Alerts

The items in this section allow you to specify the type and amount of time variance that will be tolerated before Monitor generates an alert.

The default values are suggestions only. The acceptable range of variance depends on your individual network and sync requirements. Examine your scan results to get a good feel for the range of normal variance on your network, and then choose settings that will only flag problems that you consider serious enough for intervention.

If Master and Slaves disagree by or more milliseconds
The synchronization between the master and its slaves is critical to overall time accuracy on the network. It is a good idea to specify a closer tolerance for these systems than for others on the network.

If any one machine is off by or more milliseconds
This specifies the outside limit of variance for any single machine, regardless of its role (server or client).

If the average system variance is or more milliseconds
Raises an alert if the overall synchronization of your network exceeds your limits.

Settings in this section define the actions that Monitor will take when an alert is triggered.

Record details in Event Viewer Log
Checking this box instructs Monitor to put alert information in the Windows Event logs. If the Summary event only checkbox is checked, only a single summary event will be entered in the Event logs. If Summary event only is unchecked, an individual event will be entered for each machine scanned.

Send email alert notice
When this box is checked, Monitor will send an error message similar to the sample below to the email recipients specified on the Email Setup pages. The High Priority checkbox will send the mail marked High Priority.

Domain Time II Monitor Alert This is an automated alert from Domain Time II Monitor. The system time variance exceeds your minimum alert level. The attached text file contains the scan data. If your email client cannot open attachments, please use the Control Panel applet to examine the scan data. Scan Time: Sun 18 Oct 2009 18:44:14 Scan Status: Warning

[Scan Summary.txt attachment] Domain Time II Monitor 5.1.b.20090724R Copyright © Greyware Automation Products, Inc. Monitor Machine: FLEEGMAN Data Collection: [Success] Scan Time: Sun 18 Oct 2009 23:44:14 UTC Sun 18 Oct 2009 18:44:14 (local) Reference Clock Type: Discovered (NTP) (averaged) Reference Clock Time: [ERROR]: could not obtain reference time; Time sources disabled Reference Offset: 0.0000000 seconds Type and average delta yy ddd hh:mm:ss.mss ----------------------- -- --- ------------ Indies: 1 + 00 000 00:00:00.000 Clients: 3 + 00 000 00:00:00.001 Total: 4 + 00 000 00:00:00.000 Slowest Clock: Sun Oct 18 2009 23:44:14.973 UTC 192.168.10.2 (OMEGA13) Fastest Clock: Sun Oct 18 2009 23:44:14.973 UTC 192.168.10.4 (Grabthar) Worst Indie: + 00 000 00:00:00.000 N/A () Worst Client: + 00 000 00:00:00.003 192.168.10.4 (Grabthar) Master/Slave Test: Limit: 500 ms Slave Var: + 00 000 00:00:00.000 [Passed] Single Machine Test: Limit: 1000 ms Worst Var: + 00 000 00:00:00.003 [Passed] Avg Variance Test: Limit: 750 ms Total Var: + 00 000 00:00:00.000 [Passed] INDIVIDUAL VARIANCES (sorted by variance) + 00 000 00:00:00.000 Full Client 192.168.10.2 (OMEGA13) + 00 000 00:00:00.000 Indp. Server 192.168.10.3 (Fleegman) + 00 000 00:00:00.000 Full Client 192.168.10.28 (HV-2003-R2-X64) + 00 000 00:00:00.003 Full Client 192.168.10.4 (Grabthar)

Sample Monitor Alert Email (reduced size)

Display Control Panel applet
When this box is checked, Monitor will pop up the Control Panel applet on the console of the logged-on user.

Play a sound
When this box is checked, Monitor will play the selected sound file, repeating it as indicated.

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