SysGauge System Monitor Flexense Ltd.

SysGauge
SYSTEM MONITOR

User Manual

Version 6.4

Jul 2019

www.sysgauge.com
[email protected]
Flexense Ltd.

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1 SysGauge Product Overview ..............................................................................3

2 SysGauge Product Versions ...............................................................................6
3 Product Installation ..........................................................................................7
4 System Monitor Module.....................................................................................8
5 System Status Monitor.................................................................................... 10
6 Extended Status Monitor ................................................................................. 11
7 Remote Server Monitoring............................................................................... 15
8 CPU Monitor Module ....................................................................................... 19
9 Memory Monitor Module.................................................................................. 22
10 Process Monitor Module .................................................................................. 25
11 Network Monitor Module ................................................................................. 34
12 Disk Monitor Module ....................................................................................... 37
13 NAS Server Monitor ........................................................................................ 41
14 iSCSI Target Monitor ...................................................................................... 46
15 SQL Server Monitor ........................................................................................ 48
16 IIS Server Monitor ......................................................................................... 53
17 System Analysis Module.................................................................................. 57
18 TCP/IP Protocol Monitoring Counters................................................................. 59
19 File System Monitoring Counters ...................................................................... 60
20 USB Activity Monitoring Counters ..................................................................... 61
21 Saving System Monitoring Reports ................................................................... 62
22 Exporting Monitoring Results to SQL Database................................................... 64
23 Monitoring Actions and E-Mail Notifications........................................................ 67
24 Periodic Status Reports and Status Notifications................................................. 69
25 Managing System Monitoring Profiles................................................................ 70
26 SysGauge GUI Layouts ................................................................................... 71
27 SysGauge Configuration Options ...................................................................... 72
28 Using SysGauge System Tray Menu.................................................................. 77
29 SysGauge Server ........................................................................................... 78
30 SysGauge Command Line Utility ...................................................................... 81
31 Supported Operating Systems and System Requirements ................................... 86

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1 SysGauge Product Overview

SysGauge is a system and performance monitoring utility allowing one to monitor the CPU
usage, memory usage, network transfer rate, operating system performance, file system
performance, the status and resource usage of running processes, USB performance, disk
space usage, disk read activity, disk write activity, disk read transfer rate, disk write
transfer rate, disk read IOPS and disk write IOPS for individual logical disks or all physical
disks installed in the computer.

• CPU Usage Monitoring

• Memory Usage Monitoring
• Disk Activity Monitoring
• Network Activity Monitoring
• TCP/IP Protocol Monitoring
• Operating System Status Monitoring
• Process Resource Usage Monitoring
• NAS Server Performance Monitoring
• iSCSI Target Monitoring
• SQL Server Monitoring
• IIS Server Monitoring

The SysGauge GUI application provides a single, customizable GUI module and a number
of dedicated GUI modules especially designed for each specific monitoring task such as
system status monitoring, CPU monitoring, memory monitoring, process monitoring,
system status analysis, disk monitoring, NAS server monitoring and network monitoring.
The monitor selector, which is located on the left-side of the SysGauge GUI application,
allows one to add, edit and delete specific monitoring GUI modules.

The user is provided with the ability to display various types of system monitoring charts,
save system monitoring reports and export system monitoring results to a number of
standard formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, text, CSV and XML. Advanced users and IT
administrators are provided with the ability to periodically save system status reports, set
user-specified limits for system monitoring counters and then show error or warning
messages, play notification sounds or send E-Mail notifications when a system monitoring
counter rises above or drops below the user-specified limit.

In addition to the ability to monitor the local computer, SysGauge allows one to connect to
remote computers and monitor the CPU usage, memory usage, network transfer rate, disk
space usage and disk activities via the network. The user is provided with the ability to
specify the name or an IP address of the remote computer to connect to, select which
types of system counters to monitor and specify how to display the system monitoring
results.

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One of the most useful capabilities of the SysGauge performance monitoring utility is the
ability to save performance monitoring reports into a number of standard formats including
HTML, PDF, Excel, text, CSV and XML. In order to save a performance monitoring report,
press the 'Save' button located on the main toolbar, select an appropriate report format,
enter a report file name and press the 'Save' button.

For example, a SysGauge PDF performance monitoring report starts with a summary table
showing the report date and time, the name of the monitored computer and the name of
user saved the performance monitoring report. The summary table is followed by a list of
performance counters showing the average, minimum and maximum values for all
performance monitoring counters.

The list of counters is followed by a list of line charts showing performance monitoring data
for all counters. Finally, the list of line charts is followed by a list of tables showing the
complete history of performance monitoring results for all counters.

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In addition to the GUI application, SysGauge Ultimate and SysGauge Server product
versions include a command line utility allowing one to perform different types of system
monitoring operations from batch files and shell scripts. The SysGauge command line
utility is located in the product 'bin' directory and it can be used to perform monitoring
operations, save system monitoring reports and manage system monitoring profiles.

In the simplest case, open a command prompt window, go to the SysGauge 'bin' directory
and type the following command:

sysgauge -monitor -save_html_report <File Name or Directory>

The SysGauge command line utility will start the default system monitoring profile and
continue the monitoring operation according to the user-specified period of time specified
using the '-time <Seconds>' command line option or until the ECS keyboard key is
pressed.

After the monitoring operation will be completed, the SysGauge command line utility will
save a system monitoring report file according to the user-specified report format. In
addition to the local monitoring operations, the command line utility allows one to monitor
remote servers via the network using the '-host <Host Name>' command line option.

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2 SysGauge Product Versions

Features Free Pro Ultimate Server

Maximum Number of Counters 10 50 100 200

Maximum Number of Monitors 10 50 100 200

Maximum Number of Profiles 10 50 100 200

Monitoring Rules and Actions

System Monitor Module

Status Monitor Module

Extended Status Monitor

CPU Monitor Module

Memory Monitor Module

Process Monitor Module

System Analysis Module

Disk Monitor Module

Network Monitor Module

HTML, PDF and Text Reports

Sound Error Notifications

E-Mail Error Notifications

Microsoft Excel Reports

Periodic Status Reports

SQL Database Export

SQL Server Monitor

NAS Server Monitor

iSCSI Target Monitor

IIS Server Monitor

Command Line Utility

Runs in the Background as a Service

Monitor Multiple Servers via the Network

Remote Control via the Network

Price Free $50 $125 $125

* The free product version can be used for personal purposes only.

** Product features, prices and license terms are subject to change without notice.

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3 Product Installation

SysGauge is available as a free download from our web site page and from a large number
of software directories from around the world. To be sure you are getting the latest
product version check here: http://www.sysgauge.com. SysGauge is especially designed to
be as simple as possible. The installation procedure is very simple, requires no special
knowledge and may be completed in less than 30 seconds. There is no need for any
additional software. Just download the SysGauge installation package, run the setup
program and you are done.

On the 'Welcome' screen press the 'Next' button. Read the end-user license agreement and
press the 'I Agree' button if you agree with the license terms or the 'Cancel' button to stop
the installation process.

