In addition to monitoring & alerting, both Sentry-go Plus! and Sentry-go Quick Monitors also allow you to access monitored information, alerts & dynamic reports direct from your desktop's web browser.

Accessing them is easy! Simply enter the appropriate URL to connect to & display all reports generated by the monitor(s) installed on the server using the fully integrated web server.

To view Sentry-go web reports, we recommend the following web browser applications ... applications ...

• Microsoft Internet Explorer v6.x or above
• Netscape Navigator v6.x or above
• Mozilla Firefox

The integrated web server is dedicated purely to generating the reports provided by the underlying monitor. As such, custom scripts & other vulnerabilities should not affect it in the same way a standard web server would be. However, for additional protection, the following security features are also provided ...

• Web reports can be enabled or disabled independently of the Monitor itself (the monitor must be running in order to connect to & display web reports). Web reports can be disabled while the monitor continues to function & send alerts etc.

• Reports can be password protected, requiring the user to logon before the report is available.

• Access can be limited to specific IP addresses or ranges of IP addresses. 

Most web reports contain a indicator, known as the System Health indicator. Using cached values, Sentry-go Plus! calculates the overall performance of all checks as they are run. The percentage shown here is the percentage of checks that, when last ran, were successful.

When installed, the monitor will automatically create a home page, allowing you to easily access all available reports. Pages are created dynamically, depending on the monitor type of, for Sentry-go Plus! the monitoring components installed.

From here, you can access all primary reports available with the monitor. The following reports come as standard with Sentry-go Plus! and/or Sentry-go Quick Monitors. Other reports are dependent on the monitor type or components installed.

When Sentry-go triggers an alert, action is either taken automatically and/or one or more Administrators are notified. However, if you miss an alert or network message or are not being notified about a specific alert level, you may not see one or more alerts generated by Sentry-go. 
 
The Recent Errors Report gives you access to the most recent errors that have been detected and the alerts triggered. It also provides an ideal way of checking a group of problems or to see if a chain of events is building up. 

This report gives details of all currently monitored items and their current or last known status. It is an ideal way of checking to see whether a previous problem has been resolved as well as the latest known values in real or near real-time.
 
By connecting directly to the monitoring engine, you can easily see the current status of the server, software & all monitored values.

The Current Activity report connects directly to the monitoring & alerting engines to provide a real-time view of the work being performed by the monitor. From here you can see checks as they occur and their outcome etc.  

This report gives summary information for the Sentry-go Plus! system, including paths, statistics, cached values etc. It is an ideal way to see, at a glance, how the monitor is set up & performing.

Depending on the Quick Monitor or Sentry-go Plus! monitoring components installed, other reports may also be available. For more information, please see the appropriate Quick Monitor or monitoring component detail page.