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Contents
About MonitorWare Agent 1.3
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Features...................................................................................................................................... 3
Complete Windows Event Monitoring........................................................................ 3
Active Network Probes................................................................................................ 3
Monitor Windows’ Services and Disk Space .............................................................. 3
External Events............................................................................................................ 3
Scalability.................................................................................................................... 3
Event Archiving .......................................................................................................... 3
Alerting........................................................................................................................ 4
Powerful Event Processing.......................................................................................... 4
Zero-Impact Monitoring.............................................................................................. 4
Robustness................................................................................................................... 4
Ease of Use.................................................................................................................. 4
Firewall Support .......................................................................................................... 4
Runs on large Variety of Windows Systems ............................................................... 4
Multi-Language Client ................................................................................................ 4
Components ............................................................................................................................... 5
MonitorWare Agent Configuration Client................................................................... 5
MonitorWare Agent Service........................................................................................ 5
Add-on Components.................................................................................................... 5
System Requirements ................................................................................................................ 6
Getting Started
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Setup .......................................................................................................................................... 8
Creating an Initial Configuration ............................................................................................... 8
Installing Web Access ............................................................................................................... 9
Obtaining a Printable Manual .................................................................................................... 9
MonitorWare Agent Tutorial ................................................................................................... 10
Filter conditions......................................................................................................... 10
Ignoring Events ......................................................................................................... 10
Logging Events.......................................................................................................... 17
Time-Based Filters .................................................................................................... 19
Email Notifications.................................................................................................... 22
Alarming via Net Send .............................................................................................. 24
Starting Scripts and Applications in Response to an Event....................................... 25
Monitoring Hard Disk Space..................................................................................... 27
Monitoring external Devices via PING ..................................................................... 31
Monitoring External Devices via a PortProbe ........................................................... 33
Common Uses
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Step-by-Step Guides
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MonitorWareAgent 1.3 User Manual
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