Monitor Additional Servers & Workstations
Michael Pope (Triangle SBS Group Leader) was answering a post to the Triangle SBS Group list, and I grabbed a copy of the post, to share here with y’all. I think some others may have posted this a few years ago (Susan comes to mind) but sometimes we just need a reminder to look at the inexpensive solutions from time to time, this one is Free, this is as inexpensive as you can get :>)
Question: At the last meeting you mentioned the Server reports could be used to
monitor attached workstations.
What was the tool/add-on/thingy that needs to be installed or configured
to do so? I cannot seem to Google it.
Answer: I was talking about using the built-in Health Monitoring. We use it in places to monitor additional servers in the domain – not workstations. But that would work also.
To do it, run setup.exe from \HEALTHMON21\I386 on the SBS 2003 Disk #3 on the computer you wish to monitor. Select to install the agent (not the console). Then, open Health Monitor on the SBS server and right-click the domain to add additional computers. You can now setup additional alerts as you want them.
Michael
RTP Computer Services, Inc.
105 West NC Highway 54
Suite 265
Durham, NC 27713
Phone: 919.806.8845
Fax: 800.853.3365
Email: michael@rtpcomputer.com
Web: http://www.rtpcomputer.com/