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Manual Configuring GFI Network Server Monitor |31

3.4.6 Restart computers/services after an alert is triggered

Screenshot 29 - Services / Computer restart setup dialog

GFI Network Server Monitor can be set to remotely reboot a computer or restart specific services

whenever a monitoring check fails (e.g. if you can‟t reach an IIS web server in your LAN, you can

restart the W3SVC service). Configure this action as follows:

1. Right click on the check to be configured and select „Properties‟. By default the check

properties dialog will open in the „General‟ tab.

2. Click on the Actions Tab. If the „Inherit reboot computer/services parameters from Parent

folder’ option is selected, unselect it and click on „Settings‟ in the run external file area.

3. To reboot the computer being checked, select the „Reboot the computer being checked’

option.

4. To reboot a specific computer:

(a) Select the „Reboot the following computer‟ option.

(b) Specify the name or IP address of the computer which will be rebooted (e.g.

MAILSERVER).

5. To restart the service(s) on a computer:

(a) Select the „Restart the service(s) on the following computer‟ option.

(b) Specify the name or IP address of the target computer on which the service(s) will be

restarted.

and click on „Add‟. Repeat this step for every service which needs to be restarted.

6. Click on „Apply‟ to accept the current configuration.

3.4.7 Set up dependencies

Dependencies are checks that define the availability of servers (e.g., ISA Server or Proxy Server)

and services (e.g., DNS Server or DNS Client) required by a target computer (i.e., on which a

target computer is dependent). The specified dependency check(s) must be successfully

executed before the other monitoring checks can be run.