Monitoring

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.

When employees are working from home, how do you know they are actually working? Some bosses have turned to monitoring software to keep track of productivity.

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.

Need to make sure your Windows Schedule Tasks are completed successfully? Follow this guide to monitor them 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.

In this post, we’ll discuss how WhatsUp Gold (WUG) can help you monitor VoIP performance, and demonstrate how to set up performance monitoring for VoIP devices.

Everyone is working from home... and they're all using the VPN. Here are three ways you can help reduce the load on your VPN and ensure uptime.

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

In this article, I’ll give you a general overview of AWS CloudWatch, show you how to build an informational dashboard, and then show you how to set up AWS CloudWatch performance monitors in WhatsUp Gold.

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 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) sure does pack a punch for something with “Simple” in its name.

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