POP Service Monitoring

Monitor the availability of your POP service and receive instant alerts when the response time crosses the configured threshold.

Add a POP Service Monitor

1. Click Admin > Inventory > Monitors > Add Monitor.
2. Select POP Service in Add Monitor page.
3. Specify the following details to add the POP Service Monitor:
   • Display Name: Provide a name for the POP Service you want to monitor.
   • POP Host: Specify the POP Host.
   • POP Port: Enter the POP Port number. The POP Port will be available by default.
   • Timeout: Specify the time in seconds for which the connection needs to be established with the target server. 
   • Check Frequency:  Change poll interval to check frequency. The frequency can be set from 1 minute to 1 day.
   • Location Profile: Select a location profile from the drop down list from where the POP Service can be polled from the selected location. 
     To know more, refer Location Profile.
   • Associate with Monitor Group: Select a monitor group from the drop down list to logically group your monitors.
     To learn how to create a group for your monitors, refer Monitor Groups.
      
4. Specify the following details for Configuration Profiles:
   • Threshold and Availability: Select a threshold profile from the drop down list or choose the default threshold set available and get notified when the resources cross the configured threshold and availability.
     To create customized threshold and availability profile for threshold, refer Threshold and Availability.
   • Notification Profile: Choose a notification profile from the drop down or select the default profile available. Notification profile helps to configure when and who needs to be notified in case of downtime.
     Refer Notification Profile to create a customized notification profile.
   • User Groups: Select the user group that need to be alerted during a outage.
     To add multiple users in a group, see User Groups. 
   • Actions: Select an action to be executed when the POP service is down/trouble/up/any status change/any attribute change. The defined action gets executed when there is a state change and selected user groups are alerted.
     To automate corrective actions on failure, refer Actions.
      
5. Click Submit.