Network Administration

WebWatchBot is a monitoring and analysis software for web sites and IP devices including Ping, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, FTP, Port, and DNS checks. It provides in-depth monitoring and alerting functionality as well as tools to analyze and visualize historical data with real-time charting and graphs. Additional features include an option to run as a Windows Service, customizable 3D charts with print support, SQL database storage, and more.

Network Asset Tracker enables administrators to view complete system information (including hardware and service packs), installed software and running processes on remote network machines. You can the create a custom report for the selected items and export it to HTML, XML, MS Excel or RTF formats as well as MS SQL Server. Network Asset Tracker is read-only and does not require any remote client installation, provide that you have administrative access to the remote machine(s).

Network Inventory Expert enables you to create an inventory of your network without the need to install any software on the remote machines. You can gather information about operating system, system details (processor, memory usage, motherboard, bios, network details etc.), service packs, hotfixes, hardware, installed software and running processes on the remote PCs and optionally create reports based on the findings. (Price includes license for 10 machines)

Global Network Inventory is a software and hardware inventory system that can be used as an audit scanner in an agent-free and zero deployment environments. It can audit remote workstations and network appliances, including network printers, hubs and other devices. The program requires only administrative access rights if used for on-demand auditing, and it can also be deployed as an agent to perform regular audits initiated through the domain login script. You can scan computers by IP range or domain or based on a host file and fully customize the items to be audited. The available auditing options include various system information groups, installed software, services, user lists, shares, startup programs and much more. Global Network Inventory can export the scan results to HTML, XML, Microsoft Excel, or text formats, and also send reports via email. The price includes a license for up to 25 IP addresses, extra licenses to cover additional addresses can be purchased at any time if required.

Advanced Host Monitor is a system management tool that can monitor hundreds or thousands of servers or network devices using 60 different test methods, including ping, retrieve an URL, check the available disk space, check integrity of your files and web site, test your SQL server, and more. If a device does not respond, it can take a pre-defined action that includes sound warning, email notification, pager or mobile phone notification, execute external programs, remote shutdown/reboot and more. In addition program can also generate a log file that can be configured to suit your needs. Additional features include Log Analyzer to illustrate information for each tested host and collect statistical information, as well as a HML Manager, Web Service, Telnet Service, Remote Monitoring Agents (for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris) and other utilities. Advanced Host Monitor is also available as Lite($99), Standard ($175) or Professional ($350) edition.

Product Key Explorer enables network administrators to scan network computers and retrieve the product keys for a variety of Microsoft Windows, SQL Server, Office and more than 500 other other software products. You can copy or print the license keys for backup purposes, recover forgotten CD keys and track the number of software licenses installed on your network.

Network Event Viewer enables system administrators to manage, view, sort and search multiple Windows event log files simultaneously. The program will automatically enumerate available networks and allow you to select the machines that you want to download the event logs from (admin access required). You can also perform the download automatically, so that you always have copies of the latest events available. The logs can be viewed individually or in a merged report view, and also stored in an external database, such as SQL Server or MySQL. Additional features include email/SMS notifications, event filtering, search, forwarding to syslog and more.

IDEAL Remote lets you take remote control of your Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista workstations on the network. You can choose between TightVNC or Remote Desktop (Terminal Services) to operate the remote PC as if sitting in front of it. Furthermore, IDEAL Remote enables you to access various system properties of the remote machine(s), including events, printers, processes, sessions, open files and WMI properties.

LogMeister is a universal log reader with customizable monitoring and notification features. It allows you to monitor text logs, Windows EventLogs (local and remote), Windows Firewall logs, as well as RSS Feeds and web site changes. You can apply multiple filters to limit logging to specific entries, set alerts to be notified by popup or email message and more. The interface maintains all tracked logs in an easy-to read display, and further allows you to export selected logs to formatted HTML reports, CSV or XML. The program can harvests log data from computers across your network without the need for additional installations (access privileges required). LogMeister is very flexible and can be used for many purposes, including monitoring of web server log files for specific entries, keyword alerts for monitored RSS feeds, error management across networks, aggregating of monitored log entries and more.

LanHelper is a network information scanner, that includes Wake-On-LAN and remote commands to control network machines. It can automatically enumerate your network and gather information including Shares, MAC address, online status, operating system and more. You are provided with options to access the machines , send network messages, reboot the machine, map network drives, exportto XML and more. The remote command execution can also be scheduled, which allows you to perform various administrative tasks automatically. It includes several pre-configured system commands, and you can also use normal command line execution. LanHelper does not require any client installations, however the $Admin share needs to be present and you must have proper access privileges to use the remote execution features.

