A managed object is any object for which Operations Sentinel receives information, by event reports or some other means. Since managed objects are not defined automatically, you must manually enter the configuration data about each object using the Managed Objects node in Administration mode of Operations Sentinel Console.

Note: A managed object does not need to be defined for alerts to be reported against it. However, alerts for such an object would always appear under the Other Alerts icon, since there is no way to include a nondefined object in any zone.

Before you define a new managed object, you must decide which object class it should belong to. A managed object can belong to only one class; this ensures that an object appears in only one place under the Managed Objects node. Your class choices are

Each class has its own set of properties. This includes the threshold conditions for OS 2200 and MCP systems.

After you have decided what class the managed object should belong to, the first step is to add the new managed object and configure its properties. Click Related Topics below to find detailed information on configuring the properties of a specific managed object.