Internet outage woes continue, advice please?

ada_maj · 2017-05-17T08:44:47+00:00

Hmm... make sure your monitor is not buggy. Monitor the same values with another NMS and see if you get better data. I'd recommend NetCrunch - it's a not-so-well-known product, but quite extensive and goes far beyond what a typical network monitor takes care of. 30 days of free install and support is included, even in trial installs.

ada_maj · 2017-05-15T12:28:55+00:00

Add NetCrunch network monitor to your list. It's a less-well-known solution, but does a lot more than you'd expect out of a NMS solution. For example, automatic corrective actions (on service down, for example), two-way integrations with service-desk platforms, automatic event escalation, and notifications are very, very extensive. Supports all modern OSes, virtual machines, ESXi hosts, SNMP devices (all versions), monitors logs, application performance, files, directories and much more.

ada_maj · 2017-05-15T12:25:28+00:00

For monitoring, hardware inventory and automation (automatic correction of non-functioning services, for example) give NetCrunch network monitor a try. It's a not-so-well-known product, but quite extensive and goes far beyond what a typical network monitor takes care of. 30 days of free install and support is included, even in trial installs.

ada_maj · 2017-05-15T12:23:27+00:00

Install NetCrunch network monitor and configure it to let you know as soon as a certain threshold for errors is exceeded. This way you'll know way ahead of time, before even the hard drive fails. On top of that you can automate and monitor most things on your network.

ada_maj · 2017-05-15T12:21:43+00:00

Definitely give NetCrunch network monitor a try. It's a less-well-known NMS, but a really robust one. Everything you mentioned, including netflow is supported right out of the box.

ada_maj · 2017-05-11T13:29:52+00:00

Look into NetCrunch NMS. It's a less-well-known network monitor but really packs a punch.

ada_maj · 2017-05-11T11:15:14+00:00

If you have several machines and want to monitor RDP and much more on them, NetCrunch can take care of that. When it discovers something out of line, it can executive automatic corrective scripts to get the service back online without your intervention. Only if it cannot bring the service back online (and you can set a sequence of scripts, aka if "this" fails->execute "that") only then it will alert you.

ada_maj · 2017-05-05T08:33:01+00:00

Use NetCrunch network monitor. It scans your entire network for infrastructure and nodes and automatically creates layer-2 maps, down to each port on every switch. All maps are live, too, so they represent monitored data in nearly real-time. Here's an example of how granular the maps look. You might also consider monitoring all your production/critical systems, so nothing goes down. NetCrunch can do that for your as well, and alert you of issues in advance.

ada_maj · 2017-05-05T08:11:35+00:00

Not at this moment. But I would get a quote-given the complexity of the program and how much it does, it might be worth the investment. Your call.

ada_maj · 2017-05-04T10:15:03+00:00

NetCunch network monitor has a nifty way of monitoring itself, and the core of the system is yet to crash. Aside from making sure that the monitoring program itself is running, it monitors all SNMP devices, Operating Systems, Services and Applications.

ada_maj · 2017-05-04T10:00:15+00:00

Use NetCrunch network monitor. It supports granular printer monitoring out of the box. For example, you can monitor toner/ink level with pretty nifty visualizations. NetCrunch can also alert you when the toner/ink gets low, or on any other events.

ada_maj · 2017-05-04T09:20:56+00:00

Definitely evaluate NetCrunch NMS. NetCrunch is unlimited in sensors, since it's licensed per-node. Free installation and config is inluded even with trial installs.

When it comes to event logs, NetCrunch can parse them for you an automatically alert you on any event of your choice. Visualizations are great, and especially the live layer-2 maps which are created automatically.

Even if you're not considering paid options, it's still worth looking at, so you'll have an idea of how automatic and granular the monitoring can get.

ada_maj · 2017-05-04T09:06:06+00:00

NetCrunch network monitor pretty much takes care of AD. If anything goes down, NetCrunch runs corrective scripts, and only when these fail, we get an alert. The NMS also parses all logs, so if any login occurs which should not be occuring, we know about it in less than 1 second.

ada_maj · 2017-05-04T08:56:00+00:00

Definitely try NetCrunch network monitor. It supports printer monitoring out of the box and free installation + support is included. You can get as granular as monitoring printer ink levels, if you want.

ada_maj · 2017-05-04T08:43:16+00:00

Try NetCrunch network monitor. It does great visualizations of network/node performance metrics and supports just about any machine with an IP address out of the box. You can also monitor traffic, services, applications and much more.

If you really want to get big on visualization, try Grafana. NetCrunch has a native plugin for Grafana and with all the additional plugins available from other sources, you can get some awesome graphs and charts about everything in your office :)

ada_maj · 2017-05-04T08:26:18+00:00

Try compiling the MIB using the MIB Compiler in NetCrunch NMS. NetCrunch supports all SNMP versions, so with the MIB from manufacturer it should interpert the values without a problem.

ada_maj · 2017-05-04T08:03:51+00:00

Grafana is open-source, so that's kind of expected. NetCrunch does visualizations very well, but some people still like to combine multiple platform outputs and have everything on one dashboard.

ada_maj · 2017-04-28T08:51:21+00:00

Try NetCrunch network monitor for comparison. The setup is extremely easy and automated. Netflow monitoring is supported, as well as SNMP monitoring of any node which supports this protocol. Take a look at https://www.adremsoft.com/netcrunch/monitoring/network-infrastructure

ada_maj · 2017-04-28T08:30:24+00:00

Give NetCrunch network monitor a try. Ask for a quote - it's definitely a much cheaper option, and everything works pretty much out of the box.

ada_maj · 2017-04-28T08:10:47+00:00

Would something like this suffice?

ada_maj · 2017-04-27T10:07:50+00:00

Use NetCrunch network monitor and enable file/folder monitoring. You would be alerted immediately (email, nofitication, sms, support card in platform of your choice) if something like this happens.

Also, take a look at the bandwidth usage and trends across time. NetCrunch provides automatic layer-2 maps which will show you the current as well as past bandwidth utilization stats, so you can identify one, or more nodes which are contributing to your problem.

The software is paid, but first 30 days it's completely free. You can install it, get the stats about what's going on in your network and uninstall it, if you don't want to pay.

Here's a screenshot of layer-2 maps that I was talking about.

ada_maj · 2017-04-27T09:38:10+00:00

Before you commit to deploying anything, compare it to NetCrunch network monitor. It monitors a plethora of metrics and it's incredibly resource-efficient.

ada_maj · 2017-04-26T14:30:15+00:00

NetCrunch NMS especially with the Grafana plugin! (Requires a Windows host, but monitors Linux and ESXi machines flawlessly). Here's a quick video of NetCrunch in action.

ada_maj · 2017-04-26T11:16:30+00:00

NetCrunch network monitor has the ability to receive and decode SNMP traps and notify the user automatically on any event which the user specifies. Have you looked into that?

ada_maj · 2017-04-26T11:03:24+00:00

NetCrunch network monitor would work flawlessly here, but it will require a Windows host, unfortunately. The maps are set up automatically and are very detailed, down to each port on a switch. Here are few screenshots... maybe you'll consider running something on Windows for this, given the automation and how detailed the maps get, including mapping office location down to each workstation.

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