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4 In the column to the right of the List column, expand the object tag and select a tag value that contains
the child object to relate to the parent.
5 (Optional) If the list of objects is long, lter the list to nd the child object or objects.
Option Action
Navigate the object tag list for an
object
Expand the object tag in the pane to the right of the List column and select
a tag value that contains the object. The objects for the tag value appear in
the List column. If you select more than one value for the same tag, the list
contains objects that have either value. If you select values for two or more
dierent tags, the list includes only objects that have all of the selected
values.
Search for an object by name
If you know all or part of the object name, enter it in the Search text box
and press Enter.
6 To make an object a child object of the parent object, select the object from the list and drag it to the
parent object in the top pane of the second column, or click the Add All Objects To Parent icon to make
all of the listed objects children of the parent object.
You can use Ctrl+click to select multiple objects or Shift+click to select a range of objects.
Example: Custom Group with Child Objects
If you want vRealize Operations Manager to monitor objects in your environment to ensure that service
level capacity requirements for your IT department are met, you add the objects to a custom group, apply a
group policy, and dene criteria that aect the membership of objects in the group. If you want to monitor
the capacity of an object that does not aect the service level requirements, you can add the object as a child
of a parent object in the group. If a capacity problem exists for the child object, the summary of the group
shows an alert for the parent object.
Customizing How Endpoint Operations Management Monitors
Operating Systems
Endpoint Operations Management gathers operating system metrics through agent-based collections. In
addition to the features available after initial conguration of Endpoint Operations Management, you can
enable remote monitoring, enable or disable plug-ins for additional monitoring, and customize
Endpoint Operations Management logging.
Configuring Remote Monitoring
With remote monitoring you can monitor the state of an object from a remote location by conguring a
remote check.
You can congure remote monitoring using HTTP, ICMP TCP methods.
When you congure a remote HTTP, ICMP or TCP check, it is created as a child object of the tested object
that you are monitoring and of the monitoring agent.
If the object that you select to remotely monitor does not already have an alert congured, one is created
automatically in the format Remote check type failed on a object type. If the object has an existing alert,
that is used.
Configure Remote Monitoring of an Object
Use this procedure to congure remote monitoring of an object.
Conguration options are dened in “HTTP Conguration Options,” on page 117, “ICMP Conguration
Options,” on page 120and “TCP Conguration Options,” on page 121. You might need to refer to this
information when you are completing this procedure.
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