SmartCode VNC Manager (Enterprise Edition) is a remote administration and monitoring software that enables you manage all your remote environments from a single interface. It supports VNC (RealVNC, UltraVNC and TightVNC), Windows Terminal Server and Microsoft Virtual Server, and provides an integrated viewer to quickly switch between multiple open sessions. A built-in scanner can automatically scan your network for available VNC/RDP servers and add them to a list for quick access. The program also includes a VNC deployment wizard that enables you to deploy various versions of VNC to selected machines. Other features include thumbnail to monitor multiple machines at once, remote administration tools (Remote Task Manager, Remote Reboot, Wake-on-LAN and others), Active Directory integration and more.

LANState is a visual network manager that allows you to create an interactive map of your network and monitor the status of all connected devices in real-time. LANState monitors shared resources, traffic, and notifies you on miscellaneous events. In addition, you can send messages, shut down remote computers, review system information, and run network tools including ping and traceroute. Other features include a network traffic monitor, and export to BMP or XML scheme.

Ideal Administration offers centralized administration for Windows NT/2000/2003 domains. It simplifies the administration of Windows NT/2000/2003 networks by integrating all functionalities needed to manage user accounts, servers and domains. The product allows remote control of your Windows NT/2000/XP/9x systems, including user password migration between NT/2000 domains, TSE & Exchange (5.5 & 2000) management, Active Directory management (OU, Windows 2000 groups, Windows 2000 user properties)and management of trusted relationships. It also allows to create or modify NT services/devices on several computers at once as well as transfer between servers, computers, groups, users, shares and printers. Additional features include database recording of user properties, groups and shared folders, daily recording of sessions and opened files, command line operation and more. Ideal Administration looks very similar to the Windows 2000 "Manage Computer" MSC and provides access to almost all administrative functions for the entire domain from a single, easy to use interface.

EMCO Remote Deployment Kit is a network deployment tool, that enables administrators to install or uninstall applications silently and remotely. The program comes with ready-to-use deployment kits for several popular applications (Winzip, Adobe Reader, Flash Player etc.), and you can create your own kits from locally installed software. Deployment is easily done by simply dragging the target machines into the queue. Additional features include remote registry merge, shutdown/reboot and more.

QueryShark is a tool for network administrators to collect system information from your Windows network machines. The program uses WMI access and does not require the installation of any agents (proper configuration and access rights required). You can choose from a variety of query templates that enable you to retrieve different types of system data in real-time, including hardware info, performance data, disk information and many other details. You can create, modify, save and export query information and create custom queries to quickly retrieve the information you are interested in.

EMCO Network Inventory is a tool to perform fast and comprehensive PC hardware inventory and software audits. It offers different methods to scan your entire network for all available machines and domains and can retrieve detailed information on each machine for both hardware and software components. Machines that have been scanned and cataloged can be marked for Auto-Update and new machines on the network can be detected automatically. The scan results can be exported to several formats, including Excel, Access, Html,Pdf, Jpg and others. Additional features include the option to create custom scan criteria, scanning for password protected screensaver and auto-logon usage, scanning for certain file extensions, registry values and much more. EMCO Network Inventory fully supports remote auditing, but also includes a NT/Win9x logon script stub to audit machines, if that method is preferred.

NetShareWatcher monitor network shares and folder permissions and alerts you every time a user changes the ACL of a share to a group that violates your access policy (e.g changing ACL to `Everyone`). If a change is detected that matches your rules, it can automatically disable the share, send an email or network message message or alert you from the system tray.

IDEAL Secure 2008 enables network administrators to apply predefined actions to multiple computers on the network. The program includes dozens of actions sorted into categories (Windows, hardware, network, software) that allow you to enforce desktop settings, restrict control panel access, change Internet Explorer settings and many other system details, without the need to install any remote agents on the workstations. Administrators can easily enable or disable a complete set of actions on a selection of computers in a single step.

Ideal Migration provides reliable migration to from NT to Windows 2000 (and vice versa) and manages your Windows 2000 domain consolidation. After an initial configuration, it automates most of the process and manages the transfer of all required objects including user account passwords, Terminal Server properties, file and directory permissions, printers etc. It supports selective migration, so you can choose which shares and user accounts should be migrated. Ideal Migration is capable of re-organizing an entire IT system. It runs under MMC 1.1 or higher.

DeviceLock Plug and Play Auditor enables network administrators to view all USB, Firewire and and PCMCIA devices that are connected on the network. It display the result in a tree-style or list view along with details for each device, including the type, class, device ID and more. The list can be saved or exported as text or comma delimited file. You can select computers for auditing from the Network Neighborhood, an LDAP tree or load a list of IP addresses. DeviceLock Plug and Play Auditor requires administrative access, as well as remote registry service, server service and File sharing enables on the remote machines.

