Application Monitoring Probes

Monitor MS SQL, Oracle, SMTP Queue, WMI Service, and other networked applications.

Application Monitoring probes developed by the InterMapper User Community include:

MS SQL Query Probe [.zip]
Use the Debian freetds-dev and sqsh packages to connect to MS SQL targets and execute the desired query. (Note:In addition to installing the freetds-dev and sqsh packages, you must place the included mssql.sh script in the InterMapper Settings/Tools directory on the Debian machine running InterMapper. The cli script will also search the result for the desired return value and return either 0 for a match and 1 for no match. You must add a DSN into /etc/freetds/freetds.conf for every server that will be probed.)

IIS SMTP Queue Probe [.zip]
Poll a Windows machine running SMTPSVC for the total queue size, utilizing the wmi-client package on Debian Linux. (Note: The probe requires that you install the wmi-client package and place the included wmi-queue.sh script in the InterMapper Settings/Tools directory on the Debian machine running InterMapper. Additional information on utilizing the wmi-client package on Debian can be found in this Knowledge Base entry.)

WMI Service Probe [.zip]
Detect the state of a specified service on a Windows machine from a Debian Linux machine utilizing the wmi-client package. (Note: The probe requires that you install the wmi-client package and place the included wmi-service.sh script in the InterMapper Settings/Tools directory on the Debian machine running InterMapper. Additional information on utilizing the wmi-client package on Debian can be found in this Knowledge Base entry.)

Windows Fileshare Probe [.zip]
This command-line probe uses a Visual Basic script to test a Windows Fileshare. In addition, it provides a nice example of calling a Visual Basic script from a command line probe.

Oracle TNSPing Probe [.zip]
This command-line probe monitors an Oracle database. It uses the TNSPing utility that is part of the Oracle distribution to query an Oracle instance for the availability of a particular database. It also offers a good example of how to create a Command-line probe.