Netkeeper Remote Server Monitor
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Netkeeper Remote Server Monitor
A small Windows based program for continuously monitoring multiple Local or Remote SME servers Over SSH.
Maintainer
Gert
Installation
Download the installation files from here: http://ghp.homelinux.net/contribs/NRSM/
You will need the NSRM_Setup_vX.X.zip for the base install. You will need post.pl if you wish to monitor Affa backup jobs on the server.
- Unzip the NSRM_Setup_vX.X.zip file on the windows workstation.
- Run setup.exe.
- Open the Netkeeper Remote Server Monitor program and go to Server Maintenance.
- Click Add Server and put in your server information.
- Domain can be either an IP address or a domain name that resolves to the correct IP.
- SSH port can be changed to a non-standard port.
- Password is the server's root password.
- The first time a server's Raid Status is updated it will review the Raid Status, Click "YES" to accept.
Usage
- The server's status is updated every 5 minutes, but an update can be forced by clicking on "REFRESH"
- To access a server's console, double-click on the server's domain name.
- To review a server's Raid status, double-click on the server's RAID status.
Configuring Affa Backup Monitoring
- Copy or download the post backup script post.pl to the servers running Affa.
- Make it executable with "chmod +x post.pl" at the server console.
- Edit the Affa job configuration file and enter the path to post.pl for 'postJobCommand'. (The command to edit the job would be something like the following)
- 'db affa setprop Affa_Job_Name postJobCommand Full_Path_to_post.pl
See Affa how-to here for reference: http://wiki.contribs.org/Affa#Configuration