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A monitor is a process that runs one or more categories of tests with similar functions. Each type of test is identified by the name of the monitor that runs it and the Test Subtype, a unique identifier within the monitor.
For example, the Port Monitor can run tests of several subtypes: FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, etc. When you create a new FTP test for a device, Traverse uses the test's Test Type/Subtype combination (Port/FTP) to look up provisioning information for this category of tests.
Traverse provides standard monitors for network, servers, applications and URL transactions. (You can easily add new monitors with the plugin framework described in the Traverse Developer Guide & API Reference. Efficient and multi-threaded, the standard monitors are designed to minimize the impact of traffic monitoring on your network. The use of Traverse tests does not result in a significant increase in resource utilization for the devices being polled because default time intervals are set to provide an accurate picture of device functioning without burdening the system.
Traverse is designed to work with SNMP agents such as Empire, UCD, or BMC Patrol, and recognizes MIBs from a variety of standard devices such as Compaq servers and Cisco routers. Note that while information can be gathered from a device's private MIB, some MIBs do not provide enough information to enable the same array of tests that a standard SNMP agent would allow.
The Traverse SNMP monitor is an extremely fast, multi-threaded poller with support for 64bit counters where available and also account for the rollover of 32bit counters. Multiple SNMP queries to the same host are sent in the same SNMP packet for speed and optimization. An alternate SNMP port can be queried instead of the default if needed.
In addition to using the Traverse standard monitors or creating new ones to poll for data, you can insert numeric data into the system is via the External Data Feed (EDF) described in the Traverse Developer Guide & API Reference. Traverse can also accept SNMP traps and scan log files for specific patterns (regular expressions) via the Message Handler which is described in Message Handler for Traps and Logs .
Note: This is not a complete list of all supported monitors. New monitors are added with every new release of Traverse. Please contact https://helpdesk.kaseya.com/home if you do not see your device in the list below.