Category: Power Admin
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Monitor IIS Application Pools
We’ve had a number of customers asking how they can monitor their IIS application pools’ status. It turns out there is a handy performance counter that can do that. Note that a value of 3 is ‘Running’. So you just need to create a Performance Monitor to watch the counter for your instance and […]
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PA Server Monitor on Chromebook
A clever customer in Florida sent us a screenshot of the PA Server Monitor Console running on his Chromebook: For anyone that would like to do the same thing, directions are available at: https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/crossover/forum/pa-server-monitor-console?msg=186135 Thanks Darrell!
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See Real-Time Monitoring Load
Did you know you can double-click the heartbeat chart in the upper-right corner of the Console to see an expanded version of that chart? The expanded version shows the various monitor types and which ones are currently running, which monitor types are behind, etc. As of version 7.4 it’s also possible to see this […]
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SNMP Traps or Syslogs to Desktop Pop-up Messages
Our customers never fail to amaze us. We have recently seen a case where a custom used an SNMP Trap monitor to receive traps from a phone system, and attached the Desktop Notifier action to the monitor. With this simple setup, anytime some specific traps were received, a desktop pop-up alert was shown on one or more […]
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Version 7 Beta
We use the term “Beta” because that is what most people are familiar with, but by the time we go to “Beta”, our products are very solid and have been tested for months already. PA Storage Monitor PA Storage Monitor entered Beta for version 7 today. So we invite you to check out […]
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Monitor (Failed) User Logins in Active Directory
Everyone knows you need to protect against hackers. How do you protect your computers from hackers? One way is to monitor for lots of failed login attempts. But how do you do that? With Windows, you watch the Security Event Log – there are many, many events related to users logging in, failing to […]
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Have you tried Dynamic Server Lists?
Have you tried the Dynamic Server List monitor? If not, you’re missing out on a powerful feature! The Dynamic Server List monitor can be run as a Global Monitor, from Advanced Services > Global Monitors. It lets you create a list based on a large number of possible criteria, such as: • Does the server […]
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Why Network Monitoring is Important for Your Business …
Check out our post over at SiteProNews
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Early Detection and Prevention of CryptoLocker
In case you haven’t heard, CryptoLocker is a popular form of the ransomware malware that encrypts your files and then holds them hostage. Generally you have to pay to get them decrypted. If you have a backup of all of your data, you might be able to avoid the payment. If you have a backup… […]
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Early Detection and Prevention of CryptoLocker – The Response Scripts
In the previous post, I mentioned a couple of ways customers are working on detecting CryptoLocker attacks. In this post, I’ll share a few scripts they use in response. Ideally, you could quarantine the user’s computer from where the attack is coming from. In practice, that can be tricky. Note that these responses could be […]