Viewing Source Monitor Information

Owned by Thomas Farley (Deactivated)
Last updated: Mar 03, 2022
2 min read

Table of Contents

You can view:

  • The status of VirtaMove Source Monitor

  • The tracked paths stored in the database

  • Summary information, such as which processes have been monitored so far, how many paths were discovered by Source Monitor at different times, and so on

Viewing the Status of VirtaMove Source Monitor

You can view:

  • whether Source Monitor is enabled or disabled

  • what applications are being monitored 

Run the following command:

virtamonitor [/host hostname] /status

Example:

Monitor is enabled. Services:   mssqlserver   sqlbrowser   sqlwriter Filters:   ExecPath,Is,C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Binn\sqlservr.exe   ExecPath,Is,C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared\sqlbrowser.exe   ExecPath,Is,C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared\sqlwriter.exe

Viewing Paths Tracked by Source Monitor

You can view tracked paths that are stored in the Source Monitor database.

Run the following command:

virtamonitor [/host hostname] [/db db-file] /export-paths export-file

The /db option is optional. It specifies the path to the database file on machine "hostname". If it is not provided, the default database file will be used, which is <VirtaMove Install Path>\Monitor\Monitor.db.

The /export-paths option exports paths from the database into an export file on the local machine. The export file will be populated with all the tracked paths, line by line in plain text.

Viewing the Source Monitor Summary

You can view Source Monitor summary information, such as which processes have been monitored so far and how many paths were discovered.

Run the following command:

The /db option is optional. It specifies the path to the database file on machine "hostname". If it is not provided, the default database file will be used, which is <VirtaMove Install Path>\Monitor\Monitor.db.

The /get-summary option retrieves the summary information from the database and stores it in a summary file in XML format.