Configuring File and Directory Monitoring Criteria

Enterprise Manager monitors the files and directories for the operator-specified criteria on hosts running various flavors of the UNIX operating system. The operator should configure the criteria for monitoring the desired files and directories.

Operator should specify the criteria for file and directory monitoring using the Monitoring Settings Page.

To configure the file and directory monitoring criteria, do the following:

1. On the Metric and Collection Settings page, select All metrics in the View menu. Locate the File and Directory Monitoring metrics. The metrics are:

   • File or Directory Attribute Not Found

   • File or Directory Permissions

   • File or Directory Size (MB)

   • File or Directory Size Change Rate (KB/minute)

2. After reviewing each metric, decide which metrics need to change. Click the pencil icon to navigate to the corresponding Edit Advanced Settings page.
3. You can specify new criteria for monitoring by clicking Add on this page. Refer to Notes about Specifying Monitored Objects for details on configuring the criteria.
4. You can edit or remove existing criteria by selecting the row from the Monitored Objects table and clicking Edit or Remove.

Notes about Specifying Monitored Object

File or Directory Name specifies the criteria to be monitored. Each row in the Monitored Object table specifies a unique criteria to be monitored.

File or Directory Name is the name of the file or directory being monitored from the host operating system. Specified value should correspond to the absolute path for the desired file or directory.

Either exact name or name with SQL wild cards (% and _) can be specified for File or Directory Name. SQL wild card matches 0 or more characters. SQL wild card _ matches exactly one character.