System PulseMeter Step by Step Guide

Short cycle: adding a  test in 5 steps

1. Start with clicking the "Create new test" menu button. The "New Test" dialog will be displayed. Select the test type from the list.
2. Select action profile from the list.
3. Select scheduling profile.
4. Set whether the test should be performed by the core or by an agent.
5. Set "Specific test properties".

Click "OK" to finish test creation.

Full cycle: adding a  test, creating actions and scheduling profiles in 10 steps

Starting your work with System PulseMeter is very easy. In this example we will create a drive free space test.

1. Start with clicking the "Create new test" menu button. The "New Test" dialog will be displayed.
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

 

 

2. Select the "Drive Free Space" test and click "OK". The "Test Properties" dialog will be displayed.
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. In the test properties dialog select an action to be performed in case if test fails. Click the corresponding button.
4. In the "Manage Actions" dialog click "Add" button below "Profiles" list. "New action profile" will be added. Set action name to "Notification window" and click the "Add" button below the "Actions" list. "New Action" dialog will be displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











5. In the "New Action" dialog select the action type check the selected category is "All" and click "Notification window" in the "Actions" list. Click "OK". "Action properties" dialog will be displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











6. You can choose not to adjust default properties in the "Action properties" dialog.
7. Confirm creating new action profile by clicking "OK" and select the new profile from the list in the "Test properties" dialog.
8. You can select the "Default Preset" scheduling profile or create a new one. To create a new scheduling profile click the corresponding button on the right side from the "Scheduling profile". The "Schedules" dialog will be opened. Click "New Preset" button to add a preset. Select days and hours in the grid and click "Check" to mark them for your preset. Now you can adjust "Starts at", "Ends", "Frequency" and "Metric" values and then click "Apply to Preset" button. For example you can set frequency to "30" and metric to "minutes", in this case the preset will fire every half an hour. Click "OK" to apply the changes and exit the dialog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








9. In the "Specific test properties" select the drive letter and the minimum available disk space. Click the "Get drive list" button to see the list of drives at the monitored host.
10. Click "OK" button to finish test creation. A new test will be added to the list.