InterMapper 5.2 extends network monitoring to end-user Windows workstations, makes probe creation even easier, and introduces a new HTTP API. The WMI probe returns detailed performance data about Windows servers and workstations through the Windows Management Interface. 

You’ll quickly determine if reported network problems actually reside in the server, on the end-user workstation, or in the network between.

Watch the new WMI Probe video

New probe development tools include companion scripts that combine command line probes with the scripts they run and CScript and Python command-line macros. The HTTP API allows you to create programs that can import and export data with the InterMapper server. (Acknowledge devices via the web! Export problem alerts to trouble-ticket systems! Automatically add new devices to InterMapper!)

Major Features of InterMapper^® 5.2

• WMI Probes: When InterMapper is installed on a Windows machine, these probes get detailed information from Windows workstations through the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) interface. For further information, please refer to the WMI Probes topic in the User Guide.
• Other Probes: InterMapper 5.2 has new probes to verify e-mail round-trip delivery for both IMAP and POP3, and measure the times between send and receipt. There are also useful enhancements for custom probe capabilities.
• New HTTP API: InterMapper 5.2 enhances its Software Development Kit (SDK) by adding the ability for external programs to exchange data with the InterMapper server using an HTTP API. These capabilities include:
  • Exporting and importing files from/to the InterMapper Settings folder.
  • Exporting and importing information from/to the internal tables that can update individual items on maps.
  • Performing a basic acknowledge on a device.
  Examples include a script that can be used to synchronize InterMapper servers For further information, refer to the InterMapper HTTP API topic in the Developer Guide and the HTTP API Tech Note. 
  
• Companion Scripts: Companion scripts further enhance the SDK by allowing a probe developer to combine a command-line probe and a script that it runs (the "companion script") in a single file. This makes it easy to distribute probe files, as well as ensuring that the version of the script matches the version of the probe. For further information, please refer to the Companion Scripts topic in the Developer Guide.
• Combined InterMapper/DataCenter installer: The installer for Mac and Windows installs both InterMapper and InterMapper DataCenter; there is no separate IMDC installer. The InterMapper Control Center task bar menu and dialog can start, stop, and report on the status of each application separately; the task bar menu can also launch the InterMapper DataCenter web interface.

Minor Features

• Diagnostic tools:
  • SNMPWalk GUI: Right-click on a device to perform a SNMPWalk on the device and see the resulting data.
  • The "Report a Bug..." choice in the Help menu has an option for attaching Event or Debug log files.
• Command-line probe macros: The ${CSCRIPT} and ${PYTHON} macros evaluate to the full path to the (Windows) cscript.exe and the built-in Python interpreter, respectively. These make it easier to create probes that "just work" without worrying about environment variables. For further information, please see the Custom Probe Variables topic in the Developer Guide.
• NTCREDENTIALS Header Flag: The NTCREDENTIALS Header Flag in command-line probes tells InterMapper to elevate its credentials using the username and password found in the NT Services server settings panel during the time the command line probe is running. For further information, please see the Parts of a Probe topic in the Developer Guide.
• MS Remote Desktop Helper App: Added "MS Remote Desktop" helper application for Windows systems.