Product manual

Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Introduction to GFI Network Server Monitor (GFI NSM) ....................... 1
1.2 Key features ......................................................................... 1
1.3 GFI Network Server Monitor components ....................................... 5
1.4 License scheme ..................................................................... 6
2 Installing GFI Network Server Monitor 7
2.1 System requirements .............................................................. 7
2.2 Installation procedure ............................................................. 7
2.3 Entering your license key after installation ................................... 13
2.4 Changing NSM Engine Service logon credentials after installation ......... 13
3 Configuring GFI Network Server Monitor 14
3.1 Getting started with GFI Network Server Monitor ............................ 14
3.2 Quick Start Wizard ................................................................ 14
3.3 Creating monitor checks ......................................................... 17
3.4 Configure monitor check properties ............................................ 21
3.5 Inheriting check properties ...................................................... 34
3.6 Enable or disable checks ......................................................... 36
3.7 Testing checks for correctness .................................................. 36
3.8 Move checks between existing folders ......................................... 37
3.9 Copy checks from/to existing folders .......................................... 37
4 Configuring monitor functions 39
4.1 Introduction ........................................................................ 39
4.2 Network/Internet monitor functions ........................................... 39
4.3 SNMP monitoring checks .......................................................... 55
4.4 Windows OS generic checks ...................................................... 56
4.5 Windows operating system checks .............................................. 61
4.6 Windows applications checks .................................................... 73
4.7 Windows OS databases checks ................................................... 76
4.8 Terminal Services checks ......................................................... 78
4.9 Linux / Unix OS generic checks ................................................. 80
4.10 Linux/Unix Operating System Checks .......................................... 82
5 Check folders 93
5.1 Introduction ........................................................................ 93
5.2 Creating new folders .............................................................. 94
5.3 Configure properties of existing folders ....................................... 95
5.4 Deleting folders .................................................................... 95
5.5 Moving folders ..................................................................... 95
5.6 Searching for folders .............................................................. 95
6 Monitoring checks status 97
6.1 Introduction ........................................................................ 97
6.2 Viewing the state of checks from the GFI N.S.M. configuration ............ 97
6.3 Viewing the state of checks from the GFI N.S.M. Activity Monitor ....... 100
6.4 Viewing the state of checks from a web browser........................... 101