GFI Network Server Monitor automatically monitors the network & servers for failures.

It allows you to identify issues and fix unexpected conditions before your users (or managers) report them to you! Alerts can be sent by email, pager or SMS.

Actions, such as rebooting a machine, restarting a service or running a script can be done automatically. The application is easy to install and use and is competitively priced.

Built-in monitoring rules include: Exchange Server 2000/2003, MS SQL, Oracle and ODBC databases, CPU usage, FTP & HTTP Servers Group Membership, Active Directory & NTDS, Disk Drive health, Disk Space, Event Log (with content checking), File Existence (with content checking), TCP, UDP, ICMP/Ping, SMTP & POP3 Mail Servers, Printers, Processes, Services, UNIX Shell Scripts (RSH), SNMP & Terminal Server.

You can also write custom monitor functions in VBscript and leverage ADSI and WMI, allowing you to monitor virtually anything.

Here are some key features of "GFI Network Server Monitor":

Built-in computer monitor functions
· CPU usage function â€" Ensure that a processor’s usage does not go beyond a certain level
· Performance counter â€" Monitor any internal operating system counter, including counters used by SQL Server and MSMQ
· Directory size function â€" Ensure that a particular directory (for example, a user’s home directory) does not take up more than x amount of drive space
· Disk drive function â€" Monitor the physical status of the disk
· Disk space function â€" Check if sufficient disk space is available
· File existence function â€" Monitor the existence of a particular file, for example, results of scheduled batch jobs
· File size function â€" Monitor the size of particular files, for example, critical log files.
Built in Internet service functions
· HTTP function â€" Checks availability of HTTP and HTTPS sites; passes credentials if required
· Website content checking â€" Checks website content by specifying a text pattern
· FTP function â€" Checks availability of an FTP server/site
· ICMP ping function â€" Checks a remote host for availability
· IMAP server function â€" Checks that the IMAP service is functioning by logging into the service and checking the count of the emails contained in a specific folder on the IMAP server
· DNS server function â€" Checks DNS server by reading an 'A' record and verifying the result
· SMTP server function â€" Checks mail server by establishing a connection and handshaking to verify SMTP protocol is working correctly
· POP3 server function â€" Checks POP3 servers by establishing a connection and handshaking
· NNTP news server function â€" Checks connection and does a handshake
· SNMP function â€" Monitors specific variables on remote machines or devices via the SNMP GET message
· TCP port function â€" Checks if a port is responding and checks its response
· NTP timeserver function â€" Monitors status of timeservers
· Email route function â€" Checks the health of email services by actually sending test emails and verifying their delivery at destination. This check is also useful for verifying performance of your mailing systems
· Daemon function â€" SSH-based check that verifies if particular daemons are running on target Linux/Unix computer/s.
Other features
· Configure maintenance periods to avoid alerts being sent during scheduled maintenance
· Advanced logging options to text file or event log
· Configure dependencies to avoid multiple alerts for error conditions dependent on each other
· Monitor network printer status
· Reporting â€" includes reports that detail the availability of your network resources; alternatively, use Crystal Reports to access the database and create your own reports
· Monitoring checks wizard that easily configures new checks for your present systems
· Accommodates employee shifts: GFI Network Server Monitor can notify different people depending on the time at which the check triggered.


Requirements:

· Windows Script Host 5.5 or higher (included in Internet Explorer 6 and in Service Pack 2 of Internet Explorer 5.5)
· .NET Framework 1.1.


Limitations:

· 30 days trial