Home > IT Answers > Windows Server > Network alerts for critical conditions
ITKE
16,755 pts.
 Network alerts for critical conditions
DNS server, DOS Attack, Network Connection Problem, Network management, Windows Server 2008
How can I create an alert on my network to email or sms me on critical conditions such as down gateways, dns servers, dos attacks and the such? Is this available to Windows 2008 Server? What options will I have and is there a walk-through or something about it online?

Software/Hardware used:
ASKED: August 2, 2010  2:40 PM
UPDATED: October 14, 2010  6:15 PM
RELATED QUESTIONS
Answer Wiki:
There are many monitoring tools available. Some of them are open source, and some of them have free versions with great monitoring capabilities. We are currently testing some of these tools, but have not made a choice yet. These are the options we are currently considering: <a href="http://www.nagios.org/">Nagios</a> <a href="http://www.zabbix.com/">Zabbix</a> <a href="http://www.zenoss.com/">Zenoss</a> <a href="http://www.spiceworks.com/">Spiceworks</a> All of these tools can monitor different operating systems, and have different alerting capabilities. ----------------
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  August 2, 2010  3:30 pm  by  carlosdl   63,535 pts.
All Answer Wiki Contributors:  carlosdl   63,535 pts.
To see all answers submitted to the Answer Wiki: View Answer History.


RSS - Discussions Help
Discuss This Question:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

 

I would love to hear what you decided on and why.

Karl Gechlik
 9,815 pts.
 

I will post my comments when the testing ends.
Unfortunately, we haven’t had much time for this task.

carlosdl
 63,535 pts.
 

Hi Karl.

We opted for Zenoss.

I posted my comments and a summarized comparison here:
Free infrastructure/network monitoring software for SMB

carlosdl
 63,535 pts.