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GFI Network Server Monitor


Windows XP/2000/2003/Vista






 
5 IPs Network Server Monitor inc 12 months subscription - £292.60
10 IPs Network Server Monitor inc 12 months subscription - £356.25
25 IPs Network Server Monitor inc 12 months subscription - £538.65
50 IPs Network Server Monitor inc 12 months subscription - £916.75
 
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GFI Network Server Monitor

Automated network and server monitoring made easy!

GFI Network Server Monitor is a monitoring tool that allows administrators to monitor the network for failures or irregularities automatically. With GFI Network Server Monitor, you can identify issues and fix unexpected conditions before your users (or managers) report them to you!

Maximize network and server uptime

GFI Network Server Monitor maximizes network availability by monitoring all aspects of your servers (including UNIX/LINUX servers), workstations and devices (routers, etc). When it detects a failure, GFI Network Server Monitor can alert you by email, pager or SMS, as well as taking corrective action by, for example, rebooting the machine, restarting the service or running a script.

GFI Network Server Monitor is easy to set up and use, and is competitively priced. You can set any amount of rules and customize each rule to suit your needs and network set-up.

Benefits - Use GFI Network Server Monitor to:

• Monitor for software or hardware failures on servers
• Monitor status of services
• Monitor your HTTP server, including web page content
• Monitor your mail server (includes advanced scripts for Exchange Server)
• Monitor your database servers (supports native testing of SQL Server and Oracle)
• Monitor disk space on servers and on users’ workstations
• Monitor your Internet link and SMTP gateway

Enterprise class architecture

GFI Network Server Monitor consists of a monitoring service (called the Network Monitor Engine) and a separate management interface (the Network Manager). No agent software needs to be installed on the machines you wish to monitor. The Network Monitor Engine is multi-threaded and can run 16 checks at a time. This software architecture allows for high reliability and scalability to monitor both large and small networks.

In-built Exchange 2000/2003 monitoring

Out of the box, GFI Network Server Monitor monitors the status of your Exchange Server by monitoring critical Exchange services and performance counters (Information Store, mailboxes, SMTP service, etc).

Monitor your database servers (SQL/ORACLE/ODBC)

GFI Network Server Monitor can check the availability of all leading database applications. Out of the box, it can monitor Microsoft SQL Server via ADO and Oracle via SQL*NET. Oracle servers can be monitored by a TNS ping check and by a logon/logoff. Other databases such as Access, FoxPro, Paradox, SyBase, Informix, IBM DB2 and many more can be monitored via ODBC.

Monitor remote event logs

GFI Network Server Monitor can scan Windows event logs on local or remote computers and look for specific event sources, categories, and event IDs and for patterns in the description of the event. In addition it can look for multiple events occurring in a specific time interval, for example, a McAfee or Norton virus alert posted in the last 30 minutes.
 

Built-in computer monitor functions
bulletCPU usage function – Ensure that a processor’s usage does not go beyond a certain level
bulletDirectory size function – Ensure that a particular directory (for example, a user’s home directory) does not take up more than x amount of drive space
bulletDisk drive function – Monitor the physical status of the disk
bulletDisk space function – Check if sufficient disk space is available
bulletFile existence function – Monitor the existence of a particular file; for example, results of scheduled batch jobs
bulletFile size function – Monitor the size of particular files, for example, critical log files.

Built in Internet service functions
bulletHTTP function – Checks availability of HTTP and HTTPS sites; passes credentials if required
bulletWebsite content checking – Checks website content by specifying a text pattern to check for
bulletFTP function – Checks availability of an FTP server/site
bulletICMP ping function – Checks a remote host for availability
bulletDNS server function – Checks DNS server by reading an 'A' record and verifying the result
bulletSMTP server function – Checks mail server by establishing a connection and handshaking to verify SMTP protocol is working correctly
bulletPOP3 server function – Checks POP3 servers by establishing a connection and handshaking
bulletNNTP news server function – Checks connection and does a handshake
bulletSNMP function – Monitors specific variables on remote machines or devices via the SNMP GET message
bulletTCP port function – Checks if a port is responding and checks its response
bulletUDP function – Monitors UDP ports
bulletNTP timeserver function – Monitors status of timeservers.

 

Alert notification via email, pager or SMS

When it detects a failure, GFI Network Server Monitor can send alerts via SMS, pager, email or a network message. SMS (text) messages are sent either through an SMS service provider (SMSC), or directly through a connected GSM phone/modem. All notifications can be customized using variables. Recipients can be configured globally for all rules.
 

Take corrective action automatically

After an unexpected condition has occurred, GFI Network Server Monitor can automatically correct the problem by restarting a service (or multiple services) upon failure; rebooting a server upon failure; or launching an executable, batch job or VBScript.
 

Monitor Windows servers & workstations, UNIX/Linux and Novell

GFI Network Server Monitor can monitor multiple platforms simultaneously including UNIX/Linux and Novell. UNIX/Linux servers can be monitored by checking the output of RSH scripts.
 

Monitor processes & services and CPU usage

GFI Network Server Monitor enables you to check critical processes and services on local and remote computers. You can also monitor the CPU usage of a machine. This way, you can ensure that virtually any application is running properly.
 

Custom monitoring using VBscript and RSH

Although GFI Network Server Monitor includes an extensive set of default monitoring functions, you can build your own custom checks by writing a VBscript (Windows) or a RSH shell script (UNIX). From VBscript, you can use WMI and ADSI. WMI is an interface to a broad range of hardware/software/OS-related properties of a computer, allowing you to perform almost any check. Using ADSI you can interface to Active Directory. The GFI Network Server Monitor website lists a number of sample scripts that you can use as a basis, and others are continuously added to the site.
 

Monitor users, groups and other Active Directory information

Use GFI Network Server Monitor to monitor directory information. For example, monitor group membership of the domain admins group. You can also check user accounts (locked out, disabled, etc.), computer accounts, groups, group membership, organizational units, and so on. A subset of NTDS (NT4-based SAM account database) and Novell NDS Directory Service can be queried too.
 

Reporting

GFI Network Server Monitor allows you to create reports that detail the availability of your network resources. Create reports directly in HTML, or generate XML/CSV reports, which you can export to your favorite application.
 

Competitively priced

Network monitoring/management products are traditionally rather expensive. By contrast, GFI Network Server Monitor costs just £455 for unlimited monitoring of all workstations and servers (independent of the number of processors) in a network; a five-server monitoring license costs only £245
 

Other features
bulletConfigure maintenance periods to avoid alerts being sent during scheduled maintenance
bulletAdvanced logging options to text file or event log
bulletConfigure dependencies to avoid multiple alerts for error conditions dependent on each other
bulletRead-only mode for users who are not allowed to make changes to the configuration
bulletMonitor network printer status.
You're in good company...

Many leading companies have chosen GFI Network Server Monitor. Here are just a few: Manx Telecom Limited, ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, Satel 2000, The CBORD Group, Inc., and many more. Customer list & customer testimonials

System requirements

bulletWindows 2000 (SP1 or higher), 2003, XP Pro or Windows NT4 (SP 5 or higher).
bulletWindows Scripting Host 5.5 or higher (Included in Internet Explorer 6 and in Service pack 2 of Internet Explorer 5.5).

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