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The Critical File Monitor service enables you to be warned whenever critical system files on the systems in your network are deleted or altered. The Critical File Monitor service makes it simple for you to generate Netfinity alerts when an important System File (such as the CONFIG.SYS file) changes date, time, size, or is deleted (when it was present previously) or created (when it was not present previously). The Critical File Monitor can also be used to monitor any other files that reside on a Netfinity system as well.

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Monitoring System Files

The System Files that can be monitored by the Critical File Monitor are operating system-specific. The name of the operating system that is in use by the system that you are accessing appears in the screen title for the system-specific files. The names of the System Files to monitor appear with the Notify and Severity settings. For a list of the System Files that can be monitored for each operating system, make a selection below:

To monitor one or more System Files:

  1. Select the System Files that you want to monitor.
  2. Select the Notify check-boxes beside the names of the System Files that you want to monitor.

  3. Select a Severity.
  4. Each System File listed has a Severity field beside its name. Use the selections available in the drop-down box to specify a Severity value for each of the System Files that you want to monitor.

  5. Select Save to save the Critical File Monitor settings.

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OS/2 System Files

The OS/2 System Files that can be monitored are:

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Windows System Files

The Windows System Files that can be monitored are:

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NetWare System Files

The NetWare System Files that can be monitored are:

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Severity

Use the selections available in the drop-down box to specify the Severity of the Netfinity Alert that will be generated by the Critical File Monitor if this System File is changed. You can choose a Severity value from 0 (most severe) to 7 (least severe).

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Monitoring Additional Files

Critical File Monitor enables you to monitor any file on the Netfinity system that you are accessing. The Additional Files section contains a list of all other files that are currently being monitored.

To select a file to monitor:

  1. Select Monitor Another File.
  2. This will open the File Monitor screen from which you can add a file to be monitored.

    Note: Files located on network drives cannot be monitored.

  3. Use the File Monitor screen to enter/select a file to be monitored, and to set a Severity value for the alert that will be generated if the monitored file is altered or deleted.
  4. Select Monitor to initiate the monitoring process on the selected file.
  5. To abort the current file monitor selections without saving any changes, select Cancel.

To delete a monitored file(s):

  1. Un-select the Notify check-box beside the name of the file(s) in the Additional Files section to be deleted.
  2. Select Save to delete the files from the Critical File Monitor.

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Enter/Select File to be Monitored

Use the File Monitor screen to enter/select a file to be monitored by the Critical File Monitor.

To monitor a file that currently exists on the system:

  1. Select from the Drive list the drive letter that contains the file you want to monitor. Select Open Directory to display the Files and Directories for the selected Drive.
  2. Select from the Directories field the directory that contains the file you want to monitor. Select Open Directory to display the Files and Directories for the selected Directory.
  3. Select from the Files list the name of the file that you want to monitor.
  4. Use the selections available in the Severity drop-down box to specify the Severity of the alert that will be generated if the selected file is altered or deleted.
  5. Select Monitor to initiate the monitoring process on the selected file.

Critical File Monitor can also generate alerts when specified files are created that were not present on the system previously. To configure the Critical File Monitor to generate an alert in this case:

  1. Type in the Filename field the fully qualified path and name of the file that you want to monitor.
  2. For example, if you want the Critical File Monitor to generate an alert if a file named ERROR.LOG appears in the directory named PROGRAM on drive letter D, you would first select drive D from the Drive list, and then type in the Filename field

    PROGRAM\ERROR.LOG

  3. Use the selections available in the Severity drop-down box to specify the Severity of the alert that will be generated if the file is created.
  4. Select Monitor to initiate the monitoring process on the specified file.

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Monitor

Select Monitor to create a Critical File Monitor for the specified Filename that will generate a Netfinity Alert with the specified alert Severity if the file is changed.

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Cancel

Select Cancel to abort the current file monitor selections without saving any changes to the Critical File Monitor.

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Filename

The Filename field contains the name of the file that will be monitored. Also, you can use the Filename field to specify the fully qualified path and name of a file that does not currently exist on the system. In this case, the Critical File Monitor will generate an alert if the specified file is created on the system.

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Drive

Select from the Drive list the drive letter that contains the file you want to monitor.

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Files

Select from the Files list the name of the file that you want to monitor.

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Directories

Select from the Directories field the directory that contains the file you want to monitor.

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Exiting

To exit the Critical File Monitor service, select the "Netfinity" image on the top or bottom of the Critical File Monitor service to return to the Netfinity services screen.

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