ActiveXperts Network Monitor is a network and server monitoring tool that allows administrators to monitor the network for failures and irregularities automatically. It can monitor all aspects of your LAN- and WAN servers, workstations and IP devices.For years, System Administrators, Network Operators and Helpdesk Employees have relied upon the power, flexibility and reliability of the ActiveXperts Network Monitor tool.ActiveXperts' powerful Network Monitor Engine technology has been adopted by several software companies all over the world. ActiveXperts' Network Monitoring technologies is used by thousands of companies all over the world, making ActiveXperts the leading provider of Network Monitoring solutions.The mission of the product is to maximize the reliability of your production servers and applications through the automatic detection and correction of problems and issues.The product runs as a service on the Windows 2003/2000/XP/NT platform. ActiveXperts Network Monitor supports Windows, UNIX, Linux and Novell platforms. When problems are detected, you're immediately notified by network message, e-mail or SMS message. When a failure is detected, the network monitor tool will try to correct the problem.
ADSI and Active Directory checks
ActiveXperts Network Monitor checks different kinds of Directory Services. One of them is the Active Directory Service. ActiveXperts Network Monitor checks different kinds of Directory Services, like Active Directory, NTDS (NT4 based SAM account database), and Novell NDS Directory Service to query users, groups, and so on.
You can configure ActiveXperts Network Monitor to check user accounts (locked out, disabled, etc.), computer Accounts, Groups, Group membership, Organizational Units, and so on.
For more information about ADSI checks, click here.
Anti-Virus check
The Anti-Virus check allows monitoring various popular Anti-Virus packages on workstations and servers. The following Anti-Virus software packages are supported:
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise;
Norton AntiVirus 2005;
NOD32;
Kaspersky AntiVirus Server;
Kaspersky AntiVirus Workstation;
Norman AntiVirus 5
The Anti-Virus checks are implemented as VBScript functions (ANTIVIRUS.VBS). You can make modifications to the script, to enhance your Anti-Virus checks. .
For more information about Anti-Virus check, click here.
CPU Usage check
Monitor processor(s) on Windows platforms. Alert when CPU usage reaches a certain level.
For more information about the CPU Usage check, click here.
Directory Size check
Disk space is your server's most expensive subsystem, so it's a good practice to monitor - for instance - user's Home Directories.
For more information about the Directory Size check, click here.
Disk Drive check
Monitor physical disk drives on servers running the Windows operating system. If a malfunctioning disk drive is detected on the computer, an alert is being generated.
For more information about the Disk Drive check, click here.
Disk Space check
The amount of free disk space is checked periodically, and if it drops too low you're immediately notified. It can also notify if used space gets too high.
For more information about the Disk Space check, click here.
DNS Server check
Checks if a DNS server is working well by reading a particular 'A' record on the DNS server and verifying the result.
For more information about the DNS check, click here.
Event Log check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can read Windows Event logs on local- or remote computers. It can look for specific Event Sources, Categories, Event ID's and so on. It can look for a pattern in the Description of the Event.
It can do advanced filtering in Event Logs; it can look for multiple events in the Event Log, and notify the system administrator if one of the Events occurred in a specific time interval. For instance, as a network administrator, you want an alert if there's a McAfee or Norton virus message in the Application Event Log, but only if the event is posted in the last 30 minutes.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor uses VBScript and WMI for this. It enables you to fully customize Event Log filtering, speeding up performance by checking for more than one event in each cycle.
For more information about the Event Log check, click here.
File check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can monitor file existence and file size. This is particularly useful in situation where results of scheduled batch jobs needs to be checked. In many organizations, batch jobs run at night and produce logging information; ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check this logging information and analyze it. It can check the existence, or search for patterns.
For more information about the File check, click here.
FTP check
FTP is usually run over TCP using the default port of 21. ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check the availability of FTP sites. If the FTP server is not directly accessible, you can configure ActiveXperts Network Monitor to go through a proxy to access the particular FTP server, even passing credentials for that proxy server (to be able to make use of the proxy). Additionally, you can pass credentials (username and password) to access the actual FTP site if the FTP server requires it.
For more information about the FTP check, click here.
HTTP check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check the availability of HTTP and HTTPs sites, on default ports (i.e.: 80 and 443). If the HTTP(s) server is not directly accessible, you can configure ActiveXperts Network Monitor to go through a proxy to access the particular HTTP(s) server, even passing credentials for that proxy server (to be able to make use of the proxy). Additionally, you can pass credentials (username and password) to access the actual HTTP(s) site if required. ActiveXperts Network Monitor supports web site content checking; contents of web sites can be searched for text patterns (including meta tags).
