==== Servers properties ====

=== Purpose ===
Monitor to make sure that some configuration properties of you server aren’t configured with values you don’t want. For example, you can have and alert every time the log level is set to something else than “low”.
=== Configuration hints ===

Use the button "Load servers" to get the list of servers from existing in your BO system. Then select the servers you want to monitor.   To select the property you want to monitor select the rule in the surveillance table you want to edit and hit "Wizard" button. You will get a list of properties (with their current value) that you can monitor.  Use the special character "*" to define a rule for all the servers
=== Surveillance table ===

^Parameter^Description^
^Active|If checked, the rule will be active.|
^Server|The server(s) concerned by the rule|
^Property|The monitored property|
^Expected value|The value at which the property is expected to stay|
^Severity|The severity of the alarm|
^Auto clear|If checked, the alarm will be cleared as soon as the alarm condition is not met anymore.|
^Prefix|This field allows to add custom text within the alarm message. %MSG% variable will contain the actual generated message and can be used such as: "my_prefix %MSG% my_suffix". By default, tag will be used as prefix.|
^Alarm|If checked, this line of surveillance will be used for alarm generation.|
=== Examples ===
 
^Active^Server^Property^Expected value^Severity^Auto clear^Prefix^Alarm^
|true|*|LogLevel|Low|CRITICAL|true| |true|

**Effect** : An alarm will be generated if on one of the servers the property LogLevel is configured to something else than Low.