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Monitoring Plans and Rules for Servers, DataServers, Messengers, and Adapters : Working with rule sets : Benefits of using rule sets
 

Benefits of using rule sets

Rule sets allow you to do the following:
*Associate the rule set with a monitoring plan. The polled rules in the sets are evaluated when the monitoring plan is active and the resource is polled. (Asynchronous rules trigger immediately when these rules are violated.)
*Use an updated rule set. If you associate a rule set with a monitoring plan and you later update the rule set, the updated rule set is then used by the monitoring plan.
*Share the same rule set among several resource instances, such as all NameServers using the same common rule sets.
*Associate zero, one, or more rule sets with a broker monitoring plan.
*Override one or more rules defined in any rule set used by a monitoring plan.
To create a NameServer rule set:
1. Choose one:
*Click Library from the menu bar. Then click Create NameServer Rule Set.
*Choose Library > New > NameServer Rule Set.
The Create NameServer Rule Set page appears:
2. In the Name field, enter the name of the rule set (no spaces allowed).
3. In the Description field, enter a brief description of the rule set.
4. Click Save. The NameServer Rule Set page appears:
Note the following about this rule set and rule sets in general:
*The rule set is now listed under the OpenEdge Management Component Library list frame under Rule Sets > NameServer. (Rules sets associated with WebSpeed rules and AppServer rules are listed in the same Rule Sets category, but under the specific WebSpeed and AppServer rule set-related subcategory.)
*Once you create a rule set, you can edit, copy, or delete it.
*If you add a rule or a rule set to an existing rule set, the change affects all resources using the rule set.