Alert monitoring software

anyone know of some software that can monitor servers for things like low disk space? Then if the disk spaces reaches a set level an email would be automatically generated and sent to IT which alerts then that disk space is low??

 

I use the following script on my server to check folder sizes and send me an e-mail report

Code:

Option Explicit
' System to check size of folders
Function InMegs(ObjectSize)
	'Change a number into the Mb equivalent
	Dim strTemp		'temporary holder of output string
	strTemp = Cstr(Round(ObjectSize/(1024*1024),1)) & " Mb "
	inMegs = strTemp
End Function

Function SendByEmail(strBody, strSubject)
	'Send an e-mail with the content strBody and the subject strSubject
	Dim objNewMail
	Dim Flds
	Dim strRecipient 'The To: e-mail address
	Set objNewMail = CreateObject( "CDO.Message ")
	Set Flds = objNewMail.Fields
	
	strRecipient =  "postbox@domain.com "
		
	With Flds
	  .Item( "urn:schemas:mailheader:to ")     = strRecipient
	  .Item( "urn:schemas:mailheader:from ")   =  "postbox@domain.com "
	  .Item( "urn:schemas:mailheader:subject ")= strSubject
	  .Update
	End With

	With objNewMail
	  .TextBody = strBody
	  .Send
	End With
		
	Set Flds = Nothing
	Set objNewMail = Nothing
	
End function

Dim objFileSystem		'File System Object
Dim objParentFolder	'Parent folder object
Dim strParentFolderPath	'Path to parent folder
Dim strReport		'The sting to output as a report
Dim objFolder		'A folder object
Dim objSubFolder		'sub folder object
Dim objSubSubFolder	'A sub folder of a subfolder

' Create the File System Object
Set objFileSystem = CreateObject( "Scripting.FileSystemObject ")

Function CheckSubFolders(strParentFolderPath)
	Set objParentFolder = objFileSystem.GetFolder(strParentFolderPath)

	'Create initial report header
	strReport = strReport &  "The folder " & strParentFolderPath & " is this big: " & inMegs(objParentFolder.size) & vbCr
	strReport = strReport &  "and contains the following folders: " & vbCr

	'Step through each subfolder outputting name and size
	For each objFolder in objParentFolder.subfolders
		strReport = strReport & inMegs(objFolder.size) & vbTab & objFolder.name & vbCr
	Next
	strReport = strReport & vbCr & vbCr
	
	Set objParentFolder = Nothing

End function

'Main process

CheckSubFolders  "C:\ "


SendByEmail strReport,  "'Server folder details "

Set objFileSystem = Nothing

You'll need to change the e-mail address "postbox@domain.com" to valid addresses.

Scanning through all of your hard drive takes a while, so I use a more restrictive version the CheckSubFolders "C:\" to just give details of the company shared folders.

I store the e-mails and that gives me a record of how usage of the server is developing with time.

 

You can simply use the event monitoring from windows!
Open the Performance console and add the alerts you want!

 

WSUS problems

I have just download WSUS and am testing it to see if we will install it on our network and so far the answe is a big NO!

I cannot get my computer to be displayed in the group i have created. I have installed all the required software components e.g. BITS 2.0, .net and IIS. I have created a OU and put my user name in that OU and have configured a group policy to enable client side targeting, I have set the address for the WSUS server and configured all the other options in the goup policy that I want. (I know that the GP is working because i have disabled things like run and help from the start menu, so the GP is being applied ok)

The WSUS server is set to use the group policy settings, I have waited over an hour for the cookies to expire and have also forced a group policy update using the gpupdate /force command. The only thing i can see that might be causing this is the SQL server service on the task bar of the WSUS server is not running, and when i open it up there is nothing to select in the services section.

WSUS is running on windows 2003 standard with all the current updates installed.

can someone please help me on this as i would really like to use this program.

thanks.

 

Download this guide and follow the steps.

HERE