Select the destination directory, press the 'Install' button and wait for the installation
process to complete. That's all you need to do to install the SysGauge system monitoring
utility on your computer. In order to perform a silent product installation procedure,
download the latest product version, open the command prompt window and type the
following command:

sysgauge_setup_vX.Y.Z.exe /S

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4 System Monitor Module

The 'System Monitor' GUI module allows one to perform various types of system
monitoring operations using one or more pre-defined or user-custom system monitoring
profiles. The system monitor provides the ability to add, edit or delete system monitoring
counters, save various types of system monitoring reports, configure monitoring rules,
actions and error E-Mail notifications.

In order to add a new monitoring counter to the current system monitoring profile, press
the 'Monitor' button located on the main toolbar, select an appropriate counter in the
counter list and press the 'Add' button. In order to configure monitoring actions and error
E-Mail notifications, select a monitoring counter in the counters view, press the right
mouse button and select the 'Edit Counter' menu item.

In addition to the local system monitoring operations, SysGauge allows one to monitor
remote servers via the network. In order to add a remote monitoring counter, press the
'Connect' button located in the bottom-left corner of the 'Add Counter' dialog and specify a
host name or an IP address of the remote server to connect to.

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In addition, the user is provided with the ability to save system monitoring reports into a
number of standard formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, text, CSV and XML. In order to
save a system monitoring report, press the 'Save' button located on the main toolbar,
select an appropriate report format, enter a report file name and press the 'Save' button.

Finally, the 'Save Report' dialog provides the user with the ability to select one of the
following report modes: Summary Report, Statistics Report and Full Report. In the
'Summary Report' mode, SysGauge will save a short report showing the list of system
monitoring counters with the average, minimum and maximum values for each counter.

In the 'Statistics Report' mode, SysGauge will save the list of system monitoring counters
and a data chart for each counter. In the 'Full Report' mode, SysGauge will save the list of
system monitoring counters, a data chart for each counter and the entire monitoring data
for all system monitoring counters.

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5 System Status Monitor

The 'System Status' GUI module is a simple system status monitoring GUI module
showing the CPU usage, memory usage, the total number of running processes, the total
number of running threads, the amount of free system memory, the amount of used
system memory, the disk transfer rate and the network transfer rate.

The CPU usage chart allows one to see the CPU usage for the last minute, last two minutes
or last five minutes. The memory usage gauge allows one to see the current memory
usage, the average memory usage or the maximum memory usage. In addition, all
monitoring counters display the minimum, maximum and average values on the counter's
status bar.

In order to open a data chart for a monitoring counter, press the 'Chart' button located in
the top-right corner of the counter. The data chart dialog provides the ability to view and
export the counter's monitoring data. In addition, the user is provided with the ability to
pause, resume and reset the monitor.

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6 Extended Status Monitor

The 'Extended Status' GUI module is an advanced system status monitoring GUI module
showing the CPU usage, memory usage, the total number of running processes, the total
number of running threads, the total number of system handles, the amount of free
system memory, the amount of used system memory, the size of the system cache, the
disk transfer rate, the disk IOPS rate, the network transfer rate and the kernel CPU usage.

The CPU usage chart allows one to see the CPU usage for the last minute, last two minutes
or last five minutes. The memory usage gauge allows one to see the current memory
usage, the average memory usage or the maximum memory usage. In addition, all
monitoring counters display the minimum, maximum and average values on the counter's
status bar.

In addition, the user is provided with the ability to save system monitoring reports into a
number of standard formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, text, CSV and XML. In order to
save a system monitoring report, press the 'Save' button located on the main toolbar,
select an appropriate report format, enter a report file name and press the 'Save' button.

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The SysGauge system monitor provides the user with the ability to define conditional
system monitoring rules allowing one to automatically detect excessive system resource
usage events and then play notification sounds, send E-Mail notifications or execute
custom actions according to user-specified rules and policies.

In order to add one or more system monitoring rules, open the 'Options' dialog, select the
'Rules' tab and press the 'Add' button. On the 'Add Rule' dialog select a system monitoring
counter, specify a condition that should trigger the rule, select an action type and specify
an action value if required.

For example, in order to send an E-Mail notification when the CPU usage rises above 90
percent, select the 'CPU Usage' counter type, set the rule condition to 'Current Value More
Than 90', select the 'E-Mail Notification' action type and enter an E-Mail address to send
notifications to.

In addition, select the 'E-Mail' tab and specify an SMTP E-Mail server to use to send E-Mail
notifications. During the system monitoring operation, SysGauge will check the selected
system monitoring counters and send E-Mail notifications when any of the selected system
monitoring counters will rise above or drop below the user-specified limits.

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The SysGauge command line utility, which is available in SysGauge Ultimate and SysGauge
Server product versions, provides the ability to monitor the system status and save system
monitoring reports from batch files and shell scripts. The command line utility is located in
the SysGauge 'bin' directory and it can be used to monitor the local system or remote
servers via the network. In the simplest case, open a command prompt window, go to the
SysGauge 'bin' directory and type the following command:

sysgauge -system_monitor -save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command will perform a simple system monitoring operation using basic system
monitoring counters including the CPU usage, the memory usage, the amount of free
memory, the amount of used memory, the total number of processes, the total number of
threads, the disk transfer rate and the network transfer rate. In addition, after the
monitoring operation will be completed, SysGauge will save a PDF system monitoring
report to the specified file or directory.

Command Line Options:

-extended

This command line option adds to the monitoring operation extended system monitoring
counters including the system-level CPU usage, the total number of handles, the size of
the memory cache and the disk transfer IOPS.

-host <Remote Host Name or IP address>

This command line option allows one to monitor remote servers via the network.

-time <Monitoring Time in Seconds>

This command line option sets the maximum monitoring time.

-silent

This command line option enables silent operation, which is useful when saving reports.

-save_html_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an HTML system monitoring report.

-save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a PDF system monitoring report.

-save_excel_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an Excel system monitoring report.

-save_text_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a text system monitoring report.

-save_csv_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a CSV system monitoring report.

-save_xml_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an XML system monitoring report.

-save_to_database <Table Name>

This command line option saves monitoring results to the specified SQL database table.

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In addition to the dedicated system status monitor, the user can use the customizable
'System Monitor' module to configure user-custom system monitoring profiles. In order
to add an operating system status counter, press the 'Add' button located on the main
toolbar, selected the 'Operating System' counters category in the left-side view and then
select an appropriate operating system status counter in the middle view. In addition, in
order to monitor the operating system status in a remote computer via the network, press
the 'Connect' button located in the bottom-left corner and specify the host name of the
remote computer to monitor.

