
GFI Network Server Monitor Contents • i
Contents
Introduction 1
Introduction to GFI Network Server Monitor (GFI NSM)................................................1
Key features...................................................................................................................1
GFI Network Server Monitor components .....................................................................7
Network Server Monitor Engine........................................................................7
Network Server Monitor configuration ..............................................................7
Network Server Monitor Attendant....................................................................8
License scheme .............................................................................................................8
Installing GFI Network Server Monitor 9
System requirements .....................................................................................................9
Installation procedure.....................................................................................................9
Entering your license key after installation ..................................................................14
Changing NSM Engine Service logon credentials after installation.............................14
Configuring GFI Network Server Monitor 16
Getting started with GFI Network Server Monitor........................................................16
Quick Start Wizard .......................................................................................................16
Creating monitor checks ..............................................................................................19
Configure monitor check properties.............................................................................23
Configure general parameters ........................................................................24
Configure check (functional) parameters........................................................25
Define logon credentials .................................................................................26
Configure alert parameters .............................................................................29
Run an external file after an alert is triggered.................................................31
Restart computers/services after an alert is triggered....................................33
Set up dependencies ......................................................................................34
Define maintenance schedules.......................................................................35
Inheriting check properties...........................................................................................36
How to set a folder to inherit properties from a parent folder .........................37
Enable or disable checks.............................................................................................38
Testing checks for correctness ....................................................................................38
Move checks between existing folders ........................................................................39
Copy checks from/to existing folders ...........................................................................39
Configuring monitor functions 41
Introduction ..................................................................................................................41
Network/Internet monitor functions ..............................................................................41
HTTP/HTTPs function.....................................................................................41
FTP .................................................................................................................43
IMAP Mailserver check ...................................................................................43
NNTP news server availability ........................................................................45
POP3 Mailserver check ..................................................................................46
SMTP Mailserver check ..................................................................................47
NTP Time Server availability...........................................................................49
DNS server check ...........................................................................................49
ICMP/Ping.......................................................................................................51
Generic TCP/IP check ....................................................................................52
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