About Server Monitor

1. Log on to the system where you installed the Server Monitor Administrator.
2. Click Start and select Programs > Omtool > ServerMonitor. The Server Monitor Administrator screen appears.

When the Server Monitor Administrator starts, it attempts to detect the Server Monitor Service locally. If the Server Monitor Service is not installed, you see the following error message.

Failed to connect to specified monitor service (0x80040154)

3. Click OK and proceed to Connecting to the Server Monitor service.

On the Server Administrator tree, right-click the Server Monitor object and select Properties.

(Or, highlight the Server Monitor object, click Action on the toolbar, and select Properties.)

The Version Information screen appears. It lists the version and build numbers of the program files. You can use this information to verify that you have the correct components installed.

You must connect to the Server Monitor Service only if the Server Monitor Administrator is on a system different from the Server Monitor Service. (If the Server Monitor Administrator and the Server Monitor Service are on the same system, skip this section.)

To connect to the Server Monitor Service

1. Right-click in the details pane of the Server Monitor Administrator and select Connect. The Specify Server Monitor dialog box appears and prompts you for a network address.
2. Enter the network name or IP address of the system running the Server Monitor Service and click Finish. The service appears in the console root as Server Monitor (<network address>).

Each node under the console root represents an instance of the Server Monitor Service. Select a service that has been installed with the appropriate permissions to monitor the server you want to add. The Specify Server to Monitor screen appears.

You can add more than one server to the Server Monitor Administrator. When in a clustered environment, however, add only the preferred server.

1. On the Server Administrator tree, right-click Server Monitor and select Add Server.

• (Or, highlight Server Monitor, click Action on the toolbar, and select Add Server.)
• The Specify Server to Monitor screen appears and prompts you for a network address.

2. Type the network name or IP address of the server in the Network Address field and click OK. The Default Test Criteria screen appears.
3. Specify the email addresses you want to use as defaults for this server. (After you have added a server, you can change the email address on a per-test basis.)
   • From - Type the email address of the account you want to use as the default source account for email notification messages in the From field.
   • To - Type the email address of the account you want to use as the default destination account for email notification messages in the To field.

• Separate multiple email addresses with a semi-colon. For distribution lists, enter the fully qualified address. (Distribution list aliases are not supported.)
• The From and To email addresses are also used for email notifications when failover occurs in a clustered environment.

4. Click Finish.

The Server Monitor Administrator adds the server to the console tree and creates a set of default tests. Repeat this procedure if you want to monitor additional servers.