The IP address is displayed in case the hostname is not present. |
| Groups | The group under which the monitor is categorized. |
| Type | The type of device infrastructure. |
| Apps | The application detected in a monitor after rediscovery. |
| Status | The status of the monitor on the following basis: - Enable: The Monitor is switched ON for monitoring. - Disable: The Monitor is switched OFF for monitoring. - Maintenance: The Monitor is under Maintenance and it will not be monitored. |
| Actions | Select - Disable/Enable: This button is used to turn OFF/ON a monitor. - ON/OFF Maintenance: This button is used to switch the monitor maintenance status to ON/OFF. - Schedule Maintenance: This button is used to schedule the maintenance activity of a particular monitor in advance. - Metric Settings: This button is used to configure the metric polling configuration for each monitor. - Edit: This button is used to edit the Monitor details. - Delete: This button is used to delete a particular monitor from the system. |
to display permissible actions for the monitor: You can also use the bulk update option to make changes to multiple monitors at once.
Agent Monitor Settings
The list of all the agents installed in your infrastructure can be viewed under Agent Monitor Settings. The agents can be configured and managed from this screen. You can also view the health status of agent on this screen
Go to Menu, Select Settings . After that, go to Monitoring . Select Agent Monitor Settings. The list of all the agent monitors in the system is now displayed.
The Agent Monitor Settings screen displays the following details:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Monitor | The name of the agent. |
| IP | The IP address of the agent. |
| Health | This field provides an at-a-glance indication of the overall health status of the agent. By hovering over individual executable (exe) files related to metrics, logs, and packet, and Event Log(for Windows) you can obtain specific health information for each category. |
| Groups | The group under which the monitor is categorized. |
| Type | The type of device infrastructure. |
| State | Indicates the connectivity of the agent with Motadata AIOps server. |
| Duration | This field shows the time since which the MotaAgent is in the current Status |
| Status | The status of the monitor on the following basis. - Enable: The Monitor is switched ON for monitoring. - Disable: The Monitor is switched OFF for monitoring. - Maintenance: The Monitor is under Maintenance and it will not be monitored. |
| Version | The version of the MotaAgent. |
| Configuration | Click on View Details to configure metric and log polling configuration. You can check more details about this here |
| Actions | Select |
Cloud Monitor Settings
The list of all the monitors discovered in the system that belong to a cloud network can be viewed under Cloud Monitor Settings. The monitors can be configured and managed from this screen.
Go to Menu, Select Settings . After that, go to Monitoring Settings . Select Cloud Monitor Settings. The list of all the monitors that belong to cloud network is now displayed.
The Cloud Monitor settings screen displays the following details:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Monitor | The name of the monitor. |
| Resource/Region | The region to which the monitor belongs |
| Account ID | The account ID to which the monitor belongs |
| Groups | The group under which the monitor is categorized. |
| Type | The type of device infrastructure. |
| Status | The status of the monitor on the following basis. - Enable: The Monitor is switched ON for monitoring. - Disable: The Monitor is switched OFF for monitoring. - Maintenance: The Monitor is under Maintenance and it will not be monitored. |
| Actions | Selecting - Disable/Enable: This button is used to turn OFF/ON a monitor. - ON/OFF Maintenance: This button is used to switch the monitor maintenance status to ON/OFF. - Schedule Maintenance: This button is used to schedule the maintenance activity of a particular monitor in advance. - Metric Settings : This button is used to configure the metric polling configuration for each monitor. - Edit: This button is used to edit the Monitor details. - Delete: This button is used to delete a particular monitor from the Motadata system. |
You can also use the bulk update option to make changes to multiple monitors at once.
Service Check Monitor Settings
The list of all the service check monitors can be viewed under Service Check Monitor Settings. The monitors can be configured and managed from this screen.
Go to the Main Menu, Select Settings . After that, go to Monitoring . Select Service Check Monitor Settings. The list of all the service check monitors present in the system is now displayed.
The Service Check Monitor Settings screen displays the following details:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Monitor | The name of the monitor. |
| Type | The type of device infrastructure. |
| Groups | The group under which the monitor is categorized. |
| Target | The specific target for which you created the service check. |
| Status | The status of the monitor on the following basis. - Enable: The Monitor is switched ON for monitoring. - Disable: The Monitor is switched OFF for monitoring. - Maintenance: The Monitor is under Maintenance and it will not be monitored. |
| Actions | Selecting - Disable/Enable: This button is used to turn OFF/ON a monitor. - ON/OFF Maintenance: This button is used to switch the monitor maintenance status to ON/OFF. - Schedule Maintenance: This button is used to schedule the maintenance activity of a particular monitor in advance. - Metric Settings: This button is used to configure the metric polling configuration for each monitor. - Edit: This button is used to edit the Monitor details. - Delete: This button is used to delete a particular monitor from the Motadata system. |
displays permissible actions for the monitor. You can also use the bulk update option to make changes to multiple monitors at once.