Softinventive Lab Network Olympus Monitoring

Softinventive Lab was founded in 2006 by a group of young enthusiasts seeking ways to apply their skills and knowledge, find their place in the sun, and express themselves. Time flew by, turning mere desires into passion.

Ideal software for a perfect world is not what we do. Our goal is to help real people solve practical problems. Network technologies are an endless scope of interesting and rewarding challenges. Our customers bring them before us, and then developing the most elegant solutions is what we do for a living.

Our small team is bound not by business ethics, but rather by the zeitgeist in all its thrills: the miraculous world of computing, information, and the Internet. And we create great software, since that's what we draw our inspiration from.

Network Monitoring
Network Olympus takes care of the system uptime, spots potential issues, and alerts you about them. It eliminates the issues in a timely matter and provides logs on the failure in the form of a detailed report.

Server Monitoring
Using the WMI protocol, Network Olympus provides numerous possibilities for monitoring a full range of server network figures, from network performance and availability to traffic flow. Everything is recorded in real time and constantly analyzed.

Network Mapping
Network mapping is a way to graphically represent all the elements of your monitoring project, as well as the connections between them. It automatically displays the status of any sensor allowing you to monitor devices from a comprehensive map.

Network Olympus relies on sensors, the monitoring indicators that establish connections with the devices and receive the necessary data. It collects and analyzes a broad variety of facts about your network via its protocols. Our software uses sensors to get information about services, event logs, files, etc on a remote device. Any other similar data gets easily extracted as well. Network Olympus offers over 20 sensors in 3 categories: WinBase, NetBase, and FileSystem.

WinBase Sensors

You can easily monitor your Windows OS to discover potential threats and eliminate them before any damage is done. Here are the WinBase sensors for smooth OS runtime:

CPU Load Sensor

• Get detailed information about the processor load and make sure it isn’t running at a critical level.

Memory Usage Sensors

• These are highly flexible and easy to configure. Set the needed parameters and monitor the amount of physical or virtual memory consumed.

User & Process Count Sensors

• These sensors are capable of tracking and keeping under control the number of processes running and users logged in on any remote computer.

NetBase Sensors

Various resources both inside and outside of the local network often need monitoring. NetBase sensors allow monitoring of a wide range of ports, as well as of the accessibility of website content. Here’s the protocol coverage of the NetBase sensors: TCP, ICMP, FTP, HTTP, POP3, SMTP, Telnet, IMAP, and many others.

FileSystem Sensors

Network Olympus provides full access to file system monitoring. You’ll have not only your OS under control, but each and every one of your files. Parameters that you can check and compare: File size, File existence, File CRC32, File count, File compare, Disk space, File content, and so on.

Actions & Notifications

Network Olympus executes a set of predefined actions in case of an abnormality. Our software makes sure to notify you about the issue quickly and perform the first aid to neutralize the consequences. Depending on your settings, it will run a script, reboot the remote computer, restart the service, launch the specified application, or log all the event data to study the problem in the future. If you set an emergency action, Network Olympus will act depending on the sensor reaction and operation results.

Efficient Functionality Combinations

Using the Scenario Builder functionality, you can configure a set of actions to be executed in case of an abnormality. Creating complex combinations of sensors actions and notifications with just a few clicks is possible thanks to the powerful and convenient Scenario Builder interface. All network activity is tracked in the Activity log and special reports, so you won’t miss any point of the action history.

Notifications

When combined with actions, notifications significantly boost the monitoring efficiency. They provide an informative value, reporting to network system administrators about every deviation in monitored parameters. Network Olympus gives you access to numerous types of notifications so that you can completely customize your monitoring experience.

Actions & Notifications: Automation

Network Olympus offers a broad variety of automated actions and alerts that you can use to minimize your network downtime. The user-friendly interface allows you to set the following actions:

Alerts: Message box, Popup window, Play sound, Write to file, E-mail notification, Jabber, etc.

As far as the actions are concerned, here are just a few that Network Olympus performs: Launch application, Run script, Reload service, Reboot computer...

All of the performed actions and changes to the observed parameters are logged continuously, forming a clear picture of the network status over time.

Monitoring Scenarios

Scenario Builder, a readymade solution for network workflow automation. It's a powerful tool for creating and managing monitoring scenarios.

Integrated Approach to Monitoring Workflow Management

Scenario Builder offers comprehensive functionality for network management automation. It allows to schedule monitoring processes and provides immense possibilities for network emergency issue responses and problem diagnosis.

Branching Scenarios

Scenario Builder can create complex multi-branch scenarios for a consistent monitoring experience. Each branch is easily managed by adding notifications, sensors, and actions.

