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HOWTO: Monitor a Process in Linux using vRealize Operations - Endpoint Operation Management - Part 2
Endpoint Operations Management EPOPS Linux VMware vRealize Operations
Published on 20 April 2016 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 179. Reading Time: 1 mins.
Introduction
This is Part 2 of a series on Monitoring Processes in Linux using VMware vRealize Operations Endpoint Operations Management.
The other posts in the series are:
- Creating a MultiProcess Object for a single Linux Machine
- Creating a MultiProcess Object for a Linux Machine (via Inventory Explorer)
- Creating Object Relationships
- Identifying the correct process.query string
Walkthrough
Creating a MultiProcess Object for a Linux Machine (via Inventory Explorer)
- Log into vRealize Operations using an appropriate account.

- Select Administration.

- Select Inventory Explorer.

- Click Add Object.

- At the Add Object dialog, complete the following:
- Enter the Display Name (crond).
- Select EP Ops Adapter from the Adapter Type dropdown.
- Select EP Ops Adapter < instance id> from the Adapter Instance dropdown.
- Select MultiProcess from the Object Type dropdown.
- Update the process.query field to show
State.Name.eq=crond
.

-
Click OK.
-
Once you have added all the MultiProcess object you desire, they should be displayed within the Inventory Explorer under Object Types > MultiProcesses

Now all that is left is to configure the appropriate Objects Relationships.
This will be covered in Part 3, Creating Object Relationships .
Published on 20 April 2016 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 179. Reading Time: 1 mins.
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