HostMonitor is a highly scalable network monitoring software. In the event of network errors, HostMonitor will alert the network administrator (or even correct the problem when possible) before problems get seriously out of hand. This helps protect your company's data and reduces the likelihood of costly network failures.

Features

  • Over 140 test methods - HostMonitor can check almost any parameter of your servers;
  • Highly flexible action profiles allow you to start actions in predefined order depending on the test results;
  • HostMonitor creates various log files using different detail levels and file formats (Text, HTML, DBF and ODBC);
  • Built-in Report Manager allows you to create and customize reports to your liking in a variety of ways;
  • Using Remote Monitoring Agents for Windows, FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris you may easily monitor remote networks;
  • Web Service, Telnet Service and Remote Control Console simplifies remote management

HostMonitor can check Windows and UNIX systems, Cisco and Juniper routers, NetApp NAS devices, Hewlett-Packard servers, UPS devices, VMWare host and guest systems and much more.

It can ping a host, check a route, monitor Web, Mail or DNS server, check domain and certificate expiration date, monitor temperature, voltage and fan status on various devices. HostMonitor can check the available disk space, amount of free memory, CPU usage, monitor size of a file or folder, check integrity of your files and web site; HostMonitor can find Windows process that uses most of system resources, test your SQL servers and more.

But what is of no less importance is how you can manage monitoring tasks ("test items" in our terminology). Test items can be organized into different groups (folders), each folder has its own settings such as color palette, list of reports, statistic information, etc.

Tests can be performed on regular intervals (e.g. every 5 min) or on schedule (e.g. every Friday at 6:05PM); tests can be performed directly by HostMonitor or they can be performed by Remote Monitoring Agents installed on remote network. Some tests may depend on another, e.g. you may easily configure HostMonitor to check 10 web servers when your primary router is up, and check another (backup) server when your primary router is down.

What's New

  • HostMonitor, RCC, Passive and Active RMA for Windows (x86 and x64):
  • Improvements related to Traffic Monitor test method and "Choose network interface" window (this window is also used for Interface Status test method)
  • "Request and calculate traffic data" option. If you enable this option HostMonitor will show additional information for each network interface:
  • Amount of total received and transmitted traffic;
  • Average amount of data per second;
  • Bandwidth utilization (%);
  • Bandwidth utilization by income traffic;
  • Bandwidth utilization by outgoing traffic
  • Notes:
  • Bandwidth utilization: amount of data transferred through a network relative to its total capacity.
  • In this case average traffic and utilization percentage calculated based on total traffic thru interface since device reboot (not a current utilization measured for last second or minute)
  • This option is available for SNMP v2c, SNMP v3 enabled devices with 64bit traffic counters
  • You may sort interfaces in the list by any field (index, description, speed, traffic, etc)
  • When you are creating a new test item, then you may select many interfaces in the list; HostMonitor will create separate test item for each selected interface. As before you may also select "monitor traffic on all interfaces" item, such single test item will monitor all interfaces and check total traffic on the device.
  • Other minor GUI improvements

Active RMA for Linux and FreeBSD improvements

  • New faster encryption module
  • The agent may provide traffic related data for "Network interfaces" window
  • File Integrity test works faster in all modes: CRC32, MD5, SHA256, SHA512
  • Text Log test method: some speed improvements related to "expressions" mode
  • SNMP Trap test speed improvements. Some customers set thousands of SNMP Trap items with various filters, in such case processing of many Trap messages can lead to high CPU load and slow down RMA agent (especially when "counter fits expression" options are used, thousand items with such option can slow down even new version of the software)

WatchDog for Linux and FreeBSD improvements

  • New faster encryption module (required for HostMonitor 14.00)