• Total Processes - this counter displays the total number of processes running in
the computer at the time of data collection. Each running process represents a
user application or a system program.
• Total Threads - this counter displays the total number of threads running in the
computer at the time of data collection. A thread is the basic executable entity that
can execute instructions in a processor.
• Server Sessions - this counter displays the number of server sessions in the
computer at the time of data collection, which indicates the server activity.
• Server Open Files - this counter displays the number of files opened in the server
at the time of data collection, which indicates the server activity.
• Terminal Sessions - this counter displays the number of active terminal sessions
at the time of data collection.
• Total User Logons - this counter displays the total number of user logons since
the last computer reboot including all interactive logons, network logons, service
logons, successful logon and failed logons.
• Logon Errors - this counter displays the total number of failed logon attempts to
the server, which can indicate whether password guessing programs are being
used to crack the security on the server.
• Access Denied Errors - this counter displays the number of times file access
operations failed with the 'Access Denied' error code, which can indicate whether
somebody is randomly attempting to access files in hopes of getting at something
that was not properly protected.
• System Errors - this counter displays the total number of times an internal server
error was detected, which usually may indicate a problem with the server.
• Processor Queue Length - this counter displays the number of threads ready for
execution at the time of data collection. Normally, a sustained processor queue of
less than 10 threads per processor is acceptable, dependent of the workload.
• Context Switch Rate - this counter displays the combined rate at which all
processors on the computer are switched from one thread to another, which is
measured in thousands of switches per second. Context switches occur when a
running thread voluntarily relinquishes the processor, is preempted by a higher
priority ready thread or switches between the user mode and system execution
mode.
• System Call Rate - this counter displays the combined rate of calls to the
operating system service routines by all processes running on the computer, which
is measured in thousands of calls per second. These operating system routines
perform all of the basic scheduling and synchronization of activities on the
computer and provide access to the memory management and disk I/O
capabilities.

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7 Remote Server Monitoring

The SysGauge system monitor allows one to monitor remote servers via the network. In
order to connect to a remote server, press the right mouse button over a monitor item in
the left-side view and select the 'Connect To Remote Computer' menu item. On the
'Connect' dialog, specify the host name or an IP address of the remove server to connect
to and press the 'Ok' button.

Once connected to a remote sever, SysGauge will display the remote server name under
the monitor name in the left-side view and all system monitoring counters will display the
status of the remote server. Each system monitor can be connected to a different remote
server allowing one to monitor a number of remote servers via the network.

Another option is to use the SysGauge system monitoring module, which provides the
ability to configure user-custom system monitoring profiles and allows one to specify a
remote server name for each system monitoring counter individually.

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In order to add a remote system monitoring counter, select the 'System Monitor' module in
the left-side monitors view, press the 'Monitor' button located on the main toolbar, press
the 'Connect' button located in the bottom-left corner of the 'Add Counter' dialog and
specify the host name or an IP address of the remote server to connect to.

Once connected to the remote server, select an appropriate system monitoring counter
and press the 'Add' button. In order to monitor a number of different servers via the
network, add all the required remote system monitoring counters and for each counter
specify an appropriate host name.

The SysGauge system monitoring module displays the currently active counter list in the
counters view, which is located on the bottom-side of the SysGauge application window.
For each system monitoring counter, the counters view shows the counter name, the
counter instance, the counter remote server name, the current counter value, the average
value, the maximum value and the minimum value.

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Also, users are provided with the ability to configure a number of monitors of the same
type connected to different servers via the network. For example, in order to add two
extended system status monitors configured to monitor two different servers via the
network, press the 'Add' button located in the top-right corner of the main toolbar and
select the 'Extended Status' menu item.

On the 'Add Monitor' dialog, set the monitor mode to 'Monitor Remote Computer', specify
the host name or an IP address of the remote server to connect to and press the 'Ok'
button. SysGauge will add a new system monitor to the product configuration, display the
name of the remote server under the monitor name in the left-side view and all system
monitoring counters will display the status of the remote server.

In order to change the position of a system monitor in the left-side monitors view, select
the monitor item, press the right mouse button and select the 'Move Monitor Up' or 'Move
Monitor' down menu item. In order to disconnect a monitor from the remote server and
switch back to the local computer, select the monitor item in the left-side view, press the
right mouse button and select the 'Monitor Local Computer' menu item. In order to remove
a monitor from the product configuration, select the monitor item, press the right mouse
button and select the 'Delete Monitor' menu item.

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In order to be able to connect to a remote server via the network, the remote server
should be properly configured. The exact server configuration depends on the version of
the operating system installed on the server, but in most cases the remote server should
have the 'Performance Counter DLL Host' service and the 'Remote Procedure Call (RPC)'
service enabled. Also, the user account running the SysGauge application should be added
to the 'Performance Monitor Users' group.

In order to enable services required for remote server monitoring, open the Windows
control panel, open the 'Administrative Tools' folder and then open the 'Services' applet.
On the 'Services' applet, enable the 'Performance Counter DLL Host' service and the
'Remote Procedure Call (RPC)' service.

Once finished configuring the required Windows services, open the 'Computer
Management' applet, open the 'Local Users and Groups' folder, open the 'Performance
Monitor Users' group and add the user account running the SysGauge system monitoring
application to the group.

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8 CPU Monitor Module

The 'CPU Monitor' GUI module is a dedicated CPU monitoring GUI module showing the
total CPU usage, user CPU usage, kernel CPU usage, CPU interrupt time, CPU interrupt
rate, the current CPU frequency, the C1 low-power state, C2 low-power state and C3 low-
power state. The bottom part of the GUI module includes a list of CPUs in the monitored
system and all the monitoring counters are showing the monitoring data for the currently
selected CPU. In addition, the user is provided with the ability to display the aggregated
monitoring data for all CPUs.

The CPU usage charts located on the top side of the GUI module allow one to display the
monitoring data for the last minute, last 2 minutes or last 5 minutes. In addition, the user
is provided with the ability to display data charts from all other counters by pressing on
the 'Chart' button located in the top-right corner of each counter.

The data chart dialog provides the ability to view the monitoring data for the last minute,
last 2 minutes or last 5 minutes. In addition, the user is provided with the ability export
the counter's monitoring data, pause, resume and reset the monitor.

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In addition to the dedicated CPU monitor module, the user can use the customizable
'System Monitor' module to configure user-custom CPU monitoring profiles.

In order to add a CPU usage counter, press the 'Monitor' button located on the main
toolbar, selected the 'CPU Usage' counters category in the left-side view and then select an
appropriate CPU usage counter in the middle view. By default, SysGauge will monitor all
CPUs, but if required, the user can select a specific CPU to monitor in the right-side view.
In addition, in order to monitor the CPU usage in a remote computer via the network,
press the 'Connect' button located in the bottom-left corner and specify the host name of
the remote computer to monitor.

