Monitoring
The following table provides a brief description of the tasks you can accomplish when using each Monitoring activity.
| Tasks | Monitoring Activities |
|---|---|
| Invoke a runbook when new events that match a filter appear in the Windows Event Log. | Monitor Event Log |
| Invoke a runbook when a service has been started or stopped. | Monitor Service |
| Check the status of a service on any computer. | Get Service Status |
| Invoke a runbook when a process has been started or stopped. | Monitor Process |
| Check the status of a running process on any computer. | Get Process Status |
| Send a ping to a remote computer or IP address and wait for a response. | Monitor Computer/IP |
| Send a ping to a remote computer or IP address and wait for a response. | Get Computer/IP Status |
| Invoke a runbook when the disk space on a computer passes a critical threshold. | Monitor Disk Space |
| Retrieve the current amount of available disk space. | Get Disk Space Status |
| Invoke a runbook when an internet application server becomes available or unavailable. | Monitor Internet Application |
| Check the availability of a Web, Email (POP3 or SMTP), FTP, DNS, or custom server. | Get Internet Application Status |
| Invoke a runbook when a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) event is received as a result of the WMI event query you specified. | Monitor WMI |