File Sensor (Local or Remote)

The file sensor checks if a file exists or not, plus it can scan the file for changes made to the specified file.

The following fields are particular to this sensor:

·      File – enter the path to the file (UNC paths are allowed), e.g. c:\test.txt or \\server\share\test.txt

·      Monitor Content Change – check this box if you want to monitor any content changes of the file (checksum based). This can be combined with an ‘On Change’ notification to trigger an email whenever the file is changed.

·      Monitor Timestamp Change – check if you want to monitor any timestamp changes of the file. This can be combined with an ‘On Change’ notification to trigger an email whenever the file is changed.

IPCheck Server Monitor will go into an error state if the file does not exist or is removed or deleted while being monitored. The Change fields can be used to monitor ‘On Change’ notification information in the manner that they record if the content of a file or its timestamp are changed.

Furthermore, the following additional checks can be applied:

·      Lower File Size Error Limit (KB) – Sensor goes into an error state if the current file size is below this value. Enter ‘-1’ to disable the check

·      Upper File Size Error Limit (KB) – Sensor goes into an error state if the current file size is above this value. Enter ‘-1’ to disable the check

·      Lower File Size Warning Limit (KB) – Sensor goes into a warning state if the current file size is below this value. Enter ‘-1’ to disable the check

·      Upper File Size Warning Limit (KB) – Sensor goes into a warning state if the current file size is above this value. Enter ‘-1’ to disable the check

Note: These values are in Kilobytes (KB).