skip to main content
Monitoring : Hosts and Services
   
Hosts and services
Hosts and services are the objects that are monitored by op5 Monitor.
A host in detail
A host can be any kind of network device, virtual device and other objects that you might reach from the op5 Montor server.
Let us take a look at the Host information view and see what parts it is built upon. In the coming sections we will go through each part and learn how they can be used..
The table below describes each part of the Host information view briefly.
Nr
Part
Description
1
Page links
Quick links to other information about the host
Status detail list all services on this host.
Alert history show the alert log if the host.
Alert histogram show a graphical view, or trend, of the problems on the host.
Availability report of the host.
Notifications shows all notifications that has been sent out about this host.
2
Host information header
Displays brief information about the host and its surroundings like
Host name and address.
Parent host.
Hostgroup membership
Extra actions and notes.
Links to configure and graphs.
Host notifications.
3
Host state information
Here you can see status information for the host like
Current status.
Current attempt.
Last state changes and notification.
What is enabled or not on this host.
4
Host commands
Here you can perform different commands for the host and/or all services on that host.
5
Comments
Manually added comments and comments from the system are shown here.
Page links
The page links gives you a couple of shortcuts to more information about this host and its services.
Host information header
Here you will get a short summary of the host.
The host header information contains
the host address.
the parent host.
what host groups it’s member of.
what group will get the notifications for this host.
links to extra service actions, service notes and the performance graphs.
a link to the object in the configuration GUI.
Host state information
In this view you get all kind of status information about the host. This is the most detailed view you can get over a host.
Host commands
The host commands part gives you a various commands to handle the host. Here you can
locate the host in a status map
add a host comment
re-schedule the next check for this host
disable and enable active and passive checks
disable and enable notifications
schedule downtime
disable and enable event handlers.
send custom notifications
Comments
There are two types of comments:
automatically added
manually added
Automatically added comments can be
acknowledged comments
scheduled downtime comments
As a manually added comment you can type in almost anything you like.
Comments are designed to be short texts. If you would like to add documentation, longer descriptions and so on you should consider using the Dokuwiki on page 80 that is included in op5 Monitor.
A service in detail
A service is practically anything that can be measured. A service must be connected to a host.
Let us take a look at the Service information view and see what parts it is built upon. In the coming sections we will go through each part and learn how they can be used.
The picture below shows the Service information view.
Nr
Part
Description
1
Page links
Quick links to other information about the service and the host it is connected to.
Information for this host.
Status details for the host.
Status detail list all services on this host.
Alert history show the alert log if the service.
Alert histogram show a graphical view, or trend, of the problems on the service.
Availability report of the service.
Notifications shows all notifications that has been sent out about this service.
2
Service information header
Displays brief information about the service, host and its surroundings like
Host name and address.
What service groups the service belongs to.
Extra actions and notes.
Links to configuration and graphs.
3
Service state information
Here you can see status information for the service like
Current status.
Current attempt.
Last state changes and notification.
What is enabled or not on this service.
4
Service commands
Here you can perform different commands for the service.
5
Comments
These are comments you put there either by adding a scheduled downtime or just a comment of it own.
Page links
The page links gives you a couple of short cuts to more information about this service and the host it is connected to.
Service header information
Here you will get a short summary of the service.
Here you may see things like
What host it belongs to.
The service groups it is a member of.
What contact groups that will get the notifications.
Service notes.
Links to extra service actions, service notes and performance graphs.
A link to the object in the configuration GUI.
Service state information
In this view you get all kind of status information about the host. This is the most detailed view you can get over a service.
Service commands
The service commands part gives you a various commands to handle the service. Here you can
Disable and enable active and passive checks
Reschedule the service check
Disable and enable notifications
Schedule downtime
Disable and enable event handlers.
Submit a service comment
Send custom notification
Comments
There are two types of comments:
Automatically added
Manually added
Automatically added comments can be
acknowledged comments
scheduled downtime comments
As a manually added comment you can type in almost anything you like.
Comments are designed to be short texts. If you would like to add documentation, longer descriptions and so on you should consider using the Dokuwiki on page 80 that is included in op5 Monitor.