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IBM Tivoli Monitoring > Version 6.3 > User's Guides > Agent Builder User's Guide IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3

Monitor system availability by using Ping

Configure your agent to receive data from a list of systems using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP).

Create a ping configuration file, and a device list file. For more information about ping configuration files, see (Ping configuration files).


Part of network management involves the ability to determine whether systems respond to an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) ping. Use this data source to monitor basic online or offline status for a set of servers or other critical devices in your environment. Monitoring with ping is simple and low-overhead. To monitor a list of systems, add the Ping data collector to your agent.


Procedure

  1. On the Agent Initial Data Source page (Figure 1) or the Data Source Location page, click Network management data in the Monitoring Data Categories area.

    Figure 1. Adding Ping data

  2. In the Data Sources area, click Ping.

  3. Click Next.

  4. In the Operating Systems area in the Ping Information window (Figure 2), select the operating systems.

    Figure 2. Ping Information window

  5. Optional: You can test this attribute group by clicking Test. For more information about testing, see Test ping attribute groups.

  6. Optional: You can create a filter to limit the data that is returned by this attribute group by clicking Advanced. For more information about filtering data from an attribute group, see Filtering attribute groups

  7. Do one of the following steps:

    1. If you are using the New Agent wizard, click Next.

    2. Click Finish to save the data source and open the Agent Editor.

  8. For more information about adding attributes, see (Create attributes).


Results

For more information about the attribute group for Ping, see (Ping attribute group).


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