syspulsar server monitor
DESCRIPTION
SysPulsar is a server status monitoring solution allowing one to monitor CPU usage, memory usage, running processes, active users, disk space usage, disk activities, network activities, etc. The product provides history statistics and multiple types of charts showing the activity timeline, resource usage charts per process, resource usage charts per user, which disks and directories were the most changed, etc.TRANSCRIPT
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User Manual
Version 1.8
May 2013
Flexense Ltd.
www.flexense.com www.syspulsar.com
SysPulsar Server Status Monitor
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Product Overview
SysPulsar is a server status monitoring solution allowing one to monitor CPU usage, memory
usage, running processes, active users, disk space usage, disk activities, network activities,
etc. The product provides history statistics and multiple types of charts showing the activity
timeline, resource usage charts per process, resource usage charts per user, which disks and
directories were the most changed, etc.
SysPulsar Server is especially designed to run on production servers using a very small
amount of the system memory (6MB-8MB depending on the number and type of configured
system monitors) and CPU resources in order to minimize the performance impact on running
production applications.
SysPulsar Server runs as a service in the background and provides a web-based management
interface allowing one to control, configure and manage the product using a regular web
browser locally or through the network. The user is provided with an automated configuration
wizard allowing one to start monitoring a server in a single mouse click. In addition, advanced
users are provided with the ability to configure multiple types of system monitors, save PDF,
HTML, XML, text, Excel CSV reports, enable error logs and/or send E-Mail notifications when a
system monitor drops below or rises above a user-specified limit.
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Product Installation Procedure
SysPulsar Server is especially designed to be as simple as possible. The product does not
require any third-party software applications and may be installed and configured within a
couple of minutes. A fully functional 30-days trial version of SysPulsar Server may be
downloaded from the following page: http://www.syspulsar.com/downloads.html.
The installation package is very small, 4MB - 5MB depending on the target operating system,
and the product requires just 10MB of the free disk space on the target server. In order to
install SysPulsar Server, start the setup program, select a destination directory and press the
'Next' button.
Optionally, enter custom server control and/or web access ports. The server control port is
used by the SysPulsar command line utility to connect to the server and the web access port is
the port for the web-based management interface allowing one to control SysPulsar Server
using a standard web browser. If SysPulsar Server should be controlled remotely through the
network, make sure one or both of these ports are open in the server's firewall.
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Initial Product Configuration
SysPulsar Server provides a fully automatic configuration wizard allowing one configure the
product and start monitoring a server with a single mouse click. After finishing installing the
product, connect to the server using a standard Web browser, login into the web-based
management interface (default user name and password: admin/admin) and just press the
'Init Default Configuration' button.
SysPulsar will scan the server configuration and create a default set of system monitors
appropriate for the current server hardware configuration. In order to manually add one or
system monitors. press the 'Add Monitor' button located on the SysPulsar Server home page,
select an appropriate monitor type and press the 'Ok' button.
Some types of system monitors provide advanced options allowing one to configure how each
specific monitor is operating. In addition, SysPulsar allows one to send E-Mail notifications
and/or automatically generate reports when a system monitor raises above or drops below a
user-specified limit. In order to edit advanced configuration options for a system monitor, click
on the monitor's 'Edit' button located in the 'Tools' column. Once finished configuring system
monitors, press the 'Start All' button to start the monitoring process.
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Web-Based Management Interface
SysPulsar Server provides a complete web-based management interface, which allows one to
fully control, manage and configure one or more SysPulsar servers locally or though the
network using a standard Web browser. By default, the web-based interface uses the TCP/IP
port 80, which is the standard TCP/IP port web browsers are using to connect to a web server.
In order to connect to SysPulsar Server, open a regular web browser, enter the host name of
the server to connect to and login using the default user name and password: admin/admin.
The SysPulsar web-based management interface is a dynamic web application, which shows
the current status of the server and the progress of performed operations without reloading
the currently displayed web page. In order to operate properly, the web-based interface
requires JavaScript to be enabled in the web browser.
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System Monitors
SysPulsar Server provides a number of different types of system monitors allowing one to
monitor the CPU usage, memory usage, running processes, active users, disk space usage,
disk activity, network activity, etc. The simplest way to setup SysPulsar Server is to use the
product configuration wizard, which is capable of automatically configuring the product
according to the server configuration.
