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    Hello,

    PC Monitor doesn't support UPS monitoring at this time, however I think it will only be posible only if the UPS manufacturer provides you a third party application that monitors the status and writes events in Windows Event Log or in a file.

    Then you can use PCM to read the log file or sent it to your email.

    Hello,

    I think Windows Backup generates events in the event log for successful or failed backup jobs. You can use PCM to monitor the specific event ids and have it deliver a PUSH or an email notification.

    Reports is a planned feature that will be added to the Enterprise server, however at this moment it's not finished. You can take a look at the Roadmap post to check out the current development status.

    You can also use PC Dashboard to deliver updated configuration among all installations and manage your notifications from one place.

    There is also a good reply from JeffVandervoort about the configuration of backup event notifications: Link.

    Paul.

    A subscription is not that bad, gives you extra computers plus gets you access to all features, including the vmware module that was just released in 2.6 . Think about how much time you save using PC Monitor, for me it's a great solution. It helped me a lot and it doesn't cost much, so in my opinion it's a win-win situation.

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    Hello,

    I myself am monitoring a proliant server too. I think it's possible to get controller's status using a simple S.M.A.R.T. query on the device itself, however this is not supported by PCM at this moment.

    As for HP ILM it can be monitored because it has SNMP trapping features however this is not supported by PCM either.

    As for ILO2 support it's a good feature, but I'm not sure if it would be a great success for PCM to add it because very few user have HP Proliant servers. I think it will only be possible once PCM has public API available and someone will make a third party addon for it.

    As far as I know HP uses custom firmware with custom types of drivers for their equipment. PCM is all about generic features that can work on all types of clients not limited to the ones that have a specific brand. You can use PCM to get some stuff too if you find some custom apps that return or write the result in files then you use PCM to read those files.

    For now, what I basicly like to do is check if the Microsoft Security Essentials scheduled task (update signatures and quick scan for viruses) installed on all 25 PCs (Win7) gives me errors.

    What errors are you experiencing?

    Is this the trick to check if any scheduled task had some errors? I mean with event notifications. But what if I just need to check if a scheduled task has run?

    I think it's possible to add a last run indicator on each schedueled task, but you need to create a feature request post in the forum or email support.

    I'd also like to check (if possible) the Microsoft Security Essentials real time threat. Do I need to check the process or still the event log?

    I think it generates and event but I need to test it out myself.

    To check the hdd status, for now, do I need to schedule a task to scan the hdd and check the event log for errors?

    If Microsoft Security Essentials leaves a scan log in the Event Log yes, this could work.

    Paul.

    Make sure that the service is online and he has access to the internet on port 443. Try this command on windows xp command prompt:

    telnet ws18.pulseway.com 443

    If you see a blank window with a blinking cursor then everything works on your side, however if you get a Connection Timeout error your firewall / network administrator is blocking traffic.

    A server is offline event will only fire in the event of network connectivity problems between the Host application and the remote server for more than one minute. The strange thing is that it does not show offline on your mobile application. The information you provided is not enough for a complete understanding of the situation:

    • Do you get a server is offline PUSH notification at the time of the problem?
    • Does that machine happen to perform any other network problems with other services?
    • Have you tried the web interface of pc monitor to see how is that machine showing up?

    If this is indeed a Dashboard bug I believe that it shouldn't be limited to one customer, I've been using the Dashboard app too with no problems so far for 4 servers.

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    Hello,

    I've been thinking these days about a way to know the latency between the host computer and the end device, this feature can be useful in identifying lag spikes and network functionality between a monitored server and mobile device's network (the one you're testing). This can be performed in a series of ping tests between the host and mobile's network. This can be troublesome if the router or firewal on mobile's end is blocking ICMP requests.

    Let me know what you think about it. This would be a great tool when you need to connect vpn clients in a new network to know how bad it will work -_- .

    Paul.

    Are you sure you restarted the PC Monitor service?

    If you reinstalled the application, did you run it, configure your credentials, pressed the validate account button, then you pressed the start service?

    Please confirm.

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    Do you mean to have the PC Monitor client application in the iPhone (for example) launch other applications if installed by the App Store (like LogMeIn Ignition, Jaddu VNC, Mocha RDP, RealVNC, TeamViewer, and others?)

    I ask, because the task of supporting built in remote control would be a HUGE one, and even more so support multiple clients.

    I would like to see a simple feature of atleast "show the screen" - like a screenshot of what would be on the monitor(s) - even that task may take some coding creativity, but I think it would prove to be valuable.

