Software Update: IPCheck Server Monitor 5.2.0.417

A new version of IPCheck Server Monitor can be found on Paessler’s homepage, version 5.2.0.417. This program is able to monitor one or more Windows servers in a network. If a problem is detected, you can be notified via email, ICQ, MSN or text message. It is also possible to view the status of the computer via a web browser. A more extensive list of possibilities can be found here this page are being found. The software is free for home use, but does have some features limits. Commercial use is possible from about €115. The changelog of the last two versions looks like this:

Changes in version 5.2.0.417:

• Bugfix: Internal date/time formatting (ie for creating some URLs) were susceptible to system config changes
• Bugfix: SNMP Port was ignored on the ‘Sensor Select’ page
• Bugfix: Email reports > 90 days were not possible

Changes in version 5.2.0.405;

• New: “Hierarchical dependencies” for groups, servers and sensors
• New: “Network Map” feature which enables you to create up-to-date graphical maps of your network with icons showing the sensors’ states
• New: Report schedule option “no reports” which is now also default for new users
• New: “Custom” SMS service provider (sends a custom HTTP request)
• New: Support for US gateway or BulkSMS
• New: Added detailed documentation about script syntax and functions for SCRIPT sensors in the manual
• New: Host service sends keep-alive-packets to probes every 30 seconds to avoid probe connection losses due to firewall or NAT connection timeouts
• New: Initial redirect (occurs when webserver is accessed with a servername different from the one set in the control panel) now shows an information webpage
• New: New ‘Port’ property for Oracle SQL Sensor
• New: New ‘Interface’ property to select between oracle client interface (OCI) or SQL-Net (direct TCP/IP)
• Changed: HTTP Sensors don’t send a trailing null byte with post data
• Changed: When the connection to a probe fails it is tried up to three times for each sensor request
• Changed: When the login/connection to the target for a system sensor fails it is tried up to three times
• Changed: Admin Dependencies now do not only pause sending of notifications but also pause monitoring of all sensors
• Changed: Notification dependencies stop sending of messages if the dependency sensor “is not UP (green)” (was “if DOWN (red)”), which mainly means that a paused or scheduled admin dependency sensor also stops notifications
• Bugfix: Custom entry for ‘Service Sensor’ does not work properly when services list was empty.
• Bugfix: Stopping the probe before the host web server could prohibit a correct shutdown of the host.
• Bug fix: Various minor bugs

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