For more information about the HTTP check, click here.
Humidity check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor requires an IT Environmental Monitor device from Sensatronics to monitor relative humidity. For more information about the Humidity check, click here.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor is also capable of monitoring temperature and water leaks. For a complete overview of all environmental monitoring capabilities in ActiveXperts Network Monitor, click here.
ICMP Ping check
ICMP Ping checks a remote host for availability. Local hosts should normally respond to pings within milliseconds. However, on a very congested network it may take up to 3 seconds or longer to receive an echo packet from the remote host. If the timeout is set too low under these conditions, it will appear that the remote host is not reachable (which is almost the truth). ActiveXperts Network Monitor checks servers for availability by sending ICMP Echo commands and wait for the responds. Reachability doesn't necessarily mean that the remote host is actually functioning beyond its ability to echo packets.
For more information about the ICMP check, click here.
IMAP Mailserver check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check IMAP compliant mailservers by establishing a connection on the remote IMAP port (usually port 143) and do a handshake. By handshaking, ActiveXperts Network Monitor can verify that the remote server's IMAP protocol is working well.
For more information about the IMAP check, click here.
LDAP check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check LDAP compliant servers by establishing a connection on the remote LDAP port (usually port 389)
For more information about the LDAP check, click here.
Memory check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check the memory usage of the Operating System. It monitors the total physical memory usage. For more information about the Memory check, click here.
MS Exchange 2000/2003/2007 check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors the status of critical Exchange services, and monitors the most important performance counters. Amongst these performance counters are: performance counters of the Information Store, performance counters of mailboxes, performance counters of public folders, and performance counters of the SMTP service. If it drops too low you're immediately notified. If you want, you can extend the Exchange check by checking more services and monitoring more performance counters.
For more information about the Exchange check, click here.
MS ISA 2000/2004 check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors the status of the MS ISA Server services. It can monitor a caching-only ISA server, a firewall-only ISA server, or an integrated (caching+firewall) ISA server.
For more information about the ISA Server check, click here.
MS SQL /ADO check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor uses ADO to check availability of Microsoft SQL databases. ADO can also be used to connect and retrieve data from spreadsheet files like Excel and text or other plain format data files. For more information about the MS SQL /ADO check, click here.
MS TSE check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors the status Terminal Server (part of Windows 2003/2000) server by checking the number of active/inactive sessions.
For more information about the ISA Server check, click here.
NNTP News Server check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check NNTP news servers by establishing a connection on the remote TCP port (usually port 119) and do a handshake. By handshaking, ActiveXperts Network Monitor can verify that the remote server's NNTP protocol is working well.
For more information about the NNTP check, click here.
Novell NDS
ActiveXperts Network Monitor checks different kind of Directory Services. One of them is the Novell NDS. You can configure ActiveXperts Network Monitor to check User Accounts (lockout, disabled, etc.), Computer Accounts, Groups, Group Membership, Organizational Units, and so on.
NTDS
ActiveXperts Network Monitor checks different kind of Directory Services. One of them is the NTDS, also known as the NT4 SAM Database. You can configure ActiveXperts Network Monitor to check User Accounts (lockout, disabled, etc.), Computer Accounts, Groups, Group Membership, and so on.
NTP Time Server check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor uses NTP to check availability of internal and external time sources.
For more information about the NTP check, click here.
ODBC Database check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor uses ODBC to check availability of databases. Most major database systems support ODBC, such as:
Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel;
Oracle;
FoxPro;
Paradox;
SyBase;
Informix;
OpenIngres;
InterBase;
Progress;
IBM LANDP, DB2 and AS/400;
NOTE: ActiveXperts Network Monitor also provides Oracle checks based on SQLNet, like TNSPing and logon/logoff through SQLNet.
You must enter appropriate information from the ODBC Control Panel on the server where ActiveXperts Network Monitor is running on. There are some options that can only be set from the ODBC Control Panel.
For more information about the ODBC check, click here.
Oracle Database check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor uses SQL*Net to monitor Oracle servers for availability.
SQL*Net is a software layer that is required to communicate between Oracle clients and servers. It provides both client-server and server-server communications across any network.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor has two SQL*Net based checks for Oracle:
- TNSPing check;
- Logon/logoff to a database using username and password for that database.
For more information about the Oracle check, click here.