The SysPulsar server configuration wizard scans the current server configuration, adds the
most important system monitors and configures default error actions for the free memory
monitor, the memory usage monitor and the free disk space monitor.
In order to configure a system monitor, click the monitor's 'Edit Monitor' button located in the
'Tools' column, In order to manually add one or more system monitors, press the 'Add
Monitor' button located on the SysPulsar home page, select an appropriate monitor type and
press the 'Ok' button.
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Error Logs and E-Mail Notifications
SysPulsar provides the ability to save error reports, send E-Mail notifications and/or send error
messages to the system event log when one or more system monitors rise above or drop
below user-specified limits. In order to setup an action for a system monitor, click the 'Edit
Monitor' button located in the 'Tools' column, press the 'Add Action' button, select an
appropriate action type, select the history time period and the type of value to evaluate, select
an operator and press the 'Ok' button.
SysPulsar provides the following two types of system monitors: single-counter monitors and
multi-counter monitors. For single-counter monitors such as CPU usage, memory usage, disk
space usage, etc. actions are applied to the monitor value itself. For multi-counter monitors,
such as the process monitor and the disk change monitor, the user is provided with the ability
to select an optional counter type and an object name to apply the action to.
For example, the process monitor provides the ability to check the memory usage, the thread
count and/or the handle count of a running process and send E-Mail notifications when the
selected counter in the process reaches the user-specified limit. In addition, in order to enable
E-Mail notifications, open the 'Settings' page and specify an SMTP E-Mail server to use to sent
notifications.
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CPU Usage Monitor
The CPU usage monitor shows the CPU usage for all CPUs and/or CPU cores in the server. The
user is provided with the ability to show the CPU usage history chart for the last minute, last
hour, last 24 hours, last 30 days and the last 12 months. The average, minimum and
maximum CPU usage are shown for the currently selected history time period.
Sometimes, a high CPU usage during extended periods of time may indicate a problem and for
such cases SysPulsar provides the ability to send E-Mail notifications, save reports and/or send
errors to the system event log.
In order to configure an action for the CPU usage monitor, press the 'Edit Monitor' button
located in the 'Tools' column and press the 'Add Action' on the CPU usage monitor page. On
the 'Add Action' page select a time period, select an operator, enter a CPU usage value, select
an action type and press the 'Add' button. In some situations, it may be useful to configure
multiple types of actions with different time periods, For example, if the CPU usage is too high
during one minute set the monitor status to 'Warning' and if the CPU usage is too high for one
hour, send an E-Mail notification with an attached PDF report.
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Memory Usage Monitor
The memory usage monitor shows the amount of used system memory in percents. The user
is provided with the ability to show the memory usage history chart for the last minute, last
hour, last 24 hours, last 30 days and the last 12 months. The average, minimum and
maximum memory usage are shown for the currently selected history time period.
By default, the memory usage monitor shows a warning message when the average memory
usage for the last minute rises above 90%. In addition, the user is provided with the ability to
change the maximum allowed memory usage and/or set a different type of action to execute
or E-Mail notification to send when the memory usage rises above the user-specified limit.
In order to change the default action, click on the action link, enter the maximum allowed
memory usage limit, change the action type and press the 'Save' button. In addition, in order
to enable E-Mail notifications, the user needs to configure the destination e-mail address on
the 'Settings - Notifications' page and an SMTP E-Mail server to use to send notifications on
the 'Settings - E-Mail Server' page.
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Free Memory Monitor
The free memory monitor shows the amount of free system memory in Mega Bytes. The user
is provided with the ability to show the free system memory history chart for the last minute,
last hour, last 24 hours, last 30 days and the last 12 months. The average, minimum and
maximum memory usage are shown for the currently selected history time period.
By default, the free memory monitor shows a warning message when the average amount of
the free system memory for the last minute drops below 100MB. In addition, the user is
provided with the ability to change the minimum allowed amount of the free system memory
and/or set a different type of action to execute or E-Mail notification to send when the amount
of the free system memory drops below the user-specified limit.
In order to change the default action, click on the action link, enter the minimum allowed
amount of the free system memory usage limit, change the action type and press the 'Save'
button. In addition, in order to enable E-Mail notifications, the user needs to configure the
destination e-mail address on the 'Settings - Notifications' page and an SMTP E-Mail server to
use to send notifications on the 'Settings - E-Mail Server' page.
