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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
Supported operating systems(x86 or x64) ........................................................ 9
Other components ............................................................................................ 9
Target computer components ........................................................................... 9
Hardware ........................................................................................................... 9
Installation procedure ..................................................................................................... 9
Entering your license key after installation .................................................................. 15
Changing NSM Engine Service logon credentials after installation ............................. 15
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 ............................................................................. 24
Configure general parameters ........................................................................ 25
Configure check (functional) parameters ........................................................ 26
Define logon credentials ................................................................................. 27
Configure alert parameters ............................................................................. 30
Run an external file after an alert is triggered ................................................. 32
Restart computers/services after an alert is triggered .................................... 34
Set up dependencies ...................................................................................... 35
Define maintenance schedules ....................................................................... 36
Inheriting check properties ........................................................................................... 37
How to set a folder to inherit properties from a parent folder ......................... 38
Enable or disable checks ............................................................................................. 39
Testing checks for correctness .................................................................................... 39
Move checks between existing folders ........................................................................ 40
Copy checks from/to existing folders ........................................................................... 40
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