Features in Detail

IPCheck Server Monitor offers you a number of outstanding features: 

Monitoring

·      Reliable server uptime/downtime monitoring using Paessler's proven and constantly refined IPCheck™ technology which has been used by many companies - from SOHOs to Fortune 500 companies worldwide - since 1997

·      Sensor types include PING, PORT, HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP Advanced, HTTP Transaction, DNS, SMTP, POP3, FTP, SNMP (Version 1, 2c and 3), as well as various native Windows system sensors and native SQL sensors for MS SQL, MySQL and Oracle.

·      User can create his own sensor types using scripting and programming languages

·      Can monitor devices and servers located in the Internet, in Intranets and in VPN networks

·      With the installation of optional "Remote Probes" multiple location monitoring can be achieved

·      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

·      Notifications can be triggered by uptimes, downtimes, changed webpages, or slow responses

·      Messages can be sent by email, network broadcast (net send), ICQ, via SMS and to pagers and the Windows event log

·      An external program, batch file or HTTP URL can be triggered or a sound file can be played

·      Notifications can be scheduled based on the time of day and the day of week

User Interface

·      The IPCheck server can be locally and remotely managed through

·      a web browser based interface (without installing additional software on the client) and

·      a Windows client software (for all Windows versions)

·      Both interfaces can be used simultaneously

·      Current monitoring status can be published (optionally, e.g. to show current network status in Intranets)

·      Sensors can be grouped and filtered via a flexible tagging system, thereby simplifying the administration of long and complex sensor lists.

Reporting and Analysis

·      Detailed up/downtime monitoring reports and graphs can be viewed online

·      Calculates uptime/downtime percentages as well as downtimes

·      Various reporting options enable the user to perform in-depth trend analysis

·      Reports emails can be sent to user's mailbox (automatically daily, weekly, monthly, or on-demand)

System/Installation

·      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 export of monitoring data into CSVs or the Firebird SQL server for custom analysis

·      "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