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Halcyon Software launches Network Server Suite V7.1 with native Linux monitoring

Supports Windows®, Linux®, UNIX® and AIX® networked servers and SNMP devices

Date Posted: May 03, 2010

Halcyon Software Inc., a global leader in systems management, today announced a new version of its established and proven system monitoring solution, the Network Server Suite 7.1, which includes a new Linux Server Manager component.

The Network Server Suite is designed for systems administrators and managed services companies to deliver a seamless IT operation by centralizing the monitoring and management of Windows®, AIX®, Linux®, UNIX® and networked servers as well as SNMP devices, without increasing headcount.

Halcyon also has other specialist monitoring tools to support the IBM i operating system covering Advanced Job Scheduling, System Message, Performance, Disk Space and Spooled File Management.  This new version of Network Server Suite has been designed to fully support the latest technology for IBM Power Systems™ by providing a native solution for any platforms running on the server.

Donnie MacColl, Technical Services Director at Halcyon said, “The Linux Server Manager integrates with your existing Windows or IBM i monitoring tools, eliminating the need for multiple screens to monitor multiple environments or platforms. You don’t even need to be a Linux expert to manage the platform as the Linux Server Manager comes with pre-populated, pre-defined monitoring and alerting templates covering the most common monitoring requirements that precisely emulate the actions of a very experienced IT operator facilitating rapid deployment of the software.”

These templates have been developed for both RED HAT® and SUSE® variations of Linux and are easily applied to begin monitoring systems within minutes of implementation.  

Halcyon’s native Linux Server Manager enables system administrators to achieve  a tight control of “mission critical” applications running on the Linux platform. The software monitors web servers, corporate email servers and application servers. In addition, administrators can monitor back-end database, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL and IBM WebSphere® as well as other Java-based web applications. The Network Server Suite can also monitor multiple servers running on different operating systems.

Significant features of the Linux Server Manager include:

• A script monitor to enable users to run their own scripts using custom parameters and then monitor the output with full regular expression and wildcard compatibility.
  
  
• Logical Volume Monitoring gives users the ability to check physical volumes and keep track of unused disk space.
  
  
• A File & Folder Monitor enables users to browse both local and remote devices for a specific folder and check for any changes to the folder or any file contained within.
  
  
• The Process Monitor verifies critical processes are active or inactive at certain times.

Halcyon’s Linux Server Manager also comes with CPU, file system, memory monitoring, system uptime and load average features providing early warning alerts to critical issues and notifications of system performance.

Further enhancements to the Network Server Suite’s growing list of system monitoring tools, are an expanded version of the AIX® File and Folder Monitor providing threshold monitoring capabilities including alerting on size changes or modification dates and also if files are deleted, renamed or created. In addition, the software is able to acknowledge alerts from the Enterprise Console allowing users based across multiple locations to take control of individual alerts.

These new software features enable system administrators to proactively monitor, manage and control system availability and automatically respond to operational situations specific to the organizations call out rotas and escalation policies.

SunGard Public Sector is a major provider of software and consulting solutions for clients in the public sector and uses Halcyon Software in its data centers.

Sue Dumas, Technical Project Manager, SunGard Public Sector said, “We specifically like Halcyon’s software because it’s intelligent and it emulates what a computer operator would do. We are now worry free about the stability of our hosted solutions because our systems are monitored 24/7 and we are notified immediately if there are any problems.”