    But as far as you suggestion, I think the best it could do is launch other apps if they are detected as being installed in the device (the iPhone, iTouch, Android device, Win Phone 7)

    October 23rd, 2011
    • PC Monitor 2.5 for iOS and Android is now available
      What's new:
      - Support for Hyper-V
      - Printers Management
      - Flexible computer details view (only show entries that are supported/configured/have values)
      - Windows Updates group commands (quick check & install updates for groups and restart if required with a restart message being sent to all logged in users 5 minutes before)
      - Ability to send messages to groups
      - Lock command for groups
      - PIN security enhancements
      - View console screen (subscribers/enterprise only)

    The valuable feature you wished right at your fingers :) !

    --Notifications to add:

    - Would it be possible to detect the difference between a Sleep and Hibernate (for a suspended state)

    I am pretty sure windows broadcasts a WM message, or sends it to some WndProcs or something similar to decypher the difference.

    As far as I know windows sends the same broadcast message for hibernate and sleep, I remember the old days when I used to create vbs scripts on workstations to prevent them going to sleep or hibernate.

    - Under the users section, could you add:

    When a user locks the computer (and report the user name that locked it)

    When a user unlocks the computer (and report the user name that unlocked it)

    I love it the idea but I have set from my Active Directory a screensaver policy that after 10 minutes of inactivity blocks the computer with a password, this can be very annoying and it will eat a lot more bandwidth. Not sure if it's a good practice in your case too but for a few normal desktops this can be used safely, I think.

    - Another interesting message would be the detection if the server (client/computer) is unresponsive.

    This message could be sent out if another computer on the network (Ex: LAN) is setup to detect this.

    Basically it would be when the client application on the iPhone (or other device) detects that the server is offline, but within the network, the NIC/IP/MAC address is still active (if this is detectable)

    In this case, the notification would be sent out from an adjacent "watch dog" computer that was setup to monitor such events that may happen.

    This could be useful in times of:

    - Computer may be booting up still (but OS hasn't loaded, so thus the server on the computer hasn't yet)

    - The computer BSOD-ed

    - The computer is stuck somewhere in the boot process (at a menu, or similar)

    You can already do this by performing pings from another monitored machines in the same LAN, or by monitoring a specific port on that machine, this way you can see if only a service fails (this would send you a notification if that service is monitored) or unresponsive.

    - Under the Users area in the client iPhone app, add a section that shows the Forground Window Application

    ex: Window title, process's file name description, process name, process path (option)

    Great idea, this way you can identify if the process is a windows one or a virus in a different location with the same name, start-up parameters would also do the trick too.

    - Also in the User's area (or simply in the System Overview area), a nice feature to show a screen shot of what the screen actually looks like (what is being displayed on the monitors), would be very great.

    I am not sure how exactly to handle this if the computer is locked - as in I am not sure if the API functions for taking a screen shot work there, so I am wondering if a mirror driver would need to be built, and run quickly to do the video (Screen) capture, and then simply stop.

    This is already possible for active subscribers since 2.5 beta 7. No mirror drivers are required.

    - In the process list, if it is possible to do a tree-view, I would absolutely love to see the process layout in a tree of child parent relationship (like in Process Explorer or Process Hacker)

    Will take some recursive programming, but I think it is well worth the effort if do-able.

    I cant view processes any other way now (spoiled I guess :))

    I was thinking at the exact same thing, but I'm not too sure if it would look too good on the mobile devices but it would be nice to choose to get a tree-view of the processes not the full sorted list.

    Now let's wait to see what's the official reply on this.

    Paul.

    Hello,

    I was hoping someone will request something like this. On the roadmap there is announced that a public API will be avaiable in the future, this will allow anyone to create custom applications, services, and widgets that can comunicate with PC Monitor. Oh maybe there will be a bundled widget but for that you'll need to wait for an official answer.

    Try connecting with telnet to the server like this:

    telnet ws15.pulseway.com 443
    if you get an error then your machine cannot contact the remote server, if you get a blank screen with some blinking cursor it means that the connection between your machine with the remote server was successful and you can use PC Monitor with no problems. You can always try with a ping but the telnet gives the best response: 
    ping ws15.pulseway.com

    If your connection problem persists try contacting your network administrator.

    Judging from the Roadmap post the Maintenance Mode is still under development. It would help if the BETA and RC releases would include a changelog attached..

    Edit: This feature has been implemented into PC Monitor and can be found in the Manager application.

    In the mean time you can execute queries from premade batch files to see if everything is alright using sqlcmd.

    
@echo off

sqlcmd -d AdventureWorks2008R2 -q "SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM Person.Person WHERE LastName LIKE 'Whi%';"

    You can write this in a batch file and you can call it from terminal on a mobile device.