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Process Resource Monitor
SysPulsar provides an advanced process monitor allowing one to monitor the total number of
running processes, the memory usage per process, the number of threads per process and the
number of open file handles per process. The user is provided with the ability to configure
conditional actions and save reports and/or send E-Mail notifications when the total number of
processes reached a user-specified limit or a specific process uses too much system resources.
The process monitor displays statistics and the history chart showing the total number of
running processes for the currently selected history time period. Depending on the currently
selected counter type, the bottom side of the process monitor can show the memory usage
per process, the number of threads or the number of open file handles per process.
By default, the process monitor displays only the memory usage per process and in order to
enable monitoring of threads per process and file handles per process, the user needs to open
the process monitor configuration page and enable all the required counters.
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The process resource monitor provides the ability to save reports and/or send E-Mail
notifications when the total number of processes reaches a user-specified limit or a specific
process uses too much system resources. The process monitor allows one to define a number
of conditional actions, which may be applied to the total number of processes, a specific
process by specifying a process name or all processes by setting the process name to '*'.
In order to send notifications when a process uses too much system memory, open the
process monitor configuration page, press the 'Add Action' button, select a time period, enter
the amount of system memory in Mega Bytes to trigger the action, select the 'Memory Usage'
counter and enter the name of the process to monitor.
Another option is to send notifications when any of the currently running processes uses too
much system resources. For example, in order to send a notification when any process creates
too much threads, select the 'Thread Count' counter type and set the process name to '*',
which will indicate that SysPulsar should apply the action to all running system processes.
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The SysPulsar process resource monitor provides a flexible process filter allowing one to
exclude specific processes or monitor only user-specified processes. In order to exclude one or
more processes, open the process monitor configuration page, select the 'Exclude Selected'
process filter mode, press the 'Select' button and select processes to be excluded.
Sometimes, it may be required to monitor resource usage for a set of very specific processes.
In order to configure SysPulsar to monitor only user-selected processes, open the process
monitor configuration page, select the 'Include Selected' process filter mode, press the 'Select'
button and select one or more processes to be monitored.
If the process that should be monitored or excluded is not running and therefore cannot be
selected, the user can manually enter one or more process names in the process filter entry
while using the ';' character to separate multiple process names.
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User Resource Monitor
SysPulsar includes a user resource monitor allowing one to monitor the total number of active
users, memory usage per user, the number of processes per user, the number of threads per
user and the number of handles per user. The user resource monitor provides the ability to
send E-Mail notifications when a user uses too much system resources or the total number of
active users rises above a user-specified limit.
In order to enable the user resource monitor press the 'Add Monitor' button located on the
main status page, select the 'User Monitor' item and press the 'Add' button. By default, the
user monitor shows the total number of active users and the memory usage per user.
In addition, the user resource monitor allows one to monitor the number of processes per
user, the number of threads per user and the number of handles per user. In order to enable
or disable specific counters, open the user resource monitor configuration page.
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The user resource monitor generates multiple types of resource usage line charts and pie
charts in PDF reports. Summary PDF reports include a history line chart showing the total
number of active users over time and multiple pie charts showing the memory usage per user,
the number of processes per user, the number of threads per user and the number of handles
per user for all history time periods.
In addition, detailed PDF reports include history line charts showing the memory usage per
user, the number of processes per user, the number of threads per user and the number of
handles per user over time for all history time periods.
In order to save a detailed PDF report, press the 'Save Report' button located on the main
status page, select the 'Detailed Report' type, select the 'PDF Report' format and press the
'Save' button.
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SysPulsar allows one to send E-Mail notifications and/or save status reports when the total
number of active users rises above a user-specified limit. In order to configure E-Mail
notifications, open the user monitor configuration page, press the 'Add Action' button, select
the 'Maximum' value type, enter a value limit, select the 'User Count' counter type, select an
appropriate E-Mail notification action type and press the 'Save' button.
Another option is to send E-Mail notifications when a user uses too much system resources.
For example, in order to send E-Mail notifications when a user uses too much system memory,
add a new action, select the 'Average' value type, select the 'More Than' operator, enter a
value limit in MB, select the 'Memory Usage' counter and select an appropriate E-Mail
notification or status report action.
The 'Object Name' field may be set to a specific user name or a substring matching a number
of user names. In order to apply the action to all user names, the 'Object Name' should be set
to '*' or left empty.
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Sometimes, it may be required to exclude system user accounts from the monitoring process
and focus the monitoring operation on a very specific set of user accounts. The user resource
monitor provides the ability to configure a user name filter capable of excluding or including
specific user names.
