Control Panel System Tab

The System Window defines a number of application-level parameters including

·      Monitoring Database

·      Keep monitoring data for—enter the number of days the historic monitoring data should be kept in the database before it is discarded. This will be the length of time for which you can run reports

·      Export Data to CSV at midnight – check this field if you would like to export the monitoring data from IPCheck’s internal database format to standard CSV files (e.g. to analyze the monitoring data with other analysis tools). This process will be executed shortly after midnight, every day and exports all available monitoring data to CSV files into the database folders (subfolders of the IPCheck Server Monitor installation folder).

·      Export Data to IPCLOG table at midnight- if you enable this checkbox IPCheck will export the monitoring results into the ipclog table in the firebird SQL database at midnight

·      Note: For both exports you will find further documentation of the data formats in the Paessler Knowledgebase at www.paessler.com/support

·      Webserver

·      Port—enter the port number through which the web interface of IPCheck Server Monitor will be available for web browsers. Usually this is port 80, but if you already run a web server on this machine you may need to choose another port like e.g. 81, 8080. Note: If the port you choose here is already used by another process at the time when IPCheck Server Monitor starts, another port in the range between 8080 and 8099 will automatically be selected!

·      Note: If you also run IIS5 or IIS6 on a machine with multiple IPs you may need to apply special configuration to the IIS so you can user IPCheck on port 80, see the Paessler Knowledgebase at www.paessler.com/support

·      Domain—enter the domain name or the IP address through which this server is reachable. This address will be used in emails and notifications to provide clickable links into the web interface.

·      Local IP—use the drop-down to select the IP Address of the server on which you are installing IPCheck Server Monitor.

·      Enable SSL—check this box to enable monitoring over a Secure Sockets Layer connection (Note: port 443 may not already be used on the server for the selected IP!)

·      Status URL Password— Enter a string of you choice that secures the system status webpage (see Reviewing IPCheck’s System Status)