MonitorMagic
Server Monitoring Solution
Customer Monitors
Disk Space:
The MonitorMagic disk monitor is used to check the disk space on logical disk drives of computers. In a network environment, it is extremely important to have a good overview of total disk capacity and available disk space. If a computer running Windows 2003, 2000 or NT software runs out of disk space, serious (performance) problems may occur.
Example: Monitor the C drive on 30 Windows 2003 servers. When the free space on any drive falls below 25% have MonitorMagic send the network administrator an email.
 
Event Logs:
The MonitorMagic event log monitor is used to check the occurrence of certain events generated on a computer. MonitorMagic uses an event log monitor for each event log a network administrator would want to evaluate the events from. A network administrator can monitor all event logs of a computer, a selection of event logs, or a single event log.
Example: Monitor the security event logs on all your critical Windows 2003 servers. When a failed security audit event occurs have MonitorMagic send the network administrator an email with the description of the event.
Service Status:
The MonitorMagic service monitor is used to check the status and other characteristics of a Windows 2003, 2000, XP, or NT service. A network administrator can monitor all the services of a server, a selection of services, or a single service using the MonitorMagic service monitor.
Example: MonitorMagic is monitoring the IIS service on a server and detects in real time that the IIS service has stopped. MonitorMagic first alarm actions is to start the IIS service. Then 10 seconds later start the World Wide Web Publishing service and then the Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) service.
File + Log:
Log File Monitor allows a network administrator to monitor the data in specific application log files.
Example: MonitorMagic can scan the backup log files for "Successful Backup" every night. If the words "Successful Backup" do not appear send an alarm to the network administrator. Directory monitoring allows network administrators to monitor file count and size within a directory.
Ping:
The MonitorMagic ping monitor is used to check if a TCP/IP host is reachable and measures the response time of a host. The TCP/IP host can be any system or device as long as it supports TCP/IP: Windows 2003, 2000, and NT servers, printers, routers, hubs, web-sites and so on.
Process:
The MonitorMagic process monitor is used to check specific characteristics of a process. MonitorMagic will create a single process monitor for every process you choose to monitor. A network administrator can monitor a selection of processes or a single process. Creating multiple process monitors generates multiple monitored objects. They can be managed together or on an individual basis.
Performance Counters:
The MonitorMagic performance counter monitor is used to check the value and contents of performance counters. MonitorMagic uses a performance counter monitor for each performance counter. MonitorMagic supports all performance counters, including the counters that are part of the operating system, but also the counters that are installed by other applications.
Example: MonitorMagic can be configured to detect if a processor is using over 99% CPU utilization for a specific time period. This allows a network administrator to be alerted when a Windows 2003, 2000 or NT server CPU utilization spikes for a specific time period.
Cluster Server:
MonitorMagic’s cluster monitor allows network administrators to monitor the status of their cluster servers by checking specific characteristics of a cluster resource. MonitorMagic can extend clustering techniques by accessing both the cluster as a single computer or individually monitor the cluster's nodes.
When using Microsoft clustering services network administrators might want to monitor cluster specific object like cluster resources, groups and nodes. MonitorMagic supports Microsoft Clustering service for Windows 2003, 2000, and NT.
SNMP Traps:
MonitorMagic supports SNMP Trap and SNMP Get monitors.
SNMP Trap: The SNMP trap monitor allows a network administrator to receive SNMP traps with the MonitorMagic service. Any host that is capable of sending SNMP traps can generate these traps. Once a SNMP trap is received, the MonitorMagic service can apply rules and execute alarm actions.
SNMP Get: MonitorMagic uses the SNMP get monitor to collect and process SNMP information from any host that supports SNMP version 1. With the SNMP get monitor a network administrator can perform the following tasks:
- Collect SNMP information from any host that supports SNMP.
- Show the collected information in the MonitorMagic user interface application.
- Process the collected information and apply rules and execute alarm actions depending on the values of the collection information.
- Show and print graphs of data collected from SNMP hosts.
- Store SNMP data in a database for trend analysis, graphing etc.
- Show the collected information in the MonitorMagic web interface.
Command Line:
The Command monitor can be used to execute any program, command, executable, batch or script and analyze the output of it. The command is executed via the MonitorMagic service and the output is analyzed using the MonitorMagic rule trigger and alarm action portion of the product.
This monitor can process a custom command line command, i.e. a script or 3rd party utility, and fire all available alerts based on its output. Starting now, we will periodically release new free command line utilities for use with this new monitor type: WebPing (checks if a specified web page exists and responds correctly) and PortPing (checks whether a TCP/IP port is open and responding).
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