NimBUS for Server Monitoring

Windows Server Monitoring

The Windows monitoring solution consists of 6 probes that can be run stand-alone or when run simultaneously ensure maximum visibility into Windows performance and availability.

• CPU, Disk and Memory Probe
• Windows NT/2000 Eventlog Probe
• Windows Services Probe
• Processes Probe
• Windows Printer Probe
• Logfile Probe

CPU, Disk & Memory Probe

The CDM Probe monitors key system components such as CPUs, Disks, and Memory, and detects critical bottlenecks before they have an impact on system performance. The CDM Probe automatically pre-scans the Windows systems and defines individual monitoring points and threshold values.

Fig 1: The CDM Probe allows you to quickly and easily define performance thresholds and conditions across all your system components.

Fig 2: You can also quickly set the timing for data sampling from each of the various system components to be monitored, and enable system performance elements to be used for monitoring quality of service against service level agreements.

Fig 3: You can easily define how messages should be displayed and alerts generated when thresholds are exceeded.

Features:

• Performance:
• Threshold monitoring with low and high level watermarks
• Graphical presentation of actual and average performance usage as well as threshold values
• To avoid false positive alarms, i.e. spikes, the interval and sample rate can easily be configured
• CPU:
• CPU usage (%) - Maximum allowable CPU usage for any process
• Number of processes in the processor queue
• Disk:
• Absolute disk usage (MBs)
• Information retrieval on:
• Local and networked disks
• Total disk space
• Free disk space
• Used (%) disk space
• Memory:
• Pagefile usage (%)
• Swapping/paging activity (pages/s)

Windows NT Eventlog Probe

The Windows NT Eventlog Probe automatically scans the NT/2000 Eventlog for essential information in the system, application and security logfiles, based on predefined monitoring criteria, eliminating the need for time-consuming and error-prone manual intervention. Sophisticated search facilities speed the criteria definition process and significantly reduce implementation time.

Fig. 1: The easy configuration of the Windows NT Eventlog Probe.

Fig 2: You can easily view status information from the NT Eventlog

Features:

• System, application and security monitoring
• Simple and powerful watcher definitions
• Regular expressions
• Pattern matching
• Optimized scanning utilities
• Use of intelligent scanning mechanisms to quickly discover and monitor new entries in the eventlog with minimum overhead
• Polling and event monitoring options

Windows Services Probe

The Windows Services Probe detects any service that is not running according to its profile or that has stopped unexpectedly. It can trigger predefined automated restart or recovery actions before system performance is affected or outages occur.The Windows Services Probe collects information on system, application and network services and issues instant alerts when intervention is required.

Fig. 1: The easy configuration of the Windows Services Probe.

Fig 2: You can easily view status of services

Features:

• System, application and network service monitoring
• Easy profile definition
• Services to be monitored
• Expected state:
• running or stopped
• Easy-to-define automated recovery and restart actions
• Automatic detection of new services
• Monitoring of restart attempts

Processes Probe

The Processes Probe collects information on system, application and network processes, and monitors windows belonging to a Windows application. As soon as a process starts to fail or stops unexpectedly, the Processes Probe issues immediate alerts or launches pre-defined automated recovery and restart procedures.

Fig. 1: The Processes Probe allows you to quickly and easily set up monitoring profiles for all your Windows processes.

Features:

• System, application and network service monitoring
• Easy profile definition
• Services to be monitored
• Expected state:
• running or stopped
• Easy-to-define automated recovery and restart actions
• Automatic detection of new services
• Monitoring of restart attempts

Windows Printer Probe

The Windows Printer Probe monitors all local and networked printers to achieve continuous availability. A printer that is not running according to its monitoring profile will be discovered at an early stage so that prompt corrective action can be taken before printing services are disrupted. The Windows Printer Probe collects information on printers and print jobs and issues instant alerts when intervention is required.

Fig. 1: Setup of the Windows Printer Probe.

Features:

• Monitoring of local and networked printers
• Printer status monitoring
• Monitoring the status of elements in the print queue: out of/low on paper, out of/low on toner, paper jam
• Record-oriented files: complex logfiles with unstructured layout and multi-line messages
• Print job status monitoring - Pause/error/deletin

Logfile Probe

The Logfile Probe scans ASCII-based logfiles and extracts pre-defined information automatically, eliminating the need for time-consuming and inherently error-prone manual intervention. Sophisticated built-in utilities allow the monitoring of very complex logfiles across your systems.

Fig. 1: You can configure the Logfile Probe to monitor your ASCII-based logfiles based on any number of watcher definitions.