• CPU Usage - this counter is the primary indicator of the processor activity and it
displays the average percentage of the processor busy time observed during the
sample interval.
• CPU Usage User - this counter measures the percentage of elapsed time the
processor spends in the user mode. User mode is a restricted processing mode
designed for user applications, environment subsystems, and integral subsystems.
• CPU Usage System - this counter measures the percentage of elapsed time that
the processor spent executing code in privileged mode. When a Windows system
service in called, the service will often run in privileged mode to gain access to
system-private data.
• CPU Interrupt Time - this counter measures the time the processor spends
receiving and servicing hardware interrupts during sample intervals. This value is
an indirect indicator of the activity of devices that generate interrupts, such as the
system clock, the mouse, disk drivers, data communication lines, network interface
cards and other peripheral devices. These devices normally interrupt the processor
when they have completed a task or require attention. Normal thread execution is
suspended during interrupts. Most system clocks interrupt the processor every 10
milliseconds, creating a background of interrupt activity. This counter displays the
average busy time as a percentage of the sample time.
• CPU Interrupt Rate - this counter measures the average rate, in incidents per
second, at which the processor received and serviced hardware interrupts. This
value is an indirect indicator of the activity of devices that generate interrupts,
such as the system clock, the mouse, disk drivers, data communication lines,
network interface cards, and other peripheral devices. These devices normally
interrupt the processor when they have completed a task or require attention.
Normal thread execution is suspended. The system clock typically interrupts the
processor every 10 milliseconds, creating a background of interrupt activity. This
counter displays the difference between the values observed in the last two
samples, divided by the duration of the sample interval.
• CPU C1, C2, C3 Low-Power Time - these counters show the percentage of time
the CPU spent in one of these low-power states.
• CPU Frequency - this counter shows the current CPU frequency.
• CPU Percent of Max Frequency - this counter shows the current percentage of
the maximum CPU frequency.

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The SysGauge command line utility, which is available in SysGauge Ultimate and SysGauge
Server product versions, provides the ability to monitor the CPU usage and save CPU
usage monitoring reports from batch files and shell scripts. The command line utility is
located in the SysGauge 'bin' directory and it can be used to monitor the local system or
remote servers via the network. In the simplest case, open a command prompt window,
go to the SysGauge 'bin' directory and type the following command:

sysgauge -cpu_monitor -save_excel_report <File Name or Directory>

This command will perform a CPU usage monitoring operation using a number of CPU
monitoring counters including the total CPU usage, the user-level CPU usage, the system-
level CPU usage, the CPU interrupt time, the CPU interrupt rate, the C1, C2 and C3 low-
power CPU states and the CPU frequency. In addition, after the monitoring operation will
be completed, SysGauge will save an Excel CPU usage monitoring report to the specified
file or directory.

Command Line Options:

-extended

By default, the CPU usage monitor reports the total CPU usage statistics for all CPUs in the
monitored system. This command line option enables individual CPU usage monitoring
counters for each CPU and the CPU usage monitoring results will include individual CPU
usage statistics for each CPU or CPU core in the monitored system.

-host <Remote Host Name or IP address>

This option allows one to monitor the CPU usage in remote servers via the network.

-time <Monitoring Time in Seconds>

This command line option sets the maximum monitoring time.

-silent
This command line option enables silent operation, which is useful when saving reports.

-save_html_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an HTML CPU monitoring report.

-save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a PDF CPU monitoring report.

-save_excel_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an Excel CPU monitoring report.

-save_text_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a text CPU monitoring report.

-save_csv_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a CSV CPU monitoring report.

-save_xml_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an XML CPU monitoring report.

-save_to_database <Table Name>

This command line option saves monitoring results to the specified SQL database table.

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9 Memory Monitor Module

The 'Memory Monitor' GUI module is a dedicated memory monitoring module showing
the memory usage, the amount of free memory, the amount of used memory, the size of
the memory cache, the cache peak size, the cache fault rate, the page file usage, the page
file peak usage and the page fault rate.

All memory usage gauges, which are located on the top-side of the window, provide the
ability to display the current value, average value or the maximum value. In addition, all
memory usage counters, display the minimum, maximum and average value on the
counter's status bar.

In addition, the user is provided with the ability to save system monitoring reports into a
number of standard formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, text, CSV and XML. In order to
save a system monitoring report, press the 'Save' button located on the main toolbar,
select an appropriate report format, enter a report file name and press the 'Save' button.

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In addition to the dedicated memory monitor module, the user can use the customizable
'System Monitor' module to configure user-custom memory monitoring profiles. In order
to add a memory usage counter, press the 'Monitor' button located on the main toolbar,
selected the 'Memory Usage' counters category in the left-side view and then select an
appropriate memory usage counter in the middle view. In addition, in order to monitor the
memory usage in a remote computer via the network, press the 'Connect' button located
in the bottom-left corner and specify the host name of the remote computer to monitor.

• Memory Usage - this counter measures the percentage of the used system
memory by calculating the ratio of memory committed bytes to the memory
commit limit. Committed memory is the physical memory in use for which space
has been reserved in the paging file should it need to be written to disk. The
commit limit is determined by the size of the paging file. If the paging file is
enlarged, the commit limit increases, and the ratio is reduced.
• Memory Free - this counter measures the amount of physical memory, in
Megabytes, immediately available for allocation to a process or for system use. It
equals to the sum of memory assigned to the standby, free and zero page lists.
• Memory Used - this counter measures the amount of committed virtual memory,
in Megabytes. Committed memory is the physical memory which has space
reserved on the disk paging files.
• Memory Cache - this counter displays the total amount of the cached system
memory in Megabytes by calculating the sum of the system cache resident
memory, system driver resident memory, system code resident memory and
paged pool resident memory.
• Memory Cache Peak - this counter shows the maximum number of bytes used by
the file system cache since the system was last restarted. This might be larger
than the current size of the memory cache.
• Memory Cache Fault Rate - this counter measures the rate at which faults occur
when a page sought in the file system cache is not found and must be retrieved
from elsewhere in memory or from the disk. The file system cache is an area of
physical memory that stores recently used pages of data for applications. Cache
activity is a reliable indicator of most application I/O operations.
• Memory Page Fault Rate - this counter measures the average number of pages
faulted per second. It is measured in number of pages faulted per second because
only one page is faulted in each fault operation, hence this is also equal to the
number of page fault operations.
• Memory Page Read Rate - this counter measures the rate at which the disk was
read to resolve hard page faults. It shows the number of read operations, without
regard to the number of pages retrieved in each operation.
• Memory Page Write Rate - this counter measures the rate at which pages are
written to disk to free up space in physical memory. Pages are written to disk only
if they are changed while in physical memory, so they are likely to hold data, not
code. This counter shows write operations, without regard to the number of pages
written in each operation.
• Memory Page File Usage - this counter measures the current usage of all
memory page files in percent.
• Memory Page File Peak - this counter measures the peak usage of all memory
page files in percent.
• Memory Nonpaged Pool Used - this counter monitors the amount of system
memory used from the non-paged memory pool. The non-paged memory pool is
an area of system memory for objects that cannot be written to disk, but must
remain in physical memory as long as they are allocated.
• Memory Nonpaged Pool Used Allocs - this counter monitors the number of
allocations made from the non-paged memory pool. The non-paged memory pool
is an area of system memory for objects that cannot be written to disk, but must
remain in physical memory as long as they are allocated.