In order to exclude specific user accounts from the monitoring process, open the user resource
monitor configuration page, press the 'Select' button, select one or more user accounts to be
excluded and press the 'Select' button.
In order to monitor user-selected accounts only, open the user resource monitor configuration
page, select the 'Include Selected' filter mode, press the 'Select' button, select user accounts
to be included in the monitoring process and press the 'Select' button.
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Disk Usage Monitor
The disk space usage monitor shows the amount of used disk space in percents. The user is
provided with the ability to show the disk space usage history chart for the last minute, last
hour, last 24 hours, last 30 days and the last 12 months. The average, minimum and
maximum disk space usage are shown for the currently selected history time period.
By default, the disk space usage monitor shows statistics for the system disk. In addition, the
user is provided with the ability to add one or more additional disks to be monitored by the
disk space usage monitor. In order to change the configuration of the disk space usage
monitor, click on the monitor's 'Edit' button located in the 'Tools' column and specify one or
more disks (delimited by the semicolon character) to be monitored.
Another option is to add to the SysPulsar configuration multiple disk space usage monitors,
with each one configured to monitor a different disk. This way, SysPulsar will show individual
disk space usage statistics for each monitored disk.
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Network Transfer Rate Monitor
SysPulsar Server provides a number of network transfer rate monitors allowing one to show
the total network transfer rate, send transfer rate and receive transfer rate. All network
transfer rate monitors show the average network data transfer speed in MB/Sec. The user is
provided with the ability to show the network transfer rate history chart for the last minute,
last hour, last 24 hours, last 30 days and the last 12 months. The average, minimum and
maximum network transfer rates are shown for the currently selected history time period.
Disk Transfer Rate Monitor
SysPulsar provides a number of disk transfer rate monitors allowing one to show the total disk
transfer rate, read transfer rate and write transfer rate for all physical disks installed in the
server. All disk transfer rate monitors show the average disk data transfer speed in MB/Sec.
The user is provided with the ability to show the disk transfer rate history chart for the last
minute, last hour, last 24 hours, last 30 days and the last 12 months. The average, minimum
and maximum disk transfer rates are shown for the currently selected history time period.
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Real-Time Disk Change Monitor
The real-time disk change monitor is capable of showing various types of disk activity
statistics. The user is provided with the ability to see the total number of changes for the
currently selected period of time, the number of disk changes per change type, the number of
changes per user, the number of changes per directory, the number of changes per file
extension, etc.
In order to change the type of the displayed information, click on the left combo box and
select an appropriate display mode. In order to change the currently displayed history time
frame, click on the right combo box and select an appropriate period of time.
By default, the disk space usage monitor shows statistics for the system disk. In addition, the
user is provided with the ability to add one or more additional disks to be monitored by the
disk space usage monitor. In order to change the configuration of the disk space usage
monitor, click on the monitor's 'Edit' button located in the 'Tools' column and specify one or
more disks (delimited by the semicolon character) to be monitored.
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SysPulsar Server Reports
SysPulsar Server provides the ability to save server monitoring reports to a number of
standard formats including PDF, XML, HTML, text, Excel CSV and the SysPulsar native report
format. In order to save a report file, press the 'Save Report' button located on the SysPulsar
Server home page, select an appropriate report format and press the 'Save' button.
In addition, SysPulsar Server provides the ability to automatically save status reports every X
hours according to the user-specified time interval. In order to configure automatic generation
of status reports, open the 'Settings - Logs and Notifications' page, enable the 'Save Status
Reports' option and select an appropriate time interval.
Automatically generated status reports are saved in the SysPulsar reports directory and may
be accessed on the 'Reports' page. In order to open a previously saved status report, just click
on the report link displayed on the 'Reports' page. In order to save a report to one of the
standard report formats, click on the report's 'Save' button in the 'Tools' column.
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SysPulsar PDF Reports
SysPulsar provides extensive PDF reports, which include the overall status of the server, the
status of all system monitors, line charts for the last minute, last hour, last 24 hours, last 30
days and last 12 months activity histories and pie charts for all enabled real-time disk change
monitoring counters showing the disk activity per user, directory, file extension, file type, etc.
In addition to the ability to manually save PDF reports, SysPulsar allows one to periodically
send status reports to an E-Mail address. Each status E-Mail message includes an HTML status
summary and an attached PDF report file. In order to enable periodical status PDF reports,
open the 'Settings - Logs and Notifications' page, select a time interval, specify an E-Mail
address to send reports to and configure an SMTP server to use to send reports.
