ipMonitor 6.1
Dependencies
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The Dependency List describes all resources that a Group requires to function correctly.

Examples of resources that Groups are Dependent upon to function:

  • Router
  • UPS device
  • Authentication Server
  • Remote Access Server
  • Stable path to another network

In the event that resources such as those listed above fail, dependencies can greatly reduce the number of redundant notifications as illustrated below:

  1. If a critical resource in the Dependency list becomes unavailable.
  2. All Members (monitors) of the group will become unavailable because they depend on the resource.
  3. Each monitor that becomes unavailable is checked to see if Alerts should be triggered.
  4. Alerts will be sent out for the critical resource that the group depends on to function. No Alerts will be sent out for the dependant monitors.

To make a monitor a Dependency, check the dependency checkbox adjacent to its name.