6.3

Option Value
Process
Supply the PTQL query in the form: Class.Attribute.operator=value.
For example, Pid.PidFile.eq=/var/run/sshd.pid.
Where:
n
Class is the name of the Sigar class without the Proc prex.
n
Attribute is an aribute of the given Class, index into an array or key in a Map class.
n
operator is one of the following (for String values):
n
eq Equal to value
n
ne Not Equal to value
n
ew Ends with value
n
sw Starts with value
n
ct Contains value (substring)
n
re Regular expression value matches
Delimit queries with a comma.
Windows
Service
Monitor an application that runs as a service under Windows.
To congure it, you supply its Service Name in Windows.
To determine the Service Name:
1 Select Run from the Windows Start menu.
2
Type services.msc in the run dialog and click OK.
3 In the list of services displayed, right-click the service to monitor and choose Properties.
4 Locate the Service Name on the General tab.
Script Congure vRealize Operations Manager to periodically run a script that collects a system or
application metric.
6 Click OK.
You cannot click OK until you enter values for all the mandatory text boxes.
The OS object appears under its parent object and monitoring begins.
C If you enter invalid details when you create an OS object, the object is created but the agent
cannot discover it, and metrics are not collected.
Managing Objects with Missing Configuration Parameters
Sometimes when an object is discovered by vRealize Operations Manager for the rst time, the absence of
values for some mandatory conguration parameters is detected. You can edit the object's parameters to
supply the missing values.
If you select Custom Groups > Objects with Missing  (EP Ops) in the Environment
Overview view of vRealize Operations Manager, you can see the list of all objects that have missing
mandatory conguration parameters. In addition, objects with such missing parameters return an error in
the Collection Status data.
If you select an object in the vRealize Operations Manager user interface that has missing conguration
parameters, the red Missing Conguration State icon appears on the menu bar. When you point to the icon,
details about the specic issue appear.
You can add the missing parameter values through the Action > Edit Object menu.
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