After all the elements of a computer system have been discovered, they need to be monitored. Monitoring of a computer system is defined as the process of obtaining the status and configuration information of the various elements of a computer system and consolidating that information. Information consolidation may involve the tasks of preparing reports to be viewed by an administrator, cleaning of the raw-monitored information, and consolidation of the monitored information into more compact representations.
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Chandra Verma, D. (2009). Monitoring. In: Principles of Computer Systems and Network Management. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89009-8_5
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