Monitoring Interval for a Device Category

OpManager Plus allows you to set a common monitoring settings for all the devices under a specific category. 

To do so, follow the steps given below:

1. Under Settings > Monitoring > Configuration > click MonitoringIntervals.

2. To enable monitoring for a category, select the check box under Enable corresponding to the category and type the monitoring interval in minutes, in the adjacent box.
   To disable monitoring a specific category, clear the respective check box.

3. Click Save to save the settings.

For instance, if you want to monitor servers every minute, ensure that the check box corresponding to Servers is selected and type 1 in the adjacent box.

How Frequently Should I Monitor?

The general practice is to monitor critical devices more frequently than non-critical devices.

Given below are the recommended monitoring intervals for small and medium-sized networks (up to 1000 devices):

• Routers and Critical Servers: 10 minutes

• Switches, Hubs, and Printers: 10 - 20 minutes

• Critical Services like Exchange, Active Directory: 10 - 20 minutes

• Desktops and Workstations: We recommend turning off monitoring for desktops and workstations to reduce the amount of network traffic generated by OpManager Plus.
  This is done by removing selection for Desktop category in Admin > Monitoring Intervals. Alternatively, monitor them less frequently, say for every hour or 30 minutes.
  
  If there are a few critical workstations that you want to monitor, you can turn on monitoring for those devices individually.