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EventSentry can monitor all (registered) installed software on a server and/or workstation and generate an alert when an application is installed or uninstalled. Software alerts are mostly geared towards server monitoring but can also be very useful on important workstations. The following information is available in software alerts:
Uptime Monitoring logs the current uptime of a monitored host to the database in a specified time interval. This feature primarily reports the current uptime, but also keeps a history of all recorded uptimes across multiple reboots, which can help isolate problematic servers that are rebooted often. Uptime Monitoring also records the longest uptime ever recorded on any given host.
When using a database you can collect the following hardware information from monitored servers and workstations and view them through the web reports:
If a computer supports WakeOnLAN, then you can use the hardware inventory page to remotely power on the target computer (if located in the same broadcast domain).
In addition to monitoring the installed software, you can also be notified when executables register themselves in an Autorun registry location. These registry locations are very critical since they allow an application to be automatically launched when an administrator logs on. EventSentry currently monitors 11 different registry keys and values, including HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run for example.
Autorun monitoring also monitors the <Documents and Settings>\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup directory to detect applications which add themselves to the Startup start menu folder.
You can easily configure EventSentry to record all installed software, including installation/uninstallation, in the EventSentry database. This provides you with a basic and extremely easy-to-use software inventory of all monitored machines. EventSentry also writes basic hardware information (CPU, memory, OS, service pack, manufacturer, model)* to the EventSentry database. The following information is available through the web reports:
The Hardware Inventory lets you query hardware and operating system properties from all your monitored hosts. EventSentry can collect a wealth of information from your hosts (see SW / HW Inventory) and you can generate reports based on hardware properties such as:
