1. Break Out Session-Overview Basics of Inventory & Monitoring Your Network Greg Kattawar VP Dev & Co-founder, Spiceworks Inc.

4. How it Works? Helpdesk Tickets Company Intranet WMI SNMP SSH Reports User Portal Monitoring Full Scans Health Check Notes & Documents Up/Down Monitor PING DB

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13. Monitoring Example Device: A device is any computer connected to the network. You can monitor a specific device, or monitor them all by typing "Any Device". Is online: Be alerted if a device goes online. Is offline: Be alerted if a device goes offline. Is discovered: Be alerted if a new device is discovered on the network. New for 3.5 - offline for a time period Spiceworks

14. Monitoring Example Disk: Find out if there are issues with any disk on your system. You can keep an eye on every disk on your system by typing &quot;Any Disk&quot;, or pick one particular disk. Was added: Be alerted when a hard drive is added. Was removed: Be alerted when a hard drive is removed. Is < x% free: Be alerted when diskspace falls below a certain percentage. Choices are 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25%. Has < x MB/GB free: Be alerted when diskspace falls below a certain value. Choices are 50, 100, 250, 500 MB and 1, 5, 10 GB. Spiceworks

15. Monitoring Example Software: Stay on top of software issues with this monitor. You can designate a specific program to be monitored, or choose to monitor all software by typing &quot;Any Software&quot;. Is installed: Be alerted when programs are installed. Is uninstalled: Be alerted when program are removed. Is not compliant: Be alerted if too many copies of a program are installed. Spiceworks

16. Monitoring Example Service: A service is a program that runs in the background of a computer to keep everything else working right. You can monitor a specific service, or monitor them all by typing &quot;Any Service&quot;. Is uninstalled: Be alerted when a service is uninstalled. Is installed: Be alerted when a service is installed. Is stopped: Be alerted when a service has stopped. Is started: Be alerted when a service has started. Spiceworks

17. Monitoring Example Hotfix: A hotfix is a patch that is downloaded to fix a program. You can decide to monitor all hotfixes by typing &quot;Any Hotfix&quot;, or choose to monitor one individual hotfix. Is uninstalled: Be alerted when a hotfix is uninstalled. Is installed: Be alerted when a hotfix is installed. Spiceworks

18. Monitoring Example Event: You can find out when an event of your choosing happens such as a certain ID logging in. Or you can monitor all events by typing &quot;Any Event&quot;. Is triggered: Be alerted when an event is triggered. Spiceworks

23. Where Alerts Show Up ? Some Built-In Monitors Your Monitors Spiceworks

25. Default Out-of-the-box Monitors (v3.5) Enable Email Notifications For 3.1 Click to Edit For 3.5 Click to Edit Spiceworks

26. e-mail configuration Spiceworks

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