IPCheck Server Monitor 4 helps organizations monitor critical network resources and immediately detect system failures or performance problems.

IPCheck Server Monitor will monitor network resources for downtime to avoid the economic impact of failures.

If offers reliable network and website monitoring using Paessler's IPCheck™ Technology, fast and easy installation, support for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 and an intuitive web based user interface.

Various sensor types including PING, PORT, HTTP, HTTPS, Advanced HTTP, HTTP Transaction, DNS, SMTP, POP3, SNMP and custom sensors are supported for in depth monitoring of almost any network device.

Notifications can be triggered by uptimes, downtimes or slow responses and can be sent out by email and ICQ, via SMS and to pagers. Detailed uptime/downtime reports and graphs can be created online at any time.

Here are some key features of "IPCheck Server Monitor":

· Reliable and thorough server uptime monitoring using Paessler's proven IPCheck™ Technology (continually improved and tested since 1997)
· Sensor types include PING, PORT, HTTP, HTTPS, Advanced HTTP, HTTP Transaction, DNS, SMTP, POP3, SNMP, as well as various system and custom sensors. User can even create his own sensor types using scripting and programming languages. Detailed list of Sensors
· Can monitor devices and servers located in the Internet, in Intranets and in VPN networks
· Optional "Remote Probes" enable multi location monitoring
· Automatic Network Discovery searches for servers/devices in your network and automatically creates sensors for the most common protocols
· Monitoring can be scheduled based on the time of day and the day of week
· Notifications can be triggered by uptimes, downtimes, changed webpages, or slow responses
· Notifications sent to you by email, network broadcast (net send), and ICQ, via SMS and to pagers
· Also, an external program or batch file can be executed or a sound file can be played
· Notifications can be scheduled based on the time of day and the day of week
· Two options for the user interface:
· A web-based interface that is easy to access using a standard web browser without installing software on the client
· A Windows GUI with added notification options (e.g. pop up windows, sound, and speech)
· Both interfaces can be used simultaneously
· Both interfaces can be used locally and remotely
· Publishes current monitoring status (optionally, e.g. to show current network status in Intranets)
· Sends monitoring reports via email to your mailbox daily, weekly, or monthly
· Detailed up/downtime monitoring reports and graphs can be viewed online
· Fast and easy installation - Get started within 5 minutes after downloading
· Includes a stand alone web server for local and remote access to the monitoring data
· Web user interface can be skinned to fit into corporate network's look&feel
· Runs as an "NT service" on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 for best reliability
· Includes free SQL server for fast, reliable data storage
· offers optional CSV file export of monitoring data
· "Administrator Control Panel" offers complete application configuration.
· Edit templates for email messages
· Modify sensor monitoring intervals
· Set up local and remote probes
· Administer the webserver and database


Requirements:

· For the main server software: Operating System Windows NT, 2000, XP, and 2003 (Windows95/98/ME are not supported for the server)
· For web browser access: Windows 98, ME, NT4, XP, 2000, 2003 with Internet Explorer 6 or any operating system that can run the web browsers Gecko, Mozilla 5.x, or Opera 7.x
· For the Windows GUI: Windows 98, ME, NT4, XP, 2000, 2003 with Internet Explorer 6.0
· On Windows NT 4 the latest Service Pack 6 is required
· System Memory of 192 MB RAM (256 MB or more recommended)
· Pentium 333 MHz (800 MHz or more recommended)
· About 50 MB of hard disk space for software installation
· Depending on monitoring traffic, up to several hundred MB of data storage (e.g. a sensor with 1 minute interval needs about 10 MB storage space per month)
· TCP/IP network
· Administrator login for installation


Limitations:

· This edition is free for personal and non-commercial use and is limited to three basic sensors and a minimal interval of 15 minutes. The Freeware Edition monitors up to three sensors and is limited to PING, PORT and HTTP sensors and can be upgraded to the full feature set by requesting a Free 30 Day Trial License or by purchasing a Full License.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· New: Event Log Sensors can now scan event logs for specific 'Event IDs'
· Changed: Custom (TCP) script sensors stored the full path to the script causing problems with probes installed in another directory than the host
· Changed: The input field for 'Custom OIDs' (SNMP Advanced Sensors) accepts now up to 512 characters
· Changed: Had to change the probe handshake ID => update of all probes is required when this new version is installed on the server
· Bugfix: Some headers were displayed incorrectly in the Notification Cross Reference
· Bugfix: When playing sound notifications error messages sometimes displayed an incorrect text stating that the operation was successful
· Bugfix: Error type was not set correctly for DNS Sensors when no data record was found in the server's reply (could lead to incorrect graphs/reports)
· Bugfix: Public URLs for groups were not handled properly during import. An imported group has now 'Publish Group' disabled by default
· Bugfix: Fixed a problem with wrong min/max settings in exported INI files after a group export
· Bugfix: German language string for missing network map graph was too long
· Bugfix: SNMP Helper libraries updated. Old libraries caused errors with MS-SQL counters among others
· Bugfix: Display bug in the WinGUI that renders sometimes empty pages after a tag selection if the sensor list isn't displayed from the top entry before the selection