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Sentry-go®
3Ds (UK) Limited
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Sentry-go Plus!
provides monitoring
functionality through one or more components.
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These are quickly & easily added
using the Client Console by providing the required licence keys. The Console
also allows you to centrally manage & configure all your Sentry-go Plus!
monitors remotely as well as display alert & real-time activity information.
Simply purchase the components that meet your server's needs to configure the
appropriate aspects of Sentry-go Plus!. And as your server grows or changes, so
can Sentry-go - just plug & play additional components or
transfer them to another server!
For ease of use, components are available to cover either an entire software
environment, or provide specific targeted monitoring. Options can be mixed &
matched in order to provide you with the ultimate in flexibility.
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Choosing Monitoring Components |
Sentry-go Plus! monitoring components can be purchased either based on your server type/software environment or,
for ultimate flexibility, individually, allowing you to configure your
own combination of options.
For example, if you have a bespoke solution or wish to monitor a particular
aspect of a server, you can purchase individual components to tailor the system
to your needs. Alternatively, if you have a SQL Server or Exchange
environment you wish to monitor, you can purchase and install the appropriate
monitoring packageon those machines.
Compare our
Solutions (PDF).
Monitoring packages provide all the key components required in order to monitor
a given environment. These packages, and the components they include are shown
below You
can also add other components to monitors running these packages or
even combine monitoring packages together if required.
Monitoring Package for Microsoft Exchange Server
Provides the tools you need to monitor a server running your e-mail solution
using Microsoft Exchange server. The following monitoring options are included.
Monitoring Package for Microsoft SQL Server
Provides monitoring options for a machine running Microsoft SQL Server.
TThe following
monitoring options are included.
Monitoring Package for
Windows File & Print Servers
Provides monitoring for a machine acting as a file or print server.
The
following monitoring options are included.
Monitoring Package for
Microsoft IIS Web Servers
Provides standard options to monitor a server running your
web site(s) using Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).
The following
monitoring options are included.
Monitoring Package for Microsoft Windows Servers
Provides options to monitor a standard Windows server, domain controller etc.
The following
monitoring options are included.
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Available Monitoring Componentsitoring Components |
The following monitoring components are available individually, can be combined
together or can be added to a monitoring package above.
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Network Status
(free!) |
Check the accessibility of servers & TCP/IP devices across the network.
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Disk Space |
Periodically check the available disk space on your server's disk drives.
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Performance |
Keep an eye on software & hardware performance, measuring against known
thresholds etc.
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Services |
Check that important Windows services are running. Restart them automatically if
they fail.
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Processes |
Ensure key processes are running on your server; ensure unwanted programs are
not.
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Event Logs
& Log Files |
Automatically monitor messages written to Event Logs & text-based log files.
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Printers/Queues |
Monitor local printers, print queues and print jobs.
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Files/Directories |
Automatically monitor changes to directories and files. |
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FTP |
Ensure access is available to key sites, files can be sent to and copied from
the server 24 x 7 using FTP. |
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HTML Content |
Automatically ensure access to your web sites & key web pages is available 24 x
724/7 using HTTP and HTTPS.
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TCP/IP Ports |
Check that TCP/IP connectivity is available to key network & internet services
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E-mail send/receive |
Automatically check that e-mails can be sent from and received by your
organisation using SMTP, POP3 and IMAP4.
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Database query |
Periodically check that key database connections can be established, run SQL
queries and optionally check their result etc. |
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SQL Server locking |
Ensure SQL Server locking (blocking) is kept to a minimum, record problem
queries, optionally terminating problem connections etc.
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Addinng or Transferring Monitoring Components |
Sentry-go Plus! allows you to activate one or more monitoring components when
it is installed. As your environment grows or changes, you may find you wish to
move these components to another server or maybe add monitoring to your existing
package. For example, if you subsequently install SQL Server on your machine &
wish to monitor locks, log files or database connections etc.bsp; connections etc.
Licences may be assigned or transferred using the
Sentry-go Plus! Client Console, thus allowing your monitoring
solution to evolve along with your environment. You can ...
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Add new licence options to an existing installation to expand its monitoring
capabilities.
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Remove a licence so it can be used on another server.
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Sentry-go Plus! Monitoring Components 
