Cisco Cisco FirePOWER Appliance 7030
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 55 Using Health Monitoring
Configuring Health Policies
You must apply the health policy to the appropriate devices if you want your settings to take effect. See
for more information.
Configuring Health Status Monitoring
License:
Any
Use the Health Monitor Process module to monitor the health of the health monitor on a Defense Center
by generating alerts when too many minutes elapse between health events received from monitored
appliances.
by generating alerts when too many minutes elapse between health events received from monitored
appliances.
For example, if a Defense Center (
myrtle.example.com
) monitors a device (
dogwood.example.com
),
you apply a health policy with the Health Monitor Process module enabled to
myrtle.example.com
. The
Health Monitor Process module then reports events that indicate how many minutes have elapsed since
the last event was received from
the last event was received from
dogwood.example.com
.
You can configure the elapsed duration between events, in minutes, that causes an alert to be generated.
If the wait exceeds the number of minutes configured in the Warning Minutes since last event limit, the
status classification for that module changes to Warning. If the wait exceeds the Critical Minutes since
last event limit, the status classification for that module changes to Critical. That status data feeds into
the health monitor.
If the wait exceeds the number of minutes configured in the Warning Minutes since last event limit, the
status classification for that module changes to Warning. If the wait exceeds the Critical Minutes since
last event limit, the status classification for that module changes to Critical. That status data feeds into
the health monitor.
The maximum number of minutes you can set for either limit is 144, and the Critical limit must be higher
than the Warning limit. The minimum number of minutes is 5.
than the Warning limit. The minimum number of minutes is 5.
To configure Health Monitor Process module settings:
Access:
Admin/Maint
Step 1
In the Health Policy Configuration page, select
Health Monitor Process
.
The Health Policy Configuration — Health Monitor Process page appears.
Step 2
Select
On
for the
Enabled
option to enable use of the module for health status testing.
Step 3
In the
Critical Minutes since last event
field, enter the maximum number of minutes to wait between events,
before triggering a critical health status.
Step 4
In the
Warning Minutes since last event
field, enter the maximum number of minutes to wait between
events, before triggering a warning health status.
Step 5
You have three options:
•
To save your changes to this module and return to the Health Policy page, click
Save Policy and Exit
.
•
To return to the Health Policy page without saving any of your settings for this module, click
Cancel
.
•
To temporarily save your changes to this module and switch to another module’s settings to modify,
select the other module from the list at the left of the page. If you click
select the other module from the list at the left of the page. If you click
Save Policy and Exit
when you
are done, all changes you made will be saved; if you click
Cancel
, you discard all changes.
You must apply the health policy to the Defense Center for your settings to take effect. See
for more information.