Tag: Monitoring

SD-WAN (the software-defined wide-area network) offers a way to create a private network from widespread consumer internet connections without limiting their connectivity.

Instead of sharing out each of my tips on enabling and configuring SNMP on Windows, Cisco, Linux, Unix and ESXi in separate posts, I've amassed them here for a one-stop-shop.

In this article, we'll be creating a baseline that will only be for Windows servers that will only have critical updates with an auto-approval of two days. Let’s make this happen in PowerShell.

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft® software solution to directory services. It locates resources and can handle millions of objects in a single domain, but it can also do a lot more.

So, you want to monitor WebEx with WhatsUp Gold? Allow me to help by sharing my story of figuring this out.

Whether you’re at home or in the office, a network monitoring tool will give you the network visibility necessary to keep a proactive approach to solving network issues—even from your couch.

In this post, I'll show you how to monitor Cisco ASA VPN with WhatsUp Gold.

How can IT possibly measure the digital experience of its end users? In this blog, we'll take a look at a few of the techniques and tools used to do just that.

In this blog post, we’ll go over the do’s and don’ts of alerting, and discuss how properly configured alerting can save time, money, effort, and even your sanity.

You can get a leg up on a potential attacker by figuring out what processes are running under an administrative account in your organization. One way to do that for absolutely free is to use PowerShell!

Now more than ever, many businesses depend on reliable access to Zoom, and there is a need to know as soon as possible about any issues with accessing Zoom. In this article, we'll show you how you can use WhatsUp Gold to monitor Zoom.

The ABCs of IT Infrastructure Monitoring—the Letter V is for VoIP

To understand the differences between active and passive, and which one is best for you, this article provides a quick rundown of both methodologies.

System Logging Protocol (Syslog) is a way network devices can use a standard message format to communicate with a logging server.

In this article, you’ll learn what packet sniffing is as well as practical use cases you, as a network admin, can expect to run into.

Keeping an up-to-date network inventory is essential for network efficiency, especially given current networks changing dynamics. The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is a network discovery tool, which assists network administrators and engineers in identifying neighboring Cisco devices, particularly those running lower-layer, transparent protocols.

The ABCs of IT Infrastructure Monitoring—the Letter S is for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Here's how a classic IT mistake caused some embarrassing downtime for Microsoft this morning, and how you can avoid the same fate!

The idea for server virtualization technology was originally conceived as a means to reduce costs through software consolidation. Looking back it seems like a pretty obvious solution, but at the time this was revelatory. Instead of running each individual workload on a separate physical server, unused hardware capacity was now able to be used to run a number of workloads at the same time as virtual machines.

Networks have become vital strategic assets for every modern enterprise. And, as we usher in the new year, networks will only continue to grow in terms of value, significance, and complexity. It's our job as IT pros to figure out how things will change and prepare for all contingencies.