Status

AdRem Server Manager gives efficient control of NetWare and OES Linux servers from a single workstation. The program's monitor provides a top-level view of all connected servers. They are displayed in columns that provide information and statistics such as status, number of connections, and utilization.

The monitor screen serves as a starting point for server monitoring and management operations. For example, it can be used to add or delete servers to/from the list, access detailed performance statistics about individual servers, or distribute commands/tasks.

Performance

Server Manager provides administrators with quick access to real time statistics on the health and network resources of each individual server. The summary view of the real time server status provides data such as:

• general server information (server name and its IP address, operating system, version number etc.)
• server utilization (processor and memory utilization, number of opened files on server, and the number of licensed, inactive and total server connections)
• disk space usage
• NLM utilization

For an enhanced graphical view of server performance, administrators can create custom chart views that display performance of the managed server. As a result, they can track all server parameters available in the NetWare system including memory, cache hits, transactions, processor/NLM utilization, or server utilization by users.

Open Files

Server Manager provides a detailed file-side view of the NetWare server. The program lists open files, opened by users and programs running on NetWare Kernel. Since extensive file searching and sorting capabilities are available, it is possible to filter open files by file types, group them by directories as well as perform a text search in the entire list of open files.

Administrators can use Server Manager to quickly locate all the file users and send them messages asking them to close a given connection. Administrators may also perform a forced file unlock operation by clearing all connections to the opened file or by having the system close the specific file.

Connections

Server Manager monitors logged-in connections from the user side. The program provides a list of users connections to a selected NetWare server, as well as current statistics about the server and network load, generated by particular users and number of open files. The list includes both, user station connections and connections opened by the programs running on the server.

What is more, the program gives extensive filtering and sorting capabilities, which enables administrators to quickly identify the biggest consumer of the disk resources. By right-clicking the mouse, administrators can broadcast a message to a user, change the user disk space quota or clear connection. For more detailed statistics each user can be tracked on a monitor chart. Monitored counters include: kb read/write, kb transmitted, requests, open files, and connections.

In addition, it is possible to drill down to details about each connection. Administrator can view related charts and determine current disk usage, physical and logical locks, and semaphores related to the selected connection.

NLM

In the NetWare system Server Manager offers a practical option to monitor NLM's statuses and performance in graphical environment. The program displays a list of all loaded NLMs along with detailed statistics about server memory/processor utilization by each individual module. For system tuning and optimization, administrators can create chart views displaying selected NLM long term performance (such as % utilization or free and used memory).

Server Manager's distribute option makes it easy to copy or load NLMs to any number of servers. It is possible to compare between server's NLM versions and availability or match up to the default NetWare server configuration. This makes it easy to identify abnormal NLMs on the server, and verify which NLMs are outdated, which are missing, and which ones have been added.