Configure Health Monitoring Agent

Modify the properties on Health Monitoring Agent.
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Modify the properties on Health Monitoring Agent.
Follow these steps:
  1. Navigate to Control Panel, Configuration, Configuration Policy, Policy Name, DSM, Health Monitoring, Health Monitoring Agent.
  2. On the Setting Properties dialog, specify suitable values for the following items:
    • Enable Health Monitoring
      Specifies the state of Health Monitoring. Default: False
      True
      Enables health monitoring.
      False
      Disables health monitoring.
    • Script Directory
      Specifies the folder to which custom alert scripts must be copied. Default: scriptdir
      When an absolute path is not specified, the folder is taken relative to the HM folder under DSM installation directory. Network paths are not supported.
    • Script Output Directory
      Defines the name of the folder to which the output of custom alert scripts are copied. Default: scriptoutputdir
      When an absolute path is not specified, the folder is taken relative to the HM folder under DSM installation directory. Network paths are not suported.
    • Script Timeout
      Defines the time in seconds for the health monitoring agent to wait for script execution to complete. Default: 120 seconds
      When the script execution fails with time-out error; increase the time in seconds, and retry.
    • Maximum Upload Retries
      Defines the number of times alert information upload is reattempted. Default: 3
    • Upload Retry Interval
      Defines the interval in seconds at which, the alert information upload is reattempted. Default: 5 seconds.
  3. Click OK.
The health monitoring agent is now enabled.
You must also configure additional parameters for HM event logging. For more information on the configurations, see
Health Monitoring Events
in Event Logging Policy Group.