Monitoring

The following table provides a brief description of the tasks you can accomplish when using each Monitoring activity.

Tasks	Monitoring Activities
Invoke a runbook when new events that match a filter appear in the Windows Event Log.	Monitor Event Log
Invoke a runbook when a service has been started or stopped.	Monitor Service
Check the status of a service on any computer.	Get Service Status
Invoke a runbook when a process has been started or stopped.	Monitor Process
Check the status of a running process on any computer.	Get Process Status
Send a ping to a remote computer or IP address and wait for a response.	Monitor Computer/IP
Send a ping to a remote computer or IP address and wait for a response.	Get Computer/IP Status
Invoke a runbook when the disk space on a computer passes a critical threshold.	Monitor Disk Space
Retrieve the current amount of available disk space.	Get Disk Space Status
Invoke a runbook when an internet application server becomes available or unavailable.	Monitor Internet Application
Check the availability of a Web, Email (POP3 or SMTP), FTP, DNS, or custom server.	Get Internet Application Status
Invoke a runbook when a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) event is received as a result of the WMI event query you specified.	Monitor WMI