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Configuring SysPulsar Server
SysPulsar Server provides a variety of configuration options allowing one to easily integrate
the product into a user-specific network environment. In order to open the main settings
page, click on the 'Settings' link located on the top menu bar.
Configuring User Name and Password
The SysPulsar Server web-based management console, requires users to login with a
SysPulsar user name and password. The default user name and password is set to:
admin/admin. In addition, SysPulsar Server provides the ability to set a custom user name
and/or password for the SysPulsar web-based management interface and the command line
utility, which may be used to automate configuration and management tasks.
In order to set a custom user name and password, click on the 'Configure Server Login' link
located on the main settings page, enter a new user name and password and press the 'Save'
button.
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Configuring Error Logs and E-Mail Notifications
SysPulsar Server provides a number of advanced error logging, reporting and E-Mail
notification options. In order to open the error logs and notifications page, go to the main
settings page and click on the 'Logs and Notifications' link.
• Save Error Logs To - this option enables error reports and controls the destination
directory for automatically saved error reports. For any system monitor, the user is
provided with the ability to automatically generate an error report when the monitor's
value drops below or rises above a user-specified limit. When SysPulsar detects an
error, a report file is generated and saved in the specified directory.
• Send Notifications To - this option enables error notifications and controls the
destination E-Mail address to send notifications to. In addition, the user needs to open
the 'Settings - E-Mail Server' page and configure an SMTP E-Mail server to be used to
send E-Mail notifications.
• Send Status Reports - this option enables periodic status E-Mail notifications and
controls the status notifications time interval. Each status notification E-Mail includes a
summary of the current server status and an additional attachment with a PDF report
showing extended information and various types of charts for all system monitors. In
addition, the user needs to open the 'Settings - E-Mail Server' page and configure an
SMTP E-Mail server to be used to send E-Mail notifications.
• Save Status Reports - this option enables periodic generation of status reports and
controls the status reports time interval. By default, status reports are saved in the
SysPulsar reports directory and accessible on the 'Reports' page. SysPulsar keeps a
history of status reports in the reports directory and automatically deletes old reports
when new reports are saved.
• Check System Monitors - this option enables periodic evaluation of monitoring
actions and controls the monitoring time interval.
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Configuring E-Mail Server
SysPulsar Server provides the ability to send status reports and E-Mail notifications when a
system monitor drops below or rises above a user-specified value. In order to configure an
SMTP E-Mail server to use to send E-Mail notifications, click on the 'Configure E-Mail Server'
link located on the main settings page, enter the SMTP server host name, SMTP server port,
SMTP user name, password and the source E-Mail address to use to send E-Mail notifications.
Configuring Server Control and Web Access Ports
SysPulsar Server uses the TCP/IP port 9146 as the default server control port and the TCP/IP
port 80 as the default web access port. Sometimes, these ports may be in use by some other
software products or system services. If one or both of these ports are in use, SysPulsar will
be unable to operate properly and the user needs to change the SysPulsar server control port
and/or web access port.
In order to set a custom server control port and/or web access port, click on the 'Setup Server
Ports' link located on the main settings page, select the 'Use Custom Port' option and enter a
custom port number to use. If the SysPulsar server should be controlled through the network,
make sure the custom ports are open in the server's firewall.
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Using SysPulsar Command Line Utility
In addition to the web-based management interface, SysPulsar Server provides a command
line utility, which may be used to control, manage and configure one or more SysPulsar
Servers locally or through the network. By default, the SysPulsar command line utility is
located in the '<Product Dir>\bin' directory.
The command line utility may be executed with a variety of command line parameters and
options allowing one to automate control, configuration and management of one or more
SysPulsar Servers using batch files or shell scripts. For detailed information about available
command line options, execute the command line utility with the '-help' command line
parameter.
SysPulsar Command Line Utility Usage:
syspulsar -status
This command shows the status of all system monitors.
syspulsar -init_default_configuration
This command initializes the default system configuration.
syspulsar -start_all
This command starts all system monitors.
syspulsar -stop_all
This command stops all active system monitors.
syspulsar -delete_all
This command deletes all system monitors from the product configuration.
