Monitoring Best Practices

This document offers best practices as methods proven to optimize success and efficiency in accomplishing various activities, such as infrastructure building, monitoring, etc.

 

A best practice provides a higher-level tactical approach to optimize success and use of time. It's a technique or methodology that, through experience and research, has proven to reliably lead to a desired result.

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Sequences

For best results, follow the sequence of the steps given in each case below:

1.  Set up a Monitor

Follow this sequence when setting up a Monitor:

  1. Set up your User Accounts

  2. Set up your Contact Methods

  3. Set up your Notification Methods

  4. Set up the Monitor

  5. Set up the Alarm

2.  Configure a Monitor

Follow this sequence when configuring a Monitor:

  1. Contact Method

  2. Notification Methods

  3. Global Monitors

  4. Global Alarms

3.  Set up an Alarm

Follow this sequence when setting up an Alarm:

  1. Create the monitor (thresholds)

  2. Select the person to be contacted

  3. Select how the person will be contacted (Currently, notification by email and alternate email is available.)

 See Also

Backhaul best practices

Design best practices

Firewall best practices

Infrastructure best practices

External subnet best practices

Load balancer best practices

Monitor best practices

Server best practices

Server group best practices

Subnet best practices