SolarWinds Network Config Generator (CG) – Free Tool Config Generator (CG) is a free tool from SolarWinds, which puts you in charge of controlling changes to network routers and other SNMP devices. You can get started without having to learn complex syntax. In addition, SolarWinds say that CG can provide …
Review of SolarWinds 4-in-1 Product AppStack SolarWinds AppStack is a bundle of the following four products that examine the Application Stack: Server and Application Monitor (SAM) Virtualization Manager (VM) Storage Resource Monitor (SRM) Web Performance Monitor (WPM) What helped me to understand the AppStack concept was mulling over each of …
From the SolarWinds Family – DameWare NT Utilities (DNTU) The keyword here is utilities. With DNTU we have a user friendly suite of administration tools for Microsoft Windows servers. Here is the latest version of DameWare Remote Support. The next concept to absorb is that DNTU is a superset of …
Server Health Monitor This free SolarWinds utility shows you how the server hardware components are functioning. The Server Health Monitor will show you at a glance the status of the power supply, temperature, battery, fan speed and array. You can also scrutinize the condition of the server's classic performance objects, …
SolarWinds IPAM 4.6 IPAM (IP Address Manager) and IPAT (IP Address Tracker) are two packages which will keep control of all your IP addresses. To let you into a secret, both utilities are fun to use, even if you don’t have a pressing need to manage your IP address space. …
Review of SolarWinds SAM v6.3 Any application, any server, anywhere. As its name suggests, SolarWinds’ SAM (Server & Application Monitor) checks that crucial network resources such as SQL processes, Exchange services, or even Linux, are up and running. Furthermore, it will answer the question: "Is this latency the network or …
Network Topology Mapper (NTM) NTM's speciality is calculating the arrangement of devices on each local area network; it then links the subnets to build a diagram of interconnected servers, routers and other computer devices. The result is an accurate map that makes visual sense. My thoughts are firstly, this infrastructure …
SolarWinds Firewall Browser – Free Utility The keyword with this SolarWinds utility is browser. Here is an interface where you can review firewall settings such as access control lists (ACL), or troubleshoot problems with network address translation (NAT). Other reasons to download this SolarWinds Firewall Browser include managing requests to …
Introduction to Windows Performance Monitor Performance Monitor (perfmon) is a powerful program found in all Microsoft servers from NT to Windows Server 2008. I think of Performance Monitor as more of a toolbox than a single gadget. I will let you into a secret, few people REALLY know Performance Monitor, …
Free Event Log Consolidator Utility If you have more than one Windows Server then I recommend this free utility from SolarWinds. It will help you to track down errors in the Windows system, security and application logs. My killer use for the Event Log Consolidator (ELC) is for practising a …