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Sentry-go®
3Ds (UK) Limited
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Sentry-go Plus! |
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Sentry-go provides a framework for your monitoring
solution. Individual monitoring components, known as "Plus! components" are used by
the system in both dedicated Quick Monitors and the Sentry-go Plus! monitoring solution.
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Whether you're looking to expand a
Quick Monitor, or implement a tailored
solution based on your own choice of components, the Sentry-go Plus! monitor provides a
totally flexible solution.
With it you can implement monitoring components
individually, giving you the ultimate in flexibility and allowing you to create
a solution that will specifically meet your needs.
Any of the components shown below can be activated using the appropriate licence
& configured either
locally on the server or remotely from your desktop.
As your server grows or it's roles change, so can your monitoring solution. Just plug & play additional
components or transfer them to another server. It really is as simple as that!
See the latest Sentry-go
enhancements!
Watch: Introducing Sentry-go monitoring |
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Choosing Monitoring Components |
Sentry-go supports any combination of these Plus!
monitoring components. They may be purchased individually, or pre-configured as
a
Sentry-go Quick Monitor.
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Network Status
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Check the accessibility of servers & TCP/IP devices across the network. |
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Available Disk Space |
Periodically check the available disk space on your server's disk drives. |
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System Performance |
Keep an eye on software & hardware performance, measuring against known
thresholds etc.
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Windows Services |
Check that important Windows services are running. Restart them automatically if
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Windows 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 Availability |
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 & Availability |
Automatically ensure access to your web sites & key web pages is available 24 x
724/7 using HTTP and HTTPS.
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Firewall & TCP/IP Ports |
Check that the Windows Firewall is enabled & TCP/IP connectivity is available to key network & internet services
on the local server. |
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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, 24 x 7. |
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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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Scripted Monitoring |
For the ultimate in flexibility, plug in your own
custom monitoring (scripts, commands, 3rd party utilities etc.) & have Sentry-go manage, run & analyse the results! |
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Adding or Transferring Monitoring Components |
Using Plus! components, you can purchase & activate individual monitoring options when
they're 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
solution. For example, if you subsequently install SQL Server on your machine &
wish to monitor locks, log files or database connections etc.
Individual monitoring components or Quick Monitor licences can be assigned or transferred using the
Sentry-go Client Console at any time, allowing your monitoring
solution to evolve along with your environment. For example, you can ...
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Add new licences to an existing Quick Monitor to expand its monitoring
capabilities.
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Add new licences to other Sentry-go Plus! components, to expand your tailored
monitoring solution.
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Remove a licence so it can be used on another server.
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About Sentry-go
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Whether you choose a Sentry-go Quick Monitor, or individual Plus!
monitoring components, or
both, you'll have access not only to the appropriate monitoring options, but
also to additional features designed to give you access to
the information you need, when you need it ...
- Sentry-go Monitoring Service
The core installable service provides the framework for Sentry-go, monitoring & other components
including auto-response, alerting & web reporting features. The service runs
locally, thus keeping network overhead to a minimum.
Watch: Introducing Sentry-go monitoring
- Automatic Response & Alerting
When monitored faults are detected, this component can either take a defined
action automatically in response, or determine how you should be alerted to the
failure - e.g. based on configured methods and the current day/time etc. Other
options include the logging of errors to a file or database.
Find
out more about automatic responses
Find out more about alerting options
Watch: Sentry-go's auto-response features
Watch: Sentry-go's alerting features
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Integrated Web Server
The Sentry-go monitoring service contains a fully integrated web server built-in, allowing
reports to be generated & displayed on your web browser with ease. Reports are
generated directly from the other components whilst primary reports can also be
published to an external web server as required.
Find out more about web reporting options
Watch: Sentry-go's web reporting features
Watch: How to access Sentry-go web reports
Watch: Configuring & securing the
integrated web server
Watch: Publishing standard reports to an
external web server
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Client Console
The Sentry-go monitor integrates fully with a PC client application known as the
Client Console. It can be installed on your desktop PCs & allows monitors to
be registered & accessed, alerts to be shown in near real-time, web reports to
be accessed and
configured, both locally and remotely.
Find out more about the Client Console
Watch: Introducing the Sentry-go Client Console
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Get Solutions to Problems!
Many monitoring solutions stop at problem detection & alerting, but Sentry-go
goes one step
further.
Customers also nhave access to Sentry-go Solutions, a web-based resource providing
access to technical information on the primary faults the monitor might detect.
Most faults have occurred many times before, so why start your fault resolution
from scratch ? Using accurate information, search for answers & solutions
on-line, using Sentry-go Solution!
Find out more on Sentry-go
Solutions
Watch: Introducing the Sentry-go Client Console
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