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The SysGauge command line utility, which is available in SysGauge Ultimate and SysGauge
Server product versions, provides the ability to monitor the system memory usage and
save memory usage monitoring reports from batch files and shell scripts. The command
line utility is located in the SysGauge 'bin' directory and it can be used to monitor the local
system or remote servers via the network. In the simplest case, open a command prompt
window, go to the SysGauge 'bin' directory and type the following command:

sysgauge -memory_monitor -save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command will perform a memory usage monitoring operation using a number of
memory monitoring counters including the memory usage, the amount of free memory,
the amount of used memory, the size of the memory cache, the peak size of the memory
cache, the memory cache fault rate, the memory page file usage, the memory page file
peak size and the memory page file fault rate. In addition, after the monitoring operation
will be completed, SysGauge will save a PDF memory usage monitoring report to the
specified file or directory.

Command Line Options:

-host <Remote Host Name or IP address>

This option allows one to monitor the memory usage in remote servers via the network.

-time <Monitoring Time in Seconds>

This command line option sets the maximum monitoring time.

-silent

This command line option enables silent operation, which is useful when saving reports.

-save_html_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an HTML memory monitoring report.

-save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a PDF memory monitoring report.

-save_excel_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an Excel memory monitoring report.

-save_text_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a text memory monitoring report.

-save_csv_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a CSV memory monitoring report.

-save_xml_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an XML memory monitoring report.

-save_to_database <Table Name>

This command line option saves monitoring results to the specified SQL database table.

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10 Process Monitor Module

The 'Process Monitor' GUI module is a dedicated process monitoring module showing the
list of currently running processes and displaying for each process the process CPU usage,
the memory usage, the number of threads, the number of handles, the number of process
instances, the process data transfer rate, the process read transfer rate, the process write
transfer rate, the process page fault rate and the amount of non-paged memory allocated
by each running process.

The top side of the process monitor displays the list of currently running processes and the
bottom side of the window includes three data chards and a number of counters showing
the monitoring data for the currently selected process. In order to open a detailed process
monitoring dialog for a specific process, double click on the required process item in the lst
of currently running processes.

The process monitoring dialog shows the process CPU usage, the process memory usage,
the process page-fault rate, the process data transfer rate, the process thread count, the
process handle count and the amount of non-paged memory allocated by the process.

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One of the most useful capabilities of the SysGauge process monitor is the ability to save
process monitoring reports to a number of standard formats including HTML, PDF, Excel,
text, CSV and XML. In order to save a process monitoring report, press the 'Save' button
located on the main toolbar, select an appropriate report format and report mode, enter a
report file name and press the 'Save' button.

The SysGauge process monitoring report begins with a summary table showing the total
number of processes, the total number of process instances, the total memory usage for
all processes, the total number of threads for all processes and the total number of
handles for all processes.

The summary table is followed by the process list table showing summary information for
each process including: the process status, the process name, the process instance count,
the process CPU usage, the process memory usage, the process thread count and the
process handle count.

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The process list table is followed by a number of pie charts showing the CPU usage per
process, the memory usage per process, the number of threads per process and the
number of handles per process, allowing one to easily identify processes consuming
substantial amounts of system resources.

The statistical pie charts are followed by a number of tables showing detailed process
information and history charts. For each running process, the report includes a summary
table, a list of process monitoring counters with the average, minimum and maximum
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The SysGauge process monitor provides the user with the ability to define conditional
process monitoring rules allowing one to automatically detect processes consuming
excessive amounts of system resources and then play notification sounds, send E-Mail
notifications or execute custom actions according to user-specified rules and policies.

In order to add one or more process monitoring rules, open the 'Options' dialog, select the
'Rules' tab and press the 'Add' button. On the 'Add Rule' dialog select a process monitoring
counter, specify a condition that should trigger the rule, select an action type and specify
an action value if required.

For example, in order to send an E-Mail notification for any process consuming more than
90 percent of the CPU time, select the 'Process CPU Usage' counter type, set the rule
condition to 'Current Value More Than 90', select the 'E-Mail Notification' action type and
enter an E-Mail address to send notifications to.

In addition, select the 'E-Mail' tab and specify an SMTP E-Mail server to use to send E-Mail
notifications. During the process monitoring operation, SysGauge will check the selected
process monitoring counters for each running process and send E-Mail notifications for all
processes consuming more than the user-specified amount of system resources.

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In addition to the global process monitoring rules, which are applied to all running
processes, the user is provided with the ability to configure rules and policies for user-
designated processes allowing one to automatically check if a process is running or not
running and monitor the process CPU usage, process memory usage, number of threads,
number of handles, process data transfer rate, process read transfer rate, process write
transfer rate, process page fault rate and the amount of the process non-paged memory.

In order to add a process monitoring rule, select the 'Process Monitor' module on the left
side-bar, press the 'Rules' button located on the main toolbar and press the 'Add' button.
On the process rule dialog, specify the name of the process to apply the rule to, select the
process monitoring rule type and specify a process monitoring condition. If required,
enable process monitoring actions and select an appropriate process monitoring action
type.

For example, the user is provided with the ability to play notification sounds, select E-Mail
notifications, send messages to the system event log or restart the system if one or more
user-designated processes are not running or consuming too much of the system
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Sometimes, it may be required to compare two running processes in order to understand

which of the two processes consumes less system resources while performing the same
operation. For example, there are many different web browser applications providing very
similar sets of features, but consuming different amounts of system resources while
performing exactly the same operation.

In order to compare two processes using the SysGauge process monitor, select a process
item in the process view, press the right mouse button and select the 'Compare Process'
menu item. On the 'Compare Process' dialog, use the process selection combo boxes to
select a pair or processes to compare.

For each of the selected processes, SysGauge will monitor and compare the process CPU
usage, the amount of system memory used by the process, the process thread count, the
process handle count, the process data transfer rate, the process read transfer rate, the
process write transfer rate, the process page fault rate and the amount of the non-paged
memory used by the process.

The top view of the process comparison dialog displays the list process monitoring
counters for the compared processes and the differences between the compared
processes. In addition, the process comparison dialog shows two data charts showing the
process monitoring data for the compared processes according to the currently selected
process monitoring counter.

By default, the process comparison dialog shows the differences between the current
values of the process monitoring counters. In addition, the user is provided with the ability
to compare the average values of the process monitoring counters allowing one to
understand how much of the system resources the compared processes consume over
time and under different usage scenarios. In order to switch to the average counter values,
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The SysGauge process monitor provides the ability to save process comparison reports to
a number of standard formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, text, CSV and XML. In order to
save a process comparison report, press the save button located in the bottom-left corner
of the process comparison dialog.

On the 'Save Report' dialog, select an appropriate report format, select a report mode,
enter a report title, enter a report file name and press the 'Save' button. A SysGauge
process comparison report begins with a summary table showing the report date and time,
the report host name and the name of the user generated the report.

The summary table is followed by a table showing the list of process monitoring counters
including the process CPU usage, process memory usage, thread count, handle count, data
transfer rate, read transfer rate and write transfer rate for both processes. The list of
process monitoring counters is followed by a number of comparison charts showing the
difference between the processes for all process monitoring counters.

