SysOrb Tutorials

Here you will find video tutorials to help you get started using SysOrb Server and network monitoring system.

This tutorial shows you how fast and easy it is to install the SysOrb server and a SysOrb agent.
The SysOrb server is up and running in less than 5 min.

The SysOrb Server contains the main user/administrator console, database, web server for use with the Web User Interface, and the ability to perform passive (NetChecks) and SNMP-based (snmpChecks) monitoring of networked servers and devices (such as routers, switches, printers etc.). It is also the SysOrb Server that sends alerts to system administrators via SMS, e-mail or pager, when the monitored systems reach critical or alarming conditions.

The SysOrb Agent is very light software tool that needs to be installed locally on the virtual/physical servers that need to be monitored actively. It collects data from its host on parameters like CPU usage, free disk space, free memory, process presence and much more.

This tutorial shows you how fast and easy it to start using the SysOrb agent for deep monitoring of a windows server. The tutorial also introduce how the nodeclass feature in SysOrb works. By configuring SysOrb nodeclasses you can make a policy that can be applied to multiple devices. You only have to configure a policy one time. In this tutorial we show you how to configure a simple policy template for a windows server.

This tutorial will show you how to start basic monitoring a switch via snmp. It will show you how fast it is to start monitoring incoming traffic and outgoing traffic on all port. The tutorial also introduce how to ad a multicheck graph.MultiCheck graphs can be used to present results from multiple checks in a single graph and can provide insights into how different checks interact or simply provide a more detailed view of the current status on a monitored device or system.

Actions can help ease remote administration, as they can be defined to carry out common tasks on machines. An AgentAction could as an example restart a webserver, or reboot the target machine.

If the built-in checks of the SysOrb Agent does not suffice for you particular setup, you may write extension scripts that can perform the check.This tutorial gives an example of how to activate a custom check.You can write these scripts in any language you desire. The only requirement is that the script must deliver the result of the check to the SysOrb Agent. See collection of useful scripts here