How to find Command Prompt value for server monitors in Applications Manager
To add a server monitor with SSH/Telnet in Applications Manager, you need to specify the Command Prompt value.
You can find this value in two ways:
1. From the target server:
- In the server that you want to monitor, open a command prompt window.
- The last character you see in the command prompt window (just before the cursor) is the Command Prompt value.

Note: The default value is $. Possible values
are >, #, etc...
2. From Applications Manager server:
- Execute the server SSH troubleshoot script from the server in which you've installed Applications Manager.
- After succesful execution, you would have logged in to the target server.
- The the last character in your command prompt is the Command Prompt value.
Eg. This is a sample output snippet after successful execution of SSH troubleshoot script. You can see that the Command Prompt value is $.
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