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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 55 Using Health Monitoring
Configuring Health Policies
Understanding Health Monitoring Configuration
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There are several steps to setting up health monitoring on your FireSIGHT System, as indicated in the
following procedure:
following procedure:
Step 1
Create health policies for your appliances.
You can set up specific policies for each kind of appliance you have in your FireSIGHT System, enabling
only the appropriate tests for that appliance.
only the appropriate tests for that appliance.
Tip
If you want to quickly enable health monitoring without customizing the monitoring behavior, you can
apply the default policy provided for that purpose.
apply the default policy provided for that purpose.
For more information on setting up health policies, see
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Step 2
Apply a health policy to each appliance where you want to track health status. For information on the
default health policy available for immediate application, see
default health policy available for immediate application, see
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Step 3
Optionally, configure health monitor alerts.
You can set up email, syslog, or SNMP alerts that trigger when the health status level reaches a particular
severity level for specific health modules.
severity level for specific health modules.
For more information on setting up health monitor alerts, see
After you set up health monitoring on your system, you can view the health status at any time on the
Health Monitor page or the Health Events table view. For more information about viewing system health
data, see the following topics:
Health Monitor page or the Health Events table view. For more information about viewing system health
data, see the following topics:
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Configuring Health Policies
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A health policy contains configured health test criteria for several modules. You can control which health
modules run against each of your appliances and configure the specific limits used in the tests run by
each module. For more information on the health modules you can configure in a health policy, see
modules run against each of your appliances and configure the specific limits used in the tests run by
each module. For more information on the health modules you can configure in a health policy, see
You can create one health policy that can be applied to every appliance in your system, customize each
health policy to the specific appliance where you plan to apply it, or use the default health policy
provided for you. You can also import a health policy exported from another Defense Center.
health policy to the specific appliance where you plan to apply it, or use the default health policy
provided for you. You can also import a health policy exported from another Defense Center.
When you configure a health policy, you decide whether to enable each health module for that policy.
You also select the criteria that control which health status each enabled module reports each time it
assesses the health of a process.
You also select the criteria that control which health status each enabled module reports each time it
assesses the health of a process.