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In addition to the dedicated process monitor module, the user can use the customizable
'System Monitor' module to configure user-custom process monitoring profiles. In order
to add a process status counter, press the 'Add' button located on the main toolbar,
selected the 'Process Status' counters category in the left-side view, select an appropriate
process status counter in the middle view and then select the required process to monitor
in the right-side view. In addition, in order to monitor the process status in a remote
computer via the network, press the 'Connect' button located in the bottom-left corner and
specify the host name of the remote computer to monitor.

• Process CPU Usage - this counter shows the percentage of elapsed time that all
threads of the selected process used the processor to execution instructions. An
instruction is the basic unit of execution in a computer, a thread is the object that
executes instructions, and a process is the object created when a program is run.
• Process CPU Usage User - this counter shows the percentage of elapsed time
that all threads of the selected process spent executing code in the user mode.
Applications, environment subsystems, and integral subsystems execute in user
mode. Code executing in user mode cannot damage the integrity of the Windows
executive, kernel, and device drivers.
• Process CPU Usage System - this counter shows the percentage of elapsed time
that all threads of the selected process spent executing code in the system
privileged mode.
• Process Memory Used - this counter shows the amount of the system memory in
Megabytes used by the selected process.
• Process Handle Count - this counter displays the total number of handles
currently open in the selected process. This number is equal to the sum of the
handles currently open in each thread of the selected process.
• Process Thread Count - this counter displays the number of threads currently
active in the selected process. An instruction is the basic unit of execution in a
processor and a thread is the object that executes instructions. Every running
process has at least one thread.
• Process Control Rate - this counter measures the rate in Megabytes per second
at which the selected process is issuing I/O operations that do not involve data
such as control operations. This counter measures all I/O activity generated by the
process including file, network and device I/Os.
• Process Control IOPS - this counter measures the rate in operations per second
(IOPS) at which the selected process is issuing I/O operations that are neither read
nor write operations (for example, a control function). This counter measures all
I/O activity generated by the process including file, network and device I/Os.
• Process Data Rate - this counter measures the data rate in Megabytes per
second at which the selected process is reading and writing data in I/O operations.
This counter measures all I/O activity generated by the process including file,
network and device I/Os.
• Process Data IOPS - this counter measures the rate in operations per second at
which the selected process is issuing read and write I/O operations. This counter
measures all I/O activity generated by the process including file, network and
device I/Os.
• Process Read Rate - this counter measures the data read rate in Megabytes per
second at which the selected process is reading data in I/O operations. This
counter measures all I/O activity generated by the process including file, network
and device I/Os.
• Process Read IOPS - this counter measures the data read rate in operations per
second at which the selected process is issuing read I/O operations. This counter
measures all I/O activity generated by the process including file, network and
device I/Os.
• Process Write Rate - this counter measures the data write rate in Megabytes per
second at which the selected process is writing data in I/O operations. This counter
measures all I/O activity generated by the process including file, network and
device I/Os.
• Process Write IOPS - this counter measures the data write rate in operations per
second at which the selected process is issuing write I/O operations. This counter
measures all I/O activity generated by the process including file, network and
device I/Os.

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The SysGauge command line utility, which is available in SysGauge Ultimate and SysGauge
Server product versions, provides the ability to monitor the running processes and save
process monitoring reports from batch files and shell scripts. The command line utility is
located in the SysGauge 'bin' directory and it can be used to monitor the local system or
remote servers via the network. In the simplest case, open a command prompt window,
go to the SysGauge 'bin' directory and type the following command:

sysgauge -process_monitor -save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command will perform a process monitoring operation using a number of counters for
each running process including the process CPU usage, the process memory usage, the
process thread count, the process handle count, the process data transfer rate, the
process read transfer rate, the process write transfer rate, the process memory page fault
rate and the process non-paged memory size. In addition, after the monitoring operation
will be completed, SysGauge will save a PDF process monitoring report to the specified file
or directory.

Command Line Options:

-host <Remote Host Name or IP address>

This option allows one to monitor the running processes in remote servers via the network.

-time <Monitoring Time in Seconds>

This command line option sets the maximum monitoring time.

-silent

This command line option enables silent operation, which is useful when saving reports.

-save_html_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an HTML process monitoring report.

-save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a PDF process monitoring report.

-save_excel_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an Excel process monitoring report.

-save_text_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a text process monitoring report.

-save_csv_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a CSV process monitoring report.

-save_xml_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an XML process monitoring report.

-save_to_database <Table Name>

This command line option saves monitoring results to the specified SQL database table.

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11 Network Monitor Module

The 'Network Monitor' GUI module is a dedicated network monitoring module showing
the list of network interfaces in the computer and displaying the network transfer rate, the
network send transfer rate, the network receive transfer rate, the network packets rate,
the send packets rate, the receive packets rate, the network output queue length, the
number of send packets errors and the number of receive packets errors for the currently
selected network interface.

The network transfer rate charts, which are located on the top side of the window, allow
one to display the monitoring data for the last minute, last 2 minutes or last 5 minutes. In
addition, all network monitoring counters, display the minimum, maximum and average
value on the counter's status bar.

In addition, the user is provided with the ability to save network monitoring reports into a
number of standard formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, text, CSV and XML. In order to
save a network monitoring report, press the 'Save' button located on the main toolbar,
select an appropriate report format, enter a report file name and press the 'Save' button.

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In addition to the dedicated network monitor module, the user can use the customizable
'System Monitor' module to configure user-custom network monitoring profiles.

In order to add a network activity counter, press the 'Monitor' button located on the main
toolbar, selected the 'Network Activity' counters category in the left-side view and then
select an appropriate network activity counter in the middle view. By default, SysGauge
will monitor all network cards installed in the computer, but if required, the user can select
a specific network card to monitor in the right-side view. In addition, in order to monitor
the network activity in a remote computer via the network, press the 'Connect' button
located in the bottom-left corner and specify the host name of the remote computer to
monitor.

• Network Transfer Rate - this counter measures the network transfer rate in
Megabytes per second at which data is sent and received over the selected
network adapter.
• Network Transmit Rate - this counter measures the network transfer rate in
Megabytes per second at which data is sent over the selected network adapter.
• Network Receive Rate - this counter measures the network transfer rate in
Megabytes per second at which data is received over the selected network adapter.
• Network Packets Rate - this counter measures the rate at which packets are
sent and received on the selected network adapter.
• Network Send Packets Rate - this counter measures the rate at which packets
are sent on the selected network adapter.
• Network Receive Packets Rate - this counter measures the rate at which
packets are received on the selected network adapter.
• Network Send Packets Errors - this counter measures the number of outbound
packets that could not be transmitted because of errors.
• Network Receive Packets Errors - this counter measures the number of
inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a
higher-layer protocol.
• Network Send Packets Discarded - this counter measures the number of
outbound packets that were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had
been detected to prevent transmission. One possible reason for discarding packets
could be to free up the system memory.
• Network Receive Packets Discarded - this counter measures the number of
inbound packets that were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been
detected to prevent their delivery to a higher-layer protocol. One possible reason
for discarding packets could be to free up the system memory.
• Network Output Queue Length - this counter measures the number of network
packets in the output packet queue. If the number of network packets in the
output queue more than two, there are delays and the bottleneck should be found
and eliminated, if possible.

