Specifying Search Criteria

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The Process Monitor also allows you to enter search criteria to identify the process to be monitored:

1.In the PATROL Console, right-click the Host icon and select KM Commands > New > Monitor...
2.Select Process from the drop-down list and click Next.
3.Check Enter the criteria to select processes and click Next. The following dialog box is displayed:

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Entering Search Criteria - Enter criteria to identify and monitor processes

4.Specify your search criteria:
▪(Optional) In the Process name section, select a condition option and enter the name of the process you wish to monitor.
▪(Optional) In the Command line that launched the process section, select a condition option and enter a regular expression. Only processes that have been launched by a command-line matching this regular expression will be monitored.
▪(Optional) In the field Process runs as this user, enter the user name the monitored process is running as.
▪Click Next.

NoteAll fields are optional but at least one field must be completed. The process to monitor must match all the criteria if more than one is specified.

Examples:

Criteria

Processes that match the criteria

Example 1

•Process name MUST BE EXACTLY patrolagent.exe
•Command-line = <nothing>
•User = <nothing>

PatrolAgent.Exe

C:\Patrol\PatrolAgent.exe -p 3181

C:\Patrol\PatrolAgent.exe

Example 2

•Process name MUST BE EXACTLY patrolagent.exe
•Command-line MUST MATCH THE REGULAR EXPRESSION -[pP] 3181
•User = <nothing>

C:\Patrol\PatrolAgent.exe -p 3181

Example 3


•Process name MUST CONTAIN Pat
•Command-line = <nothing>
•User = <nothing>

PatrolAgent.exe

PatProcess.exe

PatrolPerf.exe

NoteTo monitor all processes of a selected user, fill out the "User" field and leave "Process name" and "Command-line" empty.

WarningSearch criteria are case-sensitive on UNIX and Linux.

5.Select the parameters to be monitored for this process and click Next.
6.Configure the Monitor settings
7.Click Finish.