Linux, Unix and Device Monitoring
Although many of the PA Server Monitor features are Windows specific, there is a great deal of support for Unix-based operating systems like Linux and other network devices like routers and firewalls. This is accomplished through the standard-protocol monitors:
- SNMP monitoring can be applied to anything that supports SNMP. Our MIB parser makes it simple to browse through the SNMP objects of a device
- CPU, and memory monitoring can be done in the Performance monitor as though Linux supported Windows performance counters (the counters are simulated via SNMP)
- The Free Disk Space monitor can watch Linux mounts via SNMP
- The Ping monitor can be directed at anything with an IP address. Reports and alerts are naturally supported too
- The TCPPort monitor connects to a specified TCP port, and optionally sends a string of data and checks for an output string
- The Mail Server monitor checks SMTP, POP3 and IMAP4 servers regardless of server operating system
- Web Page monitoring can be done for web pages served from any HTTP server
- The Process monitor uses SNMP to verify the specified processes are running on Linux/Unix
- Monitoring FTP servers works fine using the FTP Server monitor
- With Samba installed such that a Windows computer can access the remote disk:
- Free Disk Space monitor should work fine
- Log File monitoring should work fine
- The File & Directory monitor will work fine with one big caveat: If you are checking sub-directories there can't be recursive links because the difference between a link and child directory can't be determined from Windows
- File Age monitor should work fine
PA Server Monitor downloads and installs quickly, and is easy to configure. We suggest trying the fully-functional 30-day trial to see how it works in your environment.
Please feel free to ask any questions or make suggestions at the regular support address: 