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The SysGauge command line utility, which is available in SysGauge Ultimate and SysGauge
Server product versions, provides the ability to monitor the network activity and save
network monitoring reports from batch files and shell scripts. The command line utility is
located in the SysGauge 'bin' directory and it can be used to monitor the local system or
remote servers via the network. In the simplest case, open a command prompt window,
go to the SysGauge 'bin' directory and type the following command:

sysgauge -network_monitor -save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command will perform a network monitoring operation using a number of network
monitoring counters including the network transfer rate, network transmit rate, network
receive rate, network packets rate, network send packets rate, network receive packets
rate, network send packets errors, network receive packets errors and the network output
queue length. In addition, after the monitoring operation will be completed, SysGauge will
save a PDF network monitoring report to the specified file or directory.

Command Line Options:

-extended

By default, the network monitor reports the total network activity statistics for all network
interface cards in the monitored server. This command line option enables individual
network interface cards activity monitoring counters for each network card and the
network activity monitoring results will include individual network cards statistics for each
network interface card in the monitored server.

-host <Remote Host Name or IP address>

This option allows one to monitor the network activity in remote servers via the network.

-time <Monitoring Time in Seconds>

This command line option sets the maximum monitoring time.

-silent
This command line option enables silent operation, which is useful when saving reports.

-save_html_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an HTML network activity monitoring report.

-save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a PDF network activity monitoring report.

-save_excel_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an Excel network activity monitoring report.

-save_text_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a text network activity monitoring report.

-save_csv_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a CSV network activity monitoring report.

-save_xml_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an XML network activity monitoring report.

-save_to_database <Table Name>

This command line option saves monitoring results to the specified SQL database table.

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12 Disk Monitor Module

The 'Disk Monitor' GUI module is a dedicated disk monitoring module showing the list of
logical disks in the computer and displaying the disk activity, the disk space usage, the
disk free space, the disk transfer rate, the disk read transfer rate, the disk write transfer
rate, the disk IOPS rate, the disk read IOPS rate and the disk write IOPS rate for the
currently selected logical disk.

The disk activity chart allows one to display the monitoring data for the last minute, last 2
minutes or last 5 minutes. The disk space usage gauges, which are located on the top-side
of the window, provide the ability to display the current value, average value or the
maximum value. In addition, all disk monitoring counters, display the minimum, maximum
and average value on the counter's status bar.

In addition, the user is provided with the ability to save disk monitoring reports into a
number of standard formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, text, CSV and XML. In order to
save a disk monitoring report, press the 'Save' button located on the main toolbar, select
an appropriate report format, enter a report file name and press the 'Save' button.

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The 'Disk Statistics' module shows the average disk request time, average disk read
time, average disk write time, average disk request size, average disk read size, average
disk write size, average disk queue length, average disk read queue length and the
average disk write queue length.

In order to open a history chart dialog for a disk monitoring counter, press the 'Chart'
button located in the top-right corner of the required disk monitoring counter. The history
chart dialog allows one to show the monitoring history for the last 1, 2 or 5 minutes. In
order to change the history time-frame, press the 'History' button located in the top-right
corner of the history chart dialog.

Advanced users are provided with the ability to access the raw disk monitoring data, save
various types of monitoring reports and export the monitoring data to an SQL database. In
order to access the raw monitoring data, press the 'Data' button located in the bottom-left
corner of the history chart dialog.

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In addition to the dedicated disk monitor module, the user can use the customizable
'System Monitor' module to configure user-custom disk monitoring profiles. In order to
add a disk activity counter, press the 'Monitor' button located on the main toolbar, selected
the 'Disk Activity' counters category in the left-side view and then select an appropriate
disk activity counter in the middle view. By default, SysGauge will monitor all disks
installed in the computer, but if required, the user can select a specific disk to monitor in
the right-side view. In addition, in order to monitor the disk activity in a remote computer
via the network, press the 'Connect' button located in the bottom-left corner and specify
the host name or an IP address of the remote computer to monitor.

• Disk Space Usage - this counter measures the percentage of the used disk space.
• Disk Free Space - this counter measures the amount of the free disk space.
• Disk Activity - this counter measures the percentage of elapsed time that the
selected disk drive was busy servicing read or write requests.
• Disk Read Activity - this counter measures the percentage of elapsed time that
the selected disk drive was busy servicing read requests.
• Disk Write Activity - this counter measures the percentage of elapsed time that
the selected disk drive was busy servicing write requests.
• Disk Transfer Rate - this counter measures the disk data transfer rate in
Megabytes to or from the disk during write or read operations.
• Disk Read Transfer - this counter measures the disk data transfer rate in
Megabytes from the disk during read operations.
• Disk Write Transfer - this counter measures the disk data transfer rate in
Megabytes to the disk during write operations.
• Disk Transfer IOPS - this counter measures the rate of read and write operations
per second (IOPS) on the selected disk.
• Disk Read IOPS - this counter measures the rate of read operations per second
(IOPS) on the selected disk.
• Disk Write IOPS - this counter measures the rate of write operations per second
(IOPS) on the selected disk.
• Disk Split IOPS - this counter measures the rate at which I/Os to the disk were
split into multiple I/Os. A split I/O may result from requesting data of a size that is
too large to fit into a single I/O or that the disk is fragmented.
• Disk Average Request Size - this counter measures the average disk I/O
request size, which is displayed in KB.
• Disk Average Read Request Size - this counter measures the average disk read
request size, which is displayed in KB.
• Disk Average Write Request Size - this counter measures the average disk
write request size, which is displayed in KB.
• Disk Average Request Time - this counter measures the average disk I/O
request time, which is displayed in milliseconds.
• Disk Average Read Request Time - this counter measures the average disk
read request time, which is displayed in milliseconds.
• Disk Average Write Request Time - this counter measures the average disk
write request time, which is displayed in milliseconds.
• Disk Average Queue Length - this counter measures the average disk queue
length, which shows the average number of pending disk I/O requests.

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The SysGauge command line utility, which is available in SysGauge Ultimate and SysGauge
Server product versions, provides the ability to monitor the disk activity and save disk
activity monitoring reports from batch files and shell scripts. The command line utility is
located in the SysGauge 'bin' directory and it can be used to monitor the local system or
remote servers via the network. In the simplest case, open a command prompt window,
go to the SysGauge 'bin' directory and type the following command:

sysgauge -disk_monitor -save_html_report <File Name or Directory>

This command will perform a disk activity monitoring operation using a number of disk
monitoring counters including the disk activity, disk transfer rate, disk read transfer rate,
disk write transfer rate, disk transfer IOPS, disk read transfer IOPS, disk write transfer
IOPS, disk free space and disk space usage. In addition, after the monitoring operation will
be completed, SysGauge will save an HTML disk activity monitoring report to the specified
file or directory.

