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Abended thread count
The number of threads that have ended abnormally and are suspended because of abended recovery.
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Action Profile
Action profiles are templates that tell up.time how to deal with a problem that up.time encounters on a system.
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AES
The successor to DES, which is used with a variety of software that require encyrption including SSL servers
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Agent Monitor
A monitor that requires the up.time agent on the system.
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agent software
The up.time agent software package, usually installed on a agent system for the purposes of data collection.
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agent system
A device that will be contacted by up.time for service monitoring and performance data collection.
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Agentless Monitor
Monitors or applications that do not need the up.time agent installed on the system.
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Alert Profiles
This is a Template which tells up.time exactly how to react to various alerts -- issuing alert notifications and performing recovery options -- generated by your service checks.
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Application
This is the application or service that you want to monitor. For example: SMTP server, Exchange, Qmail,IIS, Apache
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Available ECBS
The status of available Event Control Blocks which are packet and receive buffers that have been created but which are not currently being used.
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C
Cookie
A file that is stored on your machine when visiting web pages which stores variables for the web application.
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Core Service
This is the application that monitors all the services and systems.
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CPU Usage
The percentage of the system's CPU resources being used.
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Custom Monitor
Monitors that return the status of a monitor and an automated message to clarify the returned status. This monitor could be an External Check which rely on an external event to trigger the capture of service information.
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Datastore
This is the database in which up.time stores all its information in. Example: Systems,Elements,Services
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DES
An older method used to encrypt information (Used with SNMPV3)
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Disk Busy
The percentage of time that the disk is handling transactions in progress.
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Disk Capacity
The percentage of space on the system disk that is being used.
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DNS
This is a distributed database that links various host names to specific internet addresses.
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DS Thread Usage
The number of server threads that Novell eDirecotry uses.
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element
A system, node or application.
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Enterprise Panel
This is the starting point on the monitoring station where you can see all your systems and add new ones.
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Event Log
Windows system log files there are 3 types Application, System and Security
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F
ftp
File Transfer Protocol: This is an application used for transferring files to one computer or another.
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G
GET
A type of form queyr for web pages. A related query is POST
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H
Host Check
A service check that you select and assign to each server being monitored to test if a specific system is functioning properly. Service checks are temporarily disabled if up.time determines that a host is down.
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HOSTID
The unique hardware identifier used to node-lock the uptime software license key to a specific host system. Based largely on MAC address of the host system.
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LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is a protocol that is used to organize directory hierachies and enables communication with directory servers. Example uses: Passwords/Files/Devices
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Lock Wait / Sec
The amount of time in seconds to wait for a database lock.
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MD5
A widely used method of for creating digital signatures used to authenticate and verify the integrity of data.
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Memory Usage
The amount of memory expressed as a percentage of total available memory, being consumed by a process.
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Monitor
The service monitor template that is bundled with up.time. You use the template to configure a service check.
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Monitor Escalation
The exact definition of when and how up.time should escalate service alerts if they have not been acknowledged by specific users within pre-defined time limits.
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My Portal
This is the main page you see when you log on which contains my reports and operations you can do
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N
Nested Group
These enable you to further group your systems. Example: You have a parent group Called data centre and 2 systems underneath it called "North America" and "Asia"
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net-snmp
A SNMP application that presents a set of SNMP mib's. Some of these mib's are used to collect system performance information for use on the monitoring station.
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Network IN
The average amount of traffic coming in over the network interface.
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Network out
The average amount of traffic going out over the network interface.
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NIS/YP
Network Information Services/Yellow pages is a distributed database that enables a system administrator to configure multiple hosts from a central location. You can also use it for a main username/password server.
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NNTP
Network News Transport Protocol. This was usually used for the old internet usenet news groups.
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node
A device without an agent, but which up.time can communicate using an ip address.
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Notification Group
This is a group which up.time notifies when a service is down or having problems.
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Novell NRM
An XML service that sends out stats of your novell server which up.time uses to track performance.
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offline
System that is currently not running
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online
System that is currently running
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outages
This is a status when the service is not running or not available.
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P
Performance Check Monitor
This monitor allows you to monitor the following CPU% utilization, swap space, CPU usage, network collisions and network transmits.
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Performance Counters
These are containers that contain performance information on windows which allows the up.time agent to track performance stats.
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POP
A type of email retrieval server.
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POST
A type of form query for web pages. A related query is GET
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Privacy Type
Used with authentication of SNMP v3
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Process
An application that is running on your system.
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Process Check Monitor
A monitor that checks to see if a process is on the system and how many are running.
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R
Regular Expression
(1) A mechanism to select specific strings from a set of character strings. (2) A set of characters, metacharacters, and operators that define a string or group of strings in a search pattern. (3) A string containing wildcard characters and operations that define a set of one or more possible strings.
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rpm
Redhat Package Manager: this application and format is used to install the linux uptime agent and many other software programs.
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sar
This is an application used on unix/linux systems to collect performance stats for disk/cpu
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Scheduled Maintenence
A period of time when the system will not be monitored or send out alerts.
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Scheduled Reports
These are reports that can be done automatically every week/daily/monthly.
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Service Group
Service monitor templates that enable you to apply a common service check to one or multiple hosts. (servers, network devices) that you are monitoring.
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Service State
The status of a service. Example: Okay, Warn, Crit, Maint, Unknown
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SHA
A secure method of creating digital signatures. SHA Is considered the successor of MD5 and is widely used with network and internet data transfer protocols.
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SID
The oracle system identifier which identifies the oracle instance.
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SMB
Windows File Shares
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SMTP Server
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Server: This is the mail server that is used for sending out mail. Example: Sending out alerts and reports.
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SSH
This is a program and a network protocol for logging into and executing commands on a remote computer.
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SSL
Secure Socket Layer: This is a protocol for manging security of message transmissions in a network. SSL uses the public/private key encryption system.
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sybase
A database server application
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system
The computer or device that you are monitoring
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System Profile
This is a web interface which lets you change basic configuration on a system.
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tablespace
This is a block of space designated for your data/tables in your database.
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tar
An application used to gather multiple files into one usually used with gzip or bz2.
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TCP header
Contains transmission information such as ip address of the sender and receiver, the protocol being used, and the packet number.
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Tcp payload
Contains data being sent
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TCP Retransmits
The amount of times packets had to be resent.
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TCP Trailer
Contains data that denotes the end of the packet, as well as error correction information
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tcpwrappers
A connection filtering and security tool commonly used together with (x)inetd to control access to secure system services.
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telnet
An application to connect to a open tcp port
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Time Period
A specific window during which you want to have up.time generate and send alert notifications.
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Topological Dependencies
Topological dependencies create parent child relationships between systems. Both entities and entity groups can be dependent on a parent system or node.
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U
URI
The location of the web page you would like to monitor. Example /login/login.php
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User
An Individual to whom an up.time administrator grants specific access to up.time.
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User Group
A group of users who can receive up.time alerts and who can be included in service alert monitoring escalations.
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User Roles
User roles define the following: What a user can add/view/edit or delete in the up.time GUI.
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Virtual Node
A device which up.time can communicate using a floating ip address.
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