Before you begin monitoring database resources using OpenEdge Management, it is important to understand the different pieces of resource monitoring and how they work together. A resource is a specific component of your configuration.

OpenEdge Management uses the following components in monitoring resources:

• Alerts — Notifications sent when rules are broken.
• Actions — Activities triggered in response to alerts. For example, you might indicate that you want to receive an e-mail if a database crashes.
• Resource monitoring plan — A plan that identifies the rules against which a resource is monitored and the schedule for that monitoring. OpenEdge Management cannot monitor a resource without a monitoring plan.
• Rules — Criteria against which a resource's performance is measured.
• Schedule — The block of time during which a resource is polled.

For information about monitoring file, network, and system resources, see OpenEdge Management: Resource Monitoring.

For information about monitoring OpenEdge servers, see OpenEdge Management: Servers, DataServers, Messengers, and Adapters.

For information about setting configuration properties for databases and other resources, see Configure OpenEdge Components with OpenEdge Management.