N-Central Services Reference Manual
SERVICES REFERENCE MANUAL SolarWinds N-central Version 12.0 SP1 Last Updated: Monday, October 15, 2018 Services Reference Manual: SolarWinds N-central page 2 Services Reference Manual: SolarWinds N-central About SolarWinds N-central services SolarWinds N-central services monitor customer devices, generate email alerts and PSA tickets, and enable technicians to view the status of devices and troubleshoot errors. Services are composed of metrics that monitor one aspect of a device. For example, the CPU service monitors the overall device CPU usage and the top five CPU-consuming processes. The Process service monitors not only if a specific process is running, but also the CPU, Memory and Disk I/O that the process is consuming. For a full list of services available, see the SolarWinds N-central Services List. SolarWinds N-central services use Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) for all calculation formulae. Service types SERVICE DESCRIPTION TYPE AMP Reports on results generated when running Automation Manager Policies using Global Output Parameters. Backup Monitors backup applications such as Backup Exec and Asigra for the device classes: n Laptop - Windows n Server - Generic/Windows n Workstation - Generic/Windows n Custom Backup Monitors integrated backup functionality based on D2D backup software. Manager EDF Customized services use a Java agent - External Data Feed - to monitor devices and applications through scripts. ESXi Monitors aspects of ESXi servers, including power consumption, logical drives, and related properties using the CIM services/ports. Local Services monitored by agents, including CPU, Disk, Memory and Process services. Log File Agents for Windows, OS X and Linux can scan log files.
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