
GFI Network Server Monitor Introduction • 1
Introduction
Introduction to GFI Network Server Monitor (GFI NSM)
GFI Network Server Monitor is a network and server monitoring tool
that allows administrators to monitor the network for failures or
irregularities automatically. With GFI Network Server Monitor, you can
identify problems and fix unexpected conditions before your users (or
managers) report them to you!
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 take corrective action by, for example, rebooting the computer,
restarting a service or running a script or external file. GFI Network
Server Monitor can also choose the type of alert to be used,
depending on the time that an important event (e.g., check failure)
occurs, and also in relation to the working hours you specify during the
setup of the intended recipients.
In GFI Network Server Monitor, monitoring checks are created using
wizards. A wizard called the Quick Start Wizard, which can create a
batch of checks, has also been included. This wizard enables you to
quickly create a number of checks at one go - depending on computer
OS, role, etc - making it possible for GFI Network Server Monitor to be
up and running in the least time possible.
In GFI Network Server Monitor all monitoring checks are organised in
folders. You can configure each monitoring check individually or you
can choose to configure all the checks in a folder simultaneously
through property inheritance. Property Inheritance allows you to set up
important check parameters (such as target computer) within the
folder properties and have these parameters passed on to the checks
contained in that folder.
GFI Network Server Monitor also supports nested folders. This allows
for greater flexibility when creating monitoring checks structures that
reflect the network layout you are monitoring (by zone, companies
being served as well as check function).
Key features
Enterprise class architecture
GFI Network Server Monitor consists of the monitoring service called
the GFI Network Server Monitor 7 Engine, the configuration and
management UI program called GFI Network Server Monitor
Configuration and a result monitoring service called GFI Network
Server Monitor Attendant. No agent software needs to be installed on
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