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Software and Hardware Inventory

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:

• Name and GUID of software installed
• Installation directory (if available)
• Software publisher (if available)
• Version (if available)

Hardware Inventory

When using a database you can collect the following hardware information from monitored servers and workstations and view them through the web reports:

• CPU Type, CPU Speed, CPU Count
• Installed Physical Memory, including a graphical view of occupied and available memory banks
• Operating System and installed service pack
• Computer manufacturer and computer model (if available)
• BIOS Version, Serial Number (e.g. Service Tag)
• Graphics Adapter, video resolution and color depth
• Installed Network Adapters, including MAC address
• Installed Disk & RAID Controllers
• Number of installed floppy, CD, DVD and removable disks
• Total and available disk space
• Registered owner, registered company

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).

Autorun (Registry) Monitoring

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.

Software Monitoring with the web reports

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:

• All installed software (includes Microsoft updates/patches)
• Installed applications can be filtered by publisher, computer group or software name
• Software installation/uninstallation history
• System information (CPU, memory, OS, BIOS version, serial number, etc.)

See Web Reporting for more information.

* Manufacturer and model information only available through EventSentry if present on computer