6.6.7 Distinguishing the letter case of monitoring targets
You can set whether to distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters in monitoring target process names and service names. By default, uppercase and lowercase letters are not distinguished.
To change whether uppercase and lowercase letters are distinguished in monitoring target names
-
From the monitoring console browser, log in to PFM - Web Console.
The Main window appears.
-
In the navigation frame of the Main window, select the Services tab.
The Services tree appears.
-
From the Services tree, select host-name<Windows> (Agent Collector service).
A check mark is displayed next to the Agent Collector service.
-
Select the Properties method in the method frame.
The Service Properties window appears.
-
Select the Advanced application monitoring > Application monitoring setting tree.
The property information entry window appears at the bottom of the information frame.
-
Change the value of the Case Sensitive property.
Select one of the following.
-
Yes: Distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters.
-
No: Do not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters.
-
-
Click the OK button.
The setting takes effect.
The following table shows the effects of the Case Sensitive property values.
Names of the running processes |
Value set in the MonitoringXX Condition property |
Value set in the Case Sensitive property |
Number of processes |
---|---|---|---|
ProcessA PROCESSA |
ProcessA |
Yes |
1 |
No |
2 |
||
PROCESSA |
Yes |
1 |
|
No |
2 |
||
processa |
Yes |
0 |
|
No |
2 |
The table shows the difference in the number of processes that are determined to be running, depending on the values set in the MonitoringXX Condition property and the Case Sensitive property. In this example, the two processes ProcessA and PROCESSA are running on the PFM - Agent host.
- Note:
-
The setting of the Case Sensitive property affects all application definitions. If you change the setting of the Case Sensitive property, check and, if necessary, revise existing application definitions.