AutoMonitor Express Scan

AutoMonitor allows users to quickly and effortlessly discover and import hosts into their Opsview Monitor environment. The new wizard-based functionality simplifies and automates the scanning and configuration steps by providing a fast and reliable way of maintaining continuous monitoring of your changing Enterprise landscape. Discovered hosts will be imported into the Opsview > AutoMonitor > {Scan Type} > ... Host Group structure.

AutoMonitor currently supports three Express Scan technologies:

• Azure Express Scan
• VMware vSphere Express Scan
• Windows Express Scan

Prerequisites Copied

To access the AutoMonitor Application and run an Express Scan, the following permissions are required for your User:

• AUTOMONITOR and CONFIGURESAVE permission defined in your Role.
• Access to the AutoMonitor Host Group.

Note

If you need to create new Host Groups, your Role must have the CONFIGUREHOSTGROUPS permission.

Host certificates Copied

AutoMonitor Express scans do not use certificates for host checking. However several of the service checks do use certificates for host identification checks. Refer to the following sections for more information:

• Windows Express Scan Host Certificates
• VMware vSphere Express Scan Host Certificates

Troubleshooting Copied

Failing scans Copied

If a scan fails the error will be recorded within the scan log, available via in the UI. The full error will also be recorded within /var/log/opsview/opsview.log on the collector performing the scan. You can see these errors by running: