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    How to monitor failed login attempts in Linux

    One of the things administrators often do is check multiple failed login attempts in Linux. Monitoring them allows you to assess whether illegal or unwanted attempts to our network have occurred. In this article, we will show you how to track it automatically using NetCrunch.

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    How to add Monitoring Sensor to multiple nodes using Monitoring Template

    For larger infrastructures, applying sensors one by one can be tedious. Nevertheless, NetCrunch provides tools for more convenient management for both small and large numbers of nodes. Below you will find a simple example of adding Pending Reboot sensor to a large number of nodes.

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  • Article Integrations

    How to send tickets to Service Desk Plus

    Service Desk Plus is a platform that can help you track the resolution of various cases that affect your business. This article will show you how NetCrunch integrates with Service Desk Plus.

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    Monitoring Windows tasks

    Monitoring Windows tasks can be a challenge as there is no easy way of retrieving information about them. Starting from version 10.9 NetCrunch introduced dedicated sensor and system view to view and monitor Windows tasks

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    Integrating MessageBird with NetCrunch

    MessageBird is a cloud communications platform that allows sending SMS notifications among other things. This article will help you configure NetCrunch to send SMS/text message notification through MessageBird.

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    Enabling SNMP on a Windows machine

    Despite the fact, that Microsoft depreciated SNMP for the Windows Server 2012 onwards, it is sometimes necessary to enable SNMP in this system. Below you will find a simple walkthrough how to do it.

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    Windows VPN Monitoring

    Remote work is growing and sometimes indispensable. There is a number of different VPN services that can be used to provide secure access to company networks for remote workers or those traveling away from the office. This article will describe how to set up VPN Monitoring in NetCrunch on the example of Windows VPN

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    Actions automatically performed by NetCrunch when scanning your network

    Instead of manually adding devices to be monitored, NetCrunch scans the network, identifies devices, and automatically configures their monitoring. See what is configured and what is monitored out-of-the-box when you first install NetCrunch.

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    Monitoring Backup files

    Backups are a vital part of any network infrastructure- they can contain personal data files, configurations or any important data. NetCrunch can help you track if backups are successfully created and if files are present in the designated directory

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    Monitoring of Windows Shared Cluster

    Monitoring Windows Shared Clusters can be achieved in many different ways. This article demonstrates the power of NetCrunch scripts combined with data parsers to show you how easy and fast it is to setup NetCrunch to collect data about free and used space on clusters

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  • News

    NetCrunch named a worthy choice!

    Check NetCrunch review published by ITPro magazine

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    Network Topology Mapping

    Network Topology map tells you what's on your network, where it is and how it is connected. Created automatically, it can be searched, filtered and is automatically updated. Learn more about real-time maps and dynamic views that NetCrunch provides and their most common usage scenarios

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    How To Monitor Any Device With SNMP

    Here's an SNMP primer for any junior person on your IT team - they may actually be younger than the protocol itself. After all these years, for most devices that you need to monitor, starting with SNMP before you try anything else is a safe bet.

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    Advanced SQL query monitoring

    Monitoring the size of individual databases in the SQL server isn't that straightforward. This article explains how to get the proper information from the system tables and transform it into counters that are collected automatically.

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  • News

    NetCrunch rated at 4.7/5 at TechGenix!

    Learn about considerations when choosing a monitoring system, installation's step by step and extensive feature description - check what the reviewer found best in NetCrunch

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    Advanced SSL Certificate monitoring

    Nowadays secure connections are common, sites/servers without certificates are flagged as 'unsafe' and people tend to avoid such places on the web. This article will demonstrate how you can easily monitor not only if certificates are about to expire or expired but several other properties included in it.

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    Extending monitoring capabilities with templates

    There are situations where nodes should be monitored in nearly the same way (with slight differences like credentials or slightly different alerting configuration). This article will show you how to create new templates based on other templates

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  • News

    NetCrunch review at AddicitveTips

    Learn what sets NetCrunch apart from the rest of the crowd and what the reviewer liked best about its installation experience and the program's capabilities.

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    The risks of not updating software

    Failing to update your software may expose your network to at least 5 types of risks. Are you ready to face them?

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  • News

    The best network monitoring tools for 2019.

    NetCrunch has been listed among top 25 network monitoring tools for 2019 tools by comparitech.com