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syspulsar -save_pdf_report [ File Name or Directory ]
This command saves the current server status to a PDF report file. If the file name is not
specified, SysPulsar will generate a file name containing the current date and time and save
the report in the user's home directory. If an existing directory is specified, SysPulsar will
generate a file name containing the current date and time and save the report in the specified
directory.
syspulsar -save_xml_report [ File Name or Directory ]
This command saves the current server status to an XML report file. If the file name is not
specified, SysPulsar will generate a file name containing the current date and time and save
the report in the user's home directory. If an existing directory is specified, SysPulsar will
generate a file name containing the current date and time and save the report in the specified
directory.
syspulsar -save_html_report [ File Name or Directory ]
This command saves the current server status to an HTML report file. If the file name is not
specified, SysPulsar will generate a file name containing the current date and time and save
the report in the user's home directory. If an existing directory is specified, SysPulsar will
generate a file name containing the current date and time and save the report in the specified
directory.
syspulsar -save_text_report [ File Name or Directory ]
This command saves the current server status to a text report file. If the file name is not
specified, SysPulsar will generate a file name containing the current date and time and save
the report in the user's home directory. If an existing directory is specified, SysPulsar will
generate a file name containing the current date and time and save the report in the specified
directory.
syspulsar -save_csv_report [ File Name or Directory ]
This command saves the current server status to an Excel CSV report file. If the file name is
not specified, SysPulsar will generate a file name containing the current date and time and
save the report in the user's home directory. If an existing directory is specified, SysPulsar will
generate a file name containing the current date and time and save the report in the specified
directory.
syspulsar -server_status
This command shows the status of the SysPulsar service.
syspulsar -server_log
This command shows the SysPulsar server message log.
syspulsar -clear_server_log
This command clears the SysPulsar server message log.
syspulsar -about
This command shows version information for the SysPulsar server.
syspulsar -help
This command shows the command line utility usage information.
syspulsar -v
This command shows version information for the SysPulsar command line utility.
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Product Update Procedure
Flexense develops SysPulsar Server using a fast release cycle with minor product versions,
updates and bug fixes released almost every month and major product versions released
every year. New product versions and product updates are published on the product web site
and may be downloaded from the following page: http://www.syspulsar.com/downloads.html.
Due to the fact that the product is especially designed for servers running in production
environments where stability is a major decision factor, SysPulsar Server updates should be
manually performed by the user. In order to update an existing product installation, download
the latest product version and just execute the setup program, which will detect the currently
installed product version and perform a proper update procedure while keeping the current
product configuration and product registration intact.
The SysPulsar Server setup program will properly shutdown the running SysPulsar Server,
update the product and restart the SysPulsar service after finishing the update procedure. All
product configuration files, configured system monitors and product registration will remain
valid and there is nothing to reconfigure or manage after the update.
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Product Registration Procedure
Within a couple of hours after purchasing a product license, the customer will receive two e-
mail messages: the first one confirming the payment and the second one containing an unlock
key, which should be used to register the product. If you will not receive your unlock key
within 24 hours, please check your spam box and if the unlock key is not in the spam box
contact our support team: [email protected].
If the computer where SysPulsar Server is installed on is connected to the Internet, login to
the SysPulsar web-based management interface (default user name and password:
admin/admin) using a standard web browser, click on the 'About' link located on the top
menu bar, press the 'Register' button, enter your name or your company name, enter the
received unlock key and press the 'Register' button.
If the computer is not connected to the Internet, press the 'Manual Registration' button,
export the product ID file and send the product ID file to [email protected] as an
attachment. Within a couple of hours, you will receive an unlock file, which should be imported
in order to finish the registration procedure.
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Supported Operating Systems
32-Bit Operating Systems
• Windows XP
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7
• Windows 8
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Server 2012
64-Bit Operating Systems
• Windows XP 64-Bit
• Windows Vista 64-Bit
• Windows 7 64-Bit
• Windows 8 64-Bit
• Windows Server 2003 64-Bit
• Windows Server 2008 64-Bit
• Windows Server 2012 64-Bit
SysPulsar Server System Requirements
Minimal System Configuration
• Supported Operating System
• Single Core 1 GHz or better CPU
• 512 MB of system memory
• 25 MB of free disk space
Recommended System Configuration
• Supported Operating System
• Dual Core 2 GHz or better CPU
• 1 GB of system memory
• 25 MB of free disk space
* Internet Explorer v9, FireFox v12 or Chrome v17 or newer is required for proper operation of
the web-based management interface.