File Directory Monitor

Introduction:

This section is common to all the editions of IT360, as per the below constraints;

Professional Edition
Enterprise Edition [Applicable to Probes only, and not applicable / relevant to the Central Server, since the configuration of the monitors happens only at the Probe level. However, you may see these discovered monitors from the Central Server]
MSP Edition [Applicable to Probes only, and not applicable / relevant to the Central Server, since the configuration of the monitors happens only at the Probe level. However, you may see these discovered monitors from the Central Server]

IT360 uses this File Directory Monitor, to monitor the changes in the selected files and directories.

Availability tab, gives the Availability history for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
Performance tab gives the Health Status and events for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
List view enables you to perform Bulk admin configurations. Click on the individual monitors listed, to view the following information;

File Monitor	Checks
File size	The size of the file.
File Size changed	The % change in file size.
Content	The string that needs to be monitored.
Last Modified Time	The time, at which the file was last modified.

Directory Monitor	Checks
Directory Size	The size of the directory.
Directory Size changed	The % change in directory size.

File Name / Directory Name should be specified with Absolute Path, e.g. 'C:\Desktop\test.txt (or) /home/test/test.txt'.
In case of Multiple Checks for Content in
File Monitoring specify them as comma separated. (eg) NullPointerException,File System Monitor,testString
Ensure that the file you are monitoring has Read Permission.
If the file is in Windows server, Content Matching is not supported.
To access a Shared Folder, the file path should be given like: \\<hostname>\C$\Vim
To monitor a Directory in a remote windows server, ensure that the directory has share permissions, thereby making it available locally. Continue to configure the directory in the local server setup.