POP3 Mailserver check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check POP3 mail servers by establishing a connection on the remote TCP port (usually port 110) and do a handshake. By handshaking, ActiveXperts Network Monitor can verify that the remote server's POP3 protocol is working well.
For more information about the POP3 check, click here.
Printer check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor checks printers for availability by checking its status. Windows knows a wide range of printer status values, like: 'Running', 'In Test', 'Power Off', 'Offline', 'Power Save', and so on. If the Printer Status is not equal to Running or Power Save, then the printer is considered as malfunctioning.
For more information about the Printer check, click here.
Process check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor enables you to check processes on local- and remote computers; If a process is active, a computer is considered available. If a process is not active, it is not available.
The software can also monitor memory usage of a process. If memory usage of a process exceeds the limit, Network Monitor will generate an error.
For more information about the Process check, click here.
Scheduled Task check
With the Scheduled Task check, people can check if a scheduled task has completed successfully or not.
For more information about the Scheduled Task check, click here.
Service check
Service monitoring involves a probe that returns the status of a service. ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors services on local- and remote computers by checking if the status equals "Running". If so, the server is running fine, otherwise it's not.
For more information about the Service check, click here.
SMTP Mailserver check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check SMTP mailservers by establishing a connection on the remote TCP port (usually port 25) and do a handshake. By handshaking, ActiveXperts Network Monitor can verify that the remote server's SMTP protocol is working well.
For more information about the SMTP check, click here.
SNMP check
SNMP means: Simple Network Management Protocol. The SNMP GET message allows the Network Monitor Engine to request information about a specific variable on a remote computer or device.
For more information about the SNMP check, click here.
TCP Port check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check local- or remote servers by challenging a specific port. It makes a connection to it, and performs a challenge/respond (by sending a sequence of bytes to it, wait for the respond and analyzing the received information).
For more information about the TCP check, click here.
Temperature check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor requires an IT Environmental Monitor device from Sensatronics to monitor temperature. By using their server room temperature monitor in your data center design, you are taking a proactive approach in datacenter management. A managed environment can reduce IT server, storage and network outages by 50% or more.
For more information about the Temperature check, click here.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor is also capable of monitoring humidity and water leaks. For a complete overview of all environmental monitoring capabilities in ActiveXperts Network Monitor, click here.
UDP check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors UDP ports by sending an echo request to them. Works just like the ICMP check.
UNIX Shell Script (RSH) check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can monitor UNIX and LINUX servers to see if RSH scripts produce certain stdout or stderr output.
RSH is a client process that opens connections to rsh daemons, sends a command to be executed on the remote server and retrieves its output, both stdout and stderr. The connection is made on standard port 514 (tcp port for the shell/cmd protocol). ActiveXperts Network Monitor analyzes the output and notifies in case of unexpected output.
For more information about the RSH check, click here.
Users & groups check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors groups and group membership. In case of unexpected members in certain groups (for instance: unexpected Domain Admins members), it'll notify the network administrators.
VBScript check
Important feature of ActiveXperts Network Monitor is the ability to extend the set of built-in checks by writing your own monitor check rountine.
ActiveXperts has chosen VBScript as its scripting language standard because of its simple syntax, its wide acceptance and its support for ActiveX technologies.
By default, ActiveXperts Network Monitor can process up to 8 VBScript scripts simultaneously (multithreaded). Uses the powerful Visual Basic Scripting Engine provided by the Operating System. By making use of ActiveX controls, WMI and ADSI, you can write virtually any check yourself.
For more information about the custom VBScript routines, click here.
Wetness check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor requires an IT Environmental Monitor device from Sensatronics to monitor water leaks ('wetness'). For more information about the Wetness check, click here.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor is also capable of monitoring temperature and humidity. For a complete overview of all environmental monitoring capabilities in ActiveXperts Network Monitor, click here.
WMI
Microsoft has included WMI (Windows Management Interface) in their Windows 2000 and higher Operating Systems; WMI was already available for Windows ME and Windows NT4.
WMI is an interface to a broad range of hardware/software/OS related properties of a computer. You can include WMI objects inside your VBScript. In this way, virtually any check can be performed by ActiveXperts Network Monitor.
A lot of WMI samples can be found on www.activexperts.com/activmonitor/windowsmanagement.
Microsoft has also included ADSI in their Windows 2000 and higher Operating Systems. ADSI (Active Directory Service Interface) enables User, Computer, OU, and group related checking rules.
ADSI is also compliant with NT4 and Novell Operating Systems.
A lot of ADSI samples can be found on www.activexperts.com/activmonitor/windowsmanagement.
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