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Sentry-go®
3Ds (UK) Limited
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The Sentry-go Quick File & Print Monitor allows you to quickly & easily monitor
your Windows File & Print server, including local printers & print queues,
changes made to both local and remote files, the contents of those files,
directory changes & structure modifications, entries written to local Event
Logs.
If problems are detected, it can either take automatic action, or alert you
before end-users are affected. Using it's in-built web-based reporting, you also
have immediate access to monitored information direct from your web browser.

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Monitoring Features |
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Monitor key services
You can monitor key Windows & Print Spooler services running on the local server
out of the box. In addition, custom services can also be added, monitored &
automatically restarted.
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Check the status of local printers
Print monitoring allows you to check for & be alerted to errors on local
printers such as paper jams, out of paper errors, attention required etc.
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Check the status of local print queues
Printer queue monitoring & print monitoring allows you to check for & be alerted
to problems associated with a local print queue - e.g. excessively high queue
length, print job size (higher than expected no. pages or job size) etc.
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Changes made to files & directories
By monitoring files & monitoring directories, you can be alerted to changes in
files, directory structure or the underlying file system. For example, files
added, deleted, when files have been updated or not updated, directory/file
count, directory/file sizes etc.
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Monitor Server & Print Spooler performance
Out of the box you can monitor the threshold of important Windows & Print
Spooler performance counters such as CPU usage, queue lengths, print job errors
etc.
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Monitor errors written to the Windows Event Log
Sentry-go allows you to monitor messages written to the Windows Event Logs based
on error type, event ID, source or keywords & phrases within the text.
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Monitor messages written to custom log files
In addition to Event Logs, log file monitoring can easily be performed using
Sentry-go. Using this, you can also monitor the entries written to text-based
log files such as those used for custom applications, based on keywords or
phrases within the text.
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Ensure sufficient disk space is available
To print, the print spooler needs adequate free disk space. Sentry-go can check
this for you, clearing down temporary files automatically if free space becomes
limited.
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Respond Automatically or
Alert |
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Quick Monitors allow you to respond in a number of ways, in the event a fault is
detected ...
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Respond automatically by running a command, application, batch file or script
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Automatically restart a failed Windows Service or reboot the server
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Alert you via network messaging, standard or custom e-mails
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Different alerting methods based on day of week and time of day
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Alert you via the Quick Monitor Console
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Alert you via your SMS pager gateway provider Interface with external systems
via SMTP, HTTP, or scripting
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Log details to a SysLog Server, database or text file
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Web-based Reporting
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The built-in web server provides access to the following information direct from
your desktop browser ...
- Standard reports - for recent alerts, current status & performance history
- Real-time Printer & Print Queue Summary
- Real-time Printer & Queue Status
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Example Screenshots |

Configuring Printer Monitoring

Monitoring the performance of your file & print server
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