> ### Sharing monitoring components using the Fathom Library

> The Fathom Library contains resource monitoring components that you define, share, and, in many instances, transfer among your company's various work sites. Two of the primary benefits of employing library components are:

> - Minimizing duplication of effort when creating numerous and similar resources.
> - Standardizing implementation of your company's business policies through the definition and distribution of these components.

> You can define schedules, actions, search criteria, and rule sets at the library level. The import and export activities that are also available in the library allow you to distribute all library components (except schedules) that you have created on one machine to other machines located throughout your company.

> To access the Fathom Library, click Library from the menu bar. The Fathom Component Library appears, as shown in Figure 4–7.

> Figure 4–7: Fathom Component Library page

> The components you build, maintain, and access through the Fathom Component Library page are independent of each other. This independence allows you flexibility to combine and reuse these components, minimize redundant resource setup work for numerous items that are very similar, and help standardize work flow processes across an enterprise.

> Table 4–5 briefly highlights the remaining library function options, according to the type of resource with which they are associated.

> Table 4–5: Additional Fathom Library features
> To help... | Use these library components...
> --- | ---
> Create log file monitors | Search Criteria and Log File Rule Set. These components allow you to define rules-related data to be shared among log file monitors: Create Search Criteria defines rule properties from which you can select and associate with other rule properties to create individual rules to run within your log file monitors. Create Log File Rule Set defines a set of log file monitor rules that you can associate with one or more log file monitor resources. For details, see Chapter 7, "Monitoring File Resources."
> Create database monitors | The database rule set, which allows you to define a set of database rules that you can use with one or more database resources. For details, see the Database Management Guide.
> Create OpenEdge monitors | The NameServer, AppServer, or WebSpeed rule set, which allows you to define a set of rules that you can use with each type of resource. For details, see the OpenEdge Server Management Guide.
> Identify existing Fathom components to export to other computers | The Export Components option. This option allows you to identify various components that you create and share by importing from and/or exporting to another machine. For details, see Chapter 9, "Exporting and Importing in Fathom."
> Identify existing Fathom components to import to computers | The Import Components option. This option allows you to identify various components that you create and share by importing from and/or exporting to another machine. For details, see Chapter 9, "Exporting and Importing in Fathom."

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