System Monitoring Protocol allows you to track hardware and software installed on computers on the network (that have the supplied client application installed). You can examine installed hardware devices and software programs, track hardware modifications and more. In addition, the program provides a way to exchange messages, view the remote desktop, run applications and transfer files. You can create reports of installed hardware and software as well as statistical data across all machines. System Monitoring Protocol provides internal viewers for remote software and configurations, however reports and statistics can only be exported to CSV, tab delimited or HTML file. The price is based on 10 licenses. The product is priced at $19 per client machine.

OidView Pro MIB Browser is a software for SNMP Agent analysis and administration that supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3. It comes with a variety of tools, including MIB Browser, MIB Compiler, SNMP Trap Receiver, OID Poller/Graph Utility, SNMP PDU Trace, Interface (IGRID) tool, Entity-MIB Mapper, and a CISCO CLASS-BASED-QOS-MIB (Quality of Service) Browser. The program can automatically download and import pre-compiled MIBs from an extensive online liobrary based on the agent recognition code.

Cirrus Configuration Manager is a network configuration and change management solution that automates device configuration management across multi-vendor network infrastructures. It supports automated network configuration changes and control of device configurations from a central console. Cirrus can also detect and alert on network configuration problems in real time, and roll back configuration changes on demand.

Network Inventory Monitor is client based a network inventory tool, that allows administrators to gather information about the operating system, service packs, hotfixes, hardware, installed software and running processes on remote network machines. In addition, the program can also capture a snapshot of the remote desktop and create a report for all, or only selected workstations. The program requires a client application to be installed on the remote PCs. Overall basic features, limited to common system information gathering. Price based on a 10 machine license.

EMCO RunAs Professional enables network administrators to run applications with specified access levels on different nodes of a LAN. The program automatically enumerates the network and lets you select the machines that to process, the program(s) to run along with the access level to execute those applications on the remote machines. In addition, EMCO RunAs Professional has the ability to scan available machines on a network and collect hardware and software information including detailed information about processors, network adapters, processors and memory banks.

EMCO Remote ShortCut Manager allows administrators to create and deploy shortcuts to remote machines on the network. You can select from many different standard locations to paste the shortcut, for example Desktop, StartMenu, Favorites etc. The remote shortcuts can be created via registry entry or by copying a shortcut file to the specified location. You can also copy an entire directory of shortcuts, using the Directory Copy option. Remote ShortCut Manager can automatically enumerate all machine on the network and allows you to process selected ones by simply dragging them into the queue.

Emco Remote ShutDown Professional is a networking tool that allows you to shut down, log-off, reboot or power-off all or selected machines on a network. It offers one-click enumeration of machines with and also supports manual addition by name or via IP-Range. To shut down computers, you can simply drag the selected machines to the Machine Queue. You can also retrieve system information from the remote machines and filter the machines to be shutdown based on that information. The Shutdown Jobs can be saved and scheduled to be repeated on an hourly, weekly or monthly schedule. Additional features include optional install of a service and shutdown message.

RemoteAudit collects information about installed software from an NT Network to a database. It includes an UPDATE function with date selection as well as a FETCH NEW function that detects all computers added to the Network. RemoteAudit runs from a workstation without any clients or services installed on the remote computers. It is a read-only operation nothing is written until the collected data is exported. Using the " Custom Scan Database" feature, you can add file names or a registry location of programs that you want to add to the list of installed software ( in addition to what you see listed in Add/Remove applet). The File version scan allows you to use system variables in the path. Information collected from the remote machines includes Domain/Workgroup,Computer Name,Computer Description, Operating System (Version, Build, Service pack, Prod. ID), Last Logged on User, IP Address, Type of computer (Desktop, Laptop, Server), Total Physical Memory, Processor (Speed, Type), Scan Date and depending on (WMI) Hardware serial number, Monitor type and Vendor.

Remote Registry Merge allows you to Import/Merge any registry file (.reg) to remote computers on a NT Networks under administrator privilege. The program can automatically enumerate all computers on the LAN and you can simply drag the ones to process into the action queue. You can also scan remote computers for detail informations, such as Installed Application, Service Packs, manage multiple registry files, filter by machine criteria and more.

EMCO Network Malware Cleaner can scan your entire network for the presence of of various worms, Trojans and Adware installations, as well as scanning for any Peer to Peer software installed in your network. It can also verify whether the machine has anti-virus protection installed locally. If any malware is found, the program can silently clean and remove the infection. The current version supports about 4000+ threats, however does not provide any information that explains why it considers detected items to be malware or spyware. Scanning of machines requires administrative access, and may also require additional configuration changes if XP SP2 is installed on the remote machine(s).