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Editing Monitoring Rules

To access this tab go to Rule Management | Monitoring.

This section describes how to activate, change and deactivate a monitoring rule in your environment.

In order to define rules the Zend Monitor component must be installed and running.

To Deactivate a Rule

The following procedure describes how to deactivate a rule. By default, all rules are set with predefined conditions. As long as the Monitor component is running, theses rules will be active and eventsEvents are a result of the monitoring component checking your system and collecting information about a specific occurrence that indicates that your environment is displaying uncharacteristic behavior. will be generated based on the pre-defined parameters in each rule. A disabled rule will appear "grayed-out" but you can still edit

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To deactivate a rule:

In Rule Management | Monitoring select a rule or rules that are not "grayed-out" and at the bottom of the page in the drop-down list, choose the option "Disable Rules".
Click to save.
To apply the changes click .

The rule will now stop generating Events based on the rule's settings. Disabled rules will not generate trace file information.

To Activate a Rule

The following procedure describes how to activate a rule. By default, all rules are set with predefined conditions. As long as the Monitor component is running, theses rules will be active and events will be generated based on the pre-defined parameters in each rule. A disabled rule will appear "grayed-out" but you can still edit

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To activate a rule:

In Rule Management | Monitoring select the rule or rules that are "grayed-out" and at the bottom of the page in the drop-down list, choose the option "Enable Rules".
Click to save.
To apply the changes click .

The rule will now start generating Events based on the rule's settings.

To Change a Rule

The following procedure describes how to change a rule. By default, all rules are set with predefined conditions. Each rule has different parameters that can be configured based on what the rule monitors. See Advanced Diagnostics with Zend Server for more information on the available rule types.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To change a rule:

In Rule Management | Monitoring click on a rule.
The rule will open for editing.
change the settings according to the rules configuration options.
Each rule has different settings.
Define the actions that will be applied to the rule.
If you define an action for an event it will show-up in Rule Management | Monitoring in the Event Actions column.
Click to save.
To apply the changes click .

The rule will now start generating Events based on the new settings.

Once you have set actions for an event (tracing and send mail), you can deactivate these actions from the main page (Rule Management | Monitoring) by selecting a rule or multiple rules from the list and from the bottom of the page in the drop-down list, choose the applicable option:

Enable Emailing Action
Disable Emailing Action
Enable Code Tracing Action
Disable Code Tracing Action


	Related Links: Advanced Diagnostics with Zend Server