Command Line Options:

-extended

By default, the disk activity monitor reports the total disk activity statistics for all logical
disks in the monitored system. This command line option enables individual disk activity
monitoring counters for each logical disk and the disk activity monitoring results will
include individual disk activity statistics for each logical disk in the monitored system.

-host <Remote Host Name or IP address>

This option allows one to monitor the disk activity in remote servers via the network.

-time <Monitoring Time in Seconds>

This command line option sets the maximum monitoring time.

-silent
This command line option enables silent operation, which is useful when saving reports.

-save_html_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an HTML disk activity monitoring report.

-save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a PDF disk activity monitoring report.

-save_excel_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an Excel disk activity monitoring report.

-save_text_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a text disk activity monitoring report.

-save_csv_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a CSV disk activity monitoring report.

-save_xml_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an XML disk activity monitoring report.

-save_to_database <Table Name>

This command line option saves monitoring results to the specified SQL database table.

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13 NAS Server Monitor

The 'NAS Monitor' GUI module is a dedicated NAS server monitoring module showing the
list of network shares in the NAS server and displaying the data transfer rate, the data
request rate, the number of pending requests, the read transfer rate, the write transfer
rate, the read request rate, the write request rate, the number of currently open files and
the total number of opened files since the NAS server was started for the currently
selected network share.

The data transfer and the data request rate charts located on the top side of the NAS
monitor module allow one to display the monitoring data for the last minute, last 2
minutes or last 5 minutes. In addition, the user is provided with the ability to display data
charts from all other counters by pressing on the 'Chart' button located in the top-right
corner of each counter.

The data chart dialog provides the ability to view the monitoring data for the last minute,
last 2 minutes or last 5 minutes. In addition, the user is provided with the ability export
the counter's monitoring data, pause, resume and reset the monitor.

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The SysGauge NAS performance monitor provides the user with the ability to save NAS
performance monitoring reports to a number of standard formats including HTML, PDF,
Excel, text, CSV and XML. In order to save a NAS performance monitoring report, press
the 'Save' button located on the main toolbar, select an appropriate report format and
report mode, enter a report file name and press the 'Save' button.

A SysGauge NAS performance monitoring report begins with a summary table showing the
report date and time, the report host name and the name of the user generated the NAS
performance monitoring report. The summary table is followed by the list of NAS
performance monitoring counters showing the average, minimum and maximum values for
each NAS performance monitoring counter.

The counter list is followed by a number of data charts showing the NAS performance
monitoring data for each NAS performance monitoring counter. In addition, if selected by
the user, the report may include NAS performance history statistics and full monitoring
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In addition to the dedicated NAS monitor module, the user can use the customizable
'System Monitor' module to configure user-custom NAS server monitoring profiles.

In order to add a NAS performance monitoring counter, press the 'Monitor' button located
on the main toolbar, selected the 'NAS Server' counters category in the left-side view,
select an appropriate NAS performance monitoring counter in the middle view and then
select the required network share in the right-side view. In addition, in order to monitor
the performance of a remote NAS server via the network, press the 'Connect' button
located in the bottom-left corner and specify the host name or an IP address of the remote
server to monitor.

• NAS Data Transfer Rate - this counter measures the rate, in MB per second, at
which data is being written to or read from this NAS server.
• NAS Read Transfer Rate - this counter measures the rate, in MB per second, at
which data is being read from this NAS server.
• NAS Write Transfer Rate - this counter measures the rate, in MB per second, at
which data is being written to this NAS server.
• NAS Request Rate - this counter measures the rate, in requests per second, at
which read or write requests are received by this NAS server.
• NAS Data Request Rate - this counter measures the rate, in requests per
second, at which data requests are received by this NAS server.
• NAS Read Request Rate - this counter measures the rate, in requests per
second, at which read requests are received by this NAS server.
• NAS Write Request Rate - this counter measures the rate, in requests per
second, at which write requests are received by this NAS server.
• NAS Open File Count - this counter shows the number of files that are currently
open in this NAS server on behalf of its clients.
• NAS Total Open File Count - this counter shows the number of files that have
been opened by the NAS file server on behalf of its clients since the server started.
• NAS Open File Request Rate - this counter measures the rate, in requests per
second, at which files are being opened for the NAS server’s clients.
• NAS Metadata Request Rate - this counter measures the rate, in requests per
seconds, at which metadata requests are being sent to this NAS server.
• NAS Pending Requests - this counter shows the current number of requests are
waiting to be processed by the NAS file server.
• NAS Data Queue Length - this counter shows the current number of read or
write requests outstanding on this NAS server.
• NAS Network Transfer Rate - this counter measures the rate, in MB per second,
at which data is being received and sent for requests related to this NAS server
including the application data as well as the network protocol data.
• NAS Network Received Rate - this counter measures the rate, in MB per
second, at which data is being received for requests related to this NAS server
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• NAS Network Sent Rate - this counter measures the rate, in MB per second, at
which data is being sent for requests related to this NAS server including the
application data as well as the network protocol data.
• NAS Average Request Size - this counter shows the average size of data
requests in KB.
• NAS Average Read Request Size - this counter shows the average size of read
requests in KB.
• NAS Average Write Request Size - this counter shows the average size of write
requests in KB.
• NAS Average Data Queue Length - this counter shows the average number of
read and write requests that were queued by this NAS file server.
• NAS Average Read Queue Length - this counter shows the average number of
read requests that were queued by this NAS file server.
• NAS Average Write Queue Length - this counter shows the average number of
write requests that were queued by this NAS file server.
• NAS Average Request Time - this counter shows the average number of
milliseconds that elapse between the time at which the NAS file server receives a
request and the time at which the server sends the corresponding response.
• NAS Average Data Request Time - this counter shows the average number of
milliseconds that elapse between the time at which the NAS file server receives a
data request and the time at which the server sends the corresponding response.
• NAS Average Read Request Time - this counter shows the average number of
milliseconds that elapse between the time at which the NAS file server receives a
read request and the time at which the server sends the corresponding response.
• NAS Average Write Request Time - this counter shows the average number of
milliseconds that elapse between the time at which the NAS file server receives a
write request and the time at which the server sends the corresponding response.

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The SysGauge command line utility, which is available in SysGauge Ultimate and SysGauge
Server product versions, provides the ability to monitor the performance of NAS servers
and save NAS monitoring reports from batch files and shell scripts. The command line
utility is located in the SysGauge 'bin' directory and it can be used to monitor the local
system or remote NAS servers via the network. In the simplest case, open a command
prompt window, go to the SysGauge 'bin' directory and type the following command:

sysgauge -nas_monitor -save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command will perform a NAS performance monitoring operation using a number of
NAS monitoring counters including the NAS data transfer rate, NAS read transfer rate, NAS
write transfer rate, NAS data request rate, NAS read request rate, NAS write request rate,
NAS pending requests, the current NAS open file count and the total number of open files
since the