IPHost Network Monitor is a reliable network and server monitoring tool that allows availability and performance monitoring of mail, db and other servers, web sites and applications, various network resources and equipment using SNMP (on UNIX/Linux/Mac) and WMI (on Windows), HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, ODBC, PING...
IPHost Network Monitor is usable and affordable Windows software that facilitates the task of detection and elimination of failures and problems with your network and network equipment, servers, workstations and critical applications installed on them. IPHost Monitor enables you to reduce downtime (or slowdown time) because the system administrator and other concerned parties get prompt information on network resource inaccessibility or critical application performance problems. Detailed information helps to recover from the failure or remedy the performance problem quickly. With IPHost Network Monitor you can also setup actions for automatic failure recovery. Web-enabled reporting lets you monitor your network resources via a web browser to take a quick look at the state, problems and trends. IPHost Monitor does not require expensive hardware and can run at full power on a typical workstation.
To maintain the availability and performance of the network, servers and applications, to plan upgrades and maintenance, the administrator should get real time data and reports on the actual state of the enterprise’s IT infrastructure. IPHost Network Monitor provides you with a suitable and affordable solution for network, servers and applications monitoring. This tool suits both the professional administrators and all those who perform administrator’s tasks from time to time. The tool is quick and easy to set up and use. IPHost Network Monitor is efficient even when a company does not employ a full-time administrator. User interface has been developed keeping in mind that all significant information should be accessible on one screen.
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Network discovery and monitoring
IPHost Monitor provides you with a number of monitoring features that let you monitor almost all critical enterprise servers and applications. The tool checks the availability and performance characteristics of the monitored network resources simultaneously. IPHost Monitor automatically searches the network servers, workstations and other equipment, and detects the network services running on them. Regular network rediscoveries facilitate the tasks of adding new monitors and of tracking equipment relocation/presence.
The list of monitor types available in the current version of IPHost Network Monitor:
| Monitor types | Goal and target applications | Protocol |
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| Basic connectivity | Network connectivity check and simple operability (availability) check of network services. |
PING TCP UDP |
| Performance and availability of various mail servers, for instance Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Notes, Unix-based and others. |
POP3 IMAP SMTP |
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| Internet | Performance and availability of web sites and web applications both intranet and internet, FTP servers. |
HTTP(S) FTP |
| Resources | Check for the availability and current state of network resources. |
Disc space File Windows service |
| WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) | Universal method of requesting information about the performance and other characteristics of Windows systems and applications. | WMI |
| Databases | Availability and performance characteristics of different database servers. | Generic (ODBC) |
Adjustable alerting and actions
IPHost Networks Monitor reacts to monitored resource inaccessibility or poor performance by one of the following actions: sends e-mail messages with an issue description to the concerned parties, sends netsend messages, shows a pop-up window or a balloon with the message or runs a user-specified program or a batch file. Thus you can not only receive prompt information on the encountered defect but also get the tool to automatically correct the problem of a monitored resource. IPHost Networks Monitor allows you to create flexible alerting configurations based on two levels of performance (performance warning and performance alert) and availability (down and extended down) provided for each monitor or a group of monitors. The action profile can be specific to a monitor or common for a group of monitors.
Web-enabled reporting
Summary reports for the total network resources or for a group of monitors let you easily locate problem resources at a glance. A detailed report for a specific monitor provides you with the complete information on all events that occurred during a selected period of time, which helps you to identify the cause of the problem. All reports in IPHost Network Monitor are in HTML so you can easily send them to your colleagues or superiors. Each report is also accessible in a browser by a specific URL. A regular daily/weekly/monthly reporting feature lets you monitor trends and create reports for your manager.
The complete monitoring data is stored in a relational database (Firebird). You can use this information for creating custom reports.
