Monitor State
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator
The Monitor State activity monitors the state of a System Center Operations Manager object that you specify. You can use the Monitor State activity to trigger a corrective runbook when an object with a Warning or Critical state is detected.
For the procedure to configure this object, see: Configuring the Monitor State Activity.
The following tables list the properties and published data for this activity. The activity publishes all of the data from the properties into published data.
Monitor State Properties
| Element | Description | Valid Values | Look up |
|---|---|---|---|
Connection |
The connection string to the System Center Operations Manager server that you are using |
String |
Yes |
Object |
The name of the System Center Operations Manager object to be monitored |
String |
Yes |
State |
The health state of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object |
Critical Healthy Uninitialized Warning |
Yes |
Monitor State Published Data
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
AvailabilityLastModified |
The description of the last time that the availability of the monitor was changed |
Connection |
The connection string to the System Center Operations Manager server that you are using |
DisplayName |
The display name of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object |
Domain |
The domain that the alert came from |
FullName |
The full name of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object |
HealthState |
The current health state of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object |
Id |
The unique ID of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object |
InMaintenanceMode |
Indicates whether the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object is in maintenance mode |
IsAvailable |
Indicates whether the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object is available to perform a monitoring operation |
IsManaged |
Indicates whether the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object is managed |
LastModified |
The time that the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object was last modified |
LeastDerivedNonAbstractingMonitoringClassId |
The globally unique ID for the least derived non-abstract monitoring class |
MaintenanceModeLastModified |
The time that the maintenance mode was last changed |
ManagementGroup |
The Management Group that the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object belongs to |
ManagementGroupId |
The unique ID of the Management Group |
Name |
The name of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object |
Path |
The path to the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object |
Server |
The name of the System Center Operations Manager server |
StateLastModified |
The time that the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object state was last changed |
Username |
The user name that was used to access the System Center Operations Manager server |
Configuring the Monitor State Activity
To configure the Monitor State activity
From the Activities pane, drag a Monitor State activity to the active runbook.
Double-click the Monitor State activity icon. The Properties dialog opens.
Configure the settings in the Details tab:
In the Server section, click the ellipsis button (...), and select the Operations Manager server Connection that you want to use for this activity. Click OK.
In the Monitor section, enter the name of the Activity that you want to monitor, or you can click the ellipsis (…) button next to the text box to browse for the activity.
You can also use published data to automatically populate the value of the property from the data output by a previous activity in the runbook.
To use published data
Right-click the property value box, click Subscribe, and then click Published Data.
Click the Activity drop-down box and select the activity from which you want to obtain the data.
To view additional data elements common across the runbook, select Show Common Published Data.
Click the published data element you want to use, and then click OK.
For a list of the data elements published by each activity, see the Published Data tables in the activity topic. For information about the Common Published Data items, see Published Data.
Select the activity State that you want to monitor.
For information about the settings on the General and Run Behavior tabs, see Common Configuration Instructions for All Activities.
Click Finish.
Other Activities
The Integration Pack for System Center Operations Manager contains the following additional activities: