Script Monitors

To create a two state script monitor

1. If you don’t have a management pack for the application that you are monitoring, create one using the process in Selecting a Management Pack File.

2. Create a new target using the process in To create a Windows Service template. You can use any service installed on a test agent for this template.

3. In the Operations console, select the Authoring workspace, and then select Monitors.

4. In the Monitors pane, click Change Scope and then select the name of the target that you created in step 2.

5. Expand the target class then expand Entity Health.

6. Right-click Availability, select Create a Monitor, and then select Unit Monitor.

7. On the Monitor Type page, do the following:

   1. Expand Scripting and then expand Generic.

   2. Select Timed Script Two State Monitor.

   3. In the Management Pack dropdown, select the management pack from step 1.

   4. Click Next.

8. On the General page, do the following:

   1. In the Name box, type My Application Script Monitor.

   2. The Monitor target box should already have the correct target class.

   3. Parent Monitor box should already have Availability.

   4. Leave the Monitor is enabled box selected.

   5. Click Next.

9. On the Schedule page, do the following:

   1. In the Run every box, type 15 minutes.

   2. Click Next

10. On the Script page, do the following:

    1. For the File Name value, type MyScript.vbs

    2. For the Timeout value, type 1 minutes

    3. In the Script box, paste the complete contents of the following script.

       sComputerName = WScript.Arguments(0)
       bTestSuccessful = WScript.Arguments(1)
       
       Set oAPI = CreateObject("MOM.ScriptAPI")
       oAPI.LogScriptEvent "MyScript.vbs",10,4, "Running script on " & sComputerName
       Set oBag = oAPI.CreatePropertyBag()
       Call oBag.AddValue("ComputerName",sComputerName)
       If bTestSuccessful = True Then
          Call oBag.AddValue("Result","Good")
       Else
          Call oBag.AddValue("Result","Bad")
       End If
       oAPI.Return(oBag)
       

    4. Click the Parameters button.

    5. Select Target, then select (Host=Windows Computer), then select Principal Name (Windows Computer).

    6. Type a space after the Principal Name variable and then type False.

    7. Click OK.

    8. Click Next.

11. On the Unhealthy Expression page, do the following:

    1. Click Insert.

    2. In the Parameter Name box type Property[@Name='Result'].

    3. In the Operator box select Equals.

    4. In the Value box type Bad.

    5. Click Next.

12. On the Healthy Expression page, do the following:

    1. Click Insert.

    2. In the Parameter Name box type Property[@Name='Result'].

    3. In the Operator box select Equals.

    4. In the Value box type Good.

    5. Click Next.

13. On the Configure Health page, do the following:

    1. Change the Health State for the Unhealthy condition to Critical.

    2. Click Next.

14. On the Configure Alerts page, do the following:

    1. Select Generate alerts for this monitor

    2. In the Generate an alert when box, select The monitor is in a critical health state.

    3. Leave the box selected to automatically resolve the alert.

    4. In the Alert name box, type Application test failed.

    5. Clear the existing text in the Alert description box and type Result:

    6. Click the ellipse button.

    7. Click Data and then Property.

    8. Replace <<STRING>> with Result.

    9. Click OK.

15. Click Create.