This article explains how to create a new Monitor Pack, Category, Metric, and Rule which will allow you to keep an eye on your Web Server(s).
All of the following actions take place in the "Tasks > Monitoring > Monitor Solution" Tasks Folder within the Altiris Console.
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It will also make sure that the inetinfo.exe file exists, and that its Product Version is either 5.x (identifying it as a Windows 2000 or XP IIS Server).
Or, 6.x (identifying it as a Windows 2003 IIS Server).
The Polling Interval determines how often the AeXMetricProv.exe runs to obtain the Metric value.
This Command Metric involves the use of an IIS 6 Resource Kit tool called TinyGet.
TinyGet version 5.2 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840671#12 ) TinyGet 5.2 (TinyGet.exe) is a command-line Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client that supports multiple threads and looping. You can use TinyGet to test or to troubleshoot HTTP client-to-server communication. By using TinyGet, you can customize your test request by configuring many different factors, including the authentication method, the HTTP version, and the output format. You can also use scripts that specify looping and multithreading.
The command line syntax specified in this Metric will interrogate the Default WebSite.
I will continue this article in Part 2, which will explain how to create a Rule, associate it with a Metric and how to create Actions for the Rule.