Definitions: Notifications, Latencies and Dependencies

Whenever IPCheck Server Monitor discoveres a slow or failing sensor  “notifications” are used to send out alarms. Each user can define an unlimited number of notifications on the “My Account” page.

IPCheck Server Monitor supports the following types of communication channels: Email, Pager, SMS messaging, ICQ notification, Execute Program (EXE file/batch file), Network Broadcast (NET SEND), Play a soundfile, HTTP Request, Local logging, Windows event log entries. And there are additional options if you use the Windows GUI (see Windows GUI Options)

“Latencies” are used to defer a notifications for a specified time, e.g. to give a server or service the chance to recover from failure.

Using “dependencies” you can pause the monitoring of sensors or the sending of notifications based on the status of another sensor to avoid false alarms and incorrect recording of downtimes.