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OpManager Network Management Software

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OpManager from AdventNet is a great network monitoring

software for mid-sized organizations. It gives all the information for each of

the components connected to the network, including servers, routers, switches,

printers and desktops.

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Price: Rs 35,775 (single license)
Meant For: Network administrators of mid-sized organizations
Key Specs: Manage SNMP devices. detailed drill-down reports, MapMaker, real-time performance graphs, save to MySQL database
Pros: Full network monitoring
Cons: None
Contact: AdventNet Development Center, Chennai, Tel: 22431115E-mail:girish@adventnet.com



RQS# E22 or SMS 130322 to 9811800601

The application is quite easy to install and use. It

has a single interface, which opens in a Web browser so the administrator can

view and manage the network remotely. The application gives all information

about the IP address, machine status, services running on the system, etc. For

instance, it'll show how and which of the ports are down on any switch on your

network. For network printers, it gives their ink status, paper-tray status,

whether there's a paper jam, or the printer requires servicing. If the device

supports SNMP, the OpManager can display even more information. In case of a

server, you can get information such as the CPU utilization, memory usage and

services running on them.

Its earlier version was meant for networks using static IP

addresses for all devices. This limitation has been removed now, so you can use

your DHCP server that assigns IP addresses to the client. Additional features

include scheduling reports, customer support portal, CPU/memory diagnostics and

custom fields. The customer support feature lets you sort queries by sending

them to experts. This service is for registered users. The MapMaker tool,

another new feature, helps in creating business views in the application,

replacing the thick Java-based application client. Scheduled report feature can

be used to generate reports on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, which can be

automatically sent to the configured person as e-mail. Performance monitoring

updates you on the performance of

connected machines with functionalities like real-time

graphs, availability, response time, etc. In case any device or service fails,

you can write your own self-healing scripts with OpManager. While you can take

backup or restore your database whenever you want, but for the database

configuration you have to take the MS SQL add-on license. The router monitoring feature



offers monitoring of the links for availability with the

analysis of utilization, analysis and error statistics. UPS monitoring provides

the load status and battery status of the UPS connected to the network.

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OpManager's Home section displays all grouped devices, with alarms for the critical units

The minimum hardware requirement of the OpManager is a

Pentium III 800 GHz processor with 512MB RAM, 200MB of disk space. It supports

Win XP, 2000, 2003 and RedHat Linux 7.2 or higher.

For using the application, you have to just activate the

discovery process in the Admin section. It will start the discovery of all

connected machines in the network. If the machines are categorized incorrectly,

you can manually select the menu. The Home menu displays the dashboards and

recent alarms. In the dashboard section, you can have the information for

connected devices in groups. So if any device has some problem, it can be

displayed with the error icon against the group. Clicking on the groups will

give you all the components falling under that group. With that you can have a

look at how long the devices have been idle for, or all the monitors set by the

administrator. Recent alarms are shown for all devices are in trouble, with the

alarm message stating the nature of the problem.

Bottom Line: Overall, the new

OpManager is definitely a must have for any mid-sized

organization.

Anubhav Verma

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