Introduction

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This section describes how to monitor VOSS Insights appliances in SL1 using the VOSS Insights: Appliance Monitoring PowerPack.

The LayerX Appliance Monitoring PowerPack has been rebranded as the VOSS Insights: Appliance Monitoring PowerPack.

What Does the VOSS Insights: Appliance MonitoringPowerPack Monitor?

The VOSS Insights: Appliance Monitoring PowerPack enables you to discover, model, and collect data about VOSS Insights appliances.

The VOSS Insights: Appliance Monitoring PowerPack includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that discover and monitor VOSS Insights appliances
  • Device Classes for each type of VOSS Insights appliance monitored
  • Device Templates for monitoring VOSS Insights Arbitrator devices and VOSS Insights Reporter devices
  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when VOSS Insights appliances meet certain status criteria
  • A sample Credential for discovering VOSS Insights appliances
  • A Credential Test to validate credentials
  • Run Book Actions and an Automation policies to create the device, test collection, check the Credential, and apply a Device Template

Installing the VOSS Insights: Appliance MonitoringPowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the VOSS Insights: Appliance MonitoringPowerPack.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. For more information, see the section on Global Settings.

Ensure that you are running version 12.1.2 or later of SL1 before installing this PowerPack. For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.