The intuitive interface makes it convenient to create complicated scripts. Scenario Builder allows you to link your monitoring scenarios to a device or a group of devices.

Monitoring Schemes

The Scenario Builder functionality is truly flexible. You can manage all the sensors you've added and all the actions and notifications you've connected to them. Adjustable components are the essential part of optimizing your monitoring processes. Just choose whatever you find suitable and opt out of everything unnecessary.

Robust System

The reliable and secure monitoring engine detects malfunctions and prevents their disastrous consequences. Sensor elements form a logic chain that generates system responses. This technology makes sure you'll be notified about your device state in a timely manner. The software logs the whole monitoring process and makes it convenient to track issues and identify their nature, as Network Olympus continually records all alerts it receives from sensors.

How Can I Implement This Functionality?

There are many ways to use Scenario Builder to create IT-workflow scenarios to automate your monitoring processes:

Server Availability Check

• The software consistently checks the server and website stability. If these tests return an error, the notifying feature sends an immediate alert to you as the server restarts.

Registry Key Value Check

• The script verifies the key on a remote device and restores it in case of deviation.

Online Status Check

• The system monitors the status of every device in the group and logs data from sensors. When any device goes offline, the system administrator receives a notification. It's easy to understand how and why it happened, as the monitoring logs reflect every single checking iteration.

Activity Log

Network Olympus keeps a log of all the vital sensor information by tracking all enabled monitors. You can access any piece of this data via the Activity Log widget to analyze processes and find what causes your performance issues. You can include the retrieved data in monitoring reports as well.

Log Display Modes

There are two ways to observe the monitoring results: Live, or in the History mode.

While the “Live” interface shows events in the current session only, the History segment stores all the monitoring data from the past. This displaying division makes data moderation much more efficient.

Filters

Convenient search filters enable fast and accurate detail gathering. Whether you need to filter events by the success parameter to discover all failed actions, or you want to sort sensors by their type to gather the scanned information, or even check the specific device efficiency – all these tasks are made possible with the powerful filtration functionality. Don’t forget to combine filters for maximum work productivity.

One Mapping Software – Universal Abilities

Network mapping software interacts with your network tree visualizing the whole system of linked devices. Network Olympus mapping software is a fully integrated solution for displaying network nodes and efficient interactive device management.

Network Visualization

The network topology is a vital aspect for system administrators. That’s why the Network Olympus mapping editor is divided into two sections:

Network tree

• The Network scanner module scans the network for a connected device and automatically adds it to the tree. This functionality delivers the main monitoring opportunities, such as hierarchy display and the implementation of structure groups.

Network map

• The main section provides the environment both for map editing and visual representation. It allows you to create several independent maps and monitor every single device sensor via color indicators..

These modules enhance your network nodes interaction experience by providing the comprehensive range of visual elements, diagrams, and other helpful graphical system extensions.

Network Scanning

Network scanner is a module specialized in the initial data gathering. It goes through all devices in the network and collects valuable data. Each discovered device will be automatically added to your database for further operation..

No-Brainer Workflows

An intuitive software interface helps Network Olympus to deliver a comprehensive understanding of the networking environment. User-friendly network maps and trees are powerful tools for setting and achieving the goals of network automation and visualization.

Diverse Mapping Possibilities

The networking environment is complex by its nature, and you can’t simplify it. However, Network Olympus creates a convenient infrastructure for network managers to moderate and maintain devices with minimal effort. You can split complicated network maps for several floors into small independent ones so your employees won’t have to go through all devices to reach the ones they are responsible for. Our network mapping applications and widgets make intricate processes simple and clear!!

Try out our readymade solution for network monitoring today, and start enjoying your work more than ever before!  

Licensing

Let's take a look at the new licensing model. Currently there are three types of licenses in Network Olympus:

1. Trial mode. It provides full functionality, and the amount of devices that you can scan and sensors that you can create is unlimited. This mode is activated automatically after the installation. The program will work this way for 60 days. Should be enough for testing, but you can always request the extension of the trial period.
2. Free license. When the trial period is over, the program will switch to Free license. Just 50 devices and 100 sensors are allowed for this type of license. In addition, sensors cannot be assigned to groups. Nevertheless, this license has no time limitations. You can use it anywhere, anytime!
3. Commercial license. In the commercial license, the number of devices that you can manage varies from 100 to Unlimited. Your license can be upgraded to a higher number of devices at any time. When you make a purchase, you can also choose 1, 2 or 3 years of receiving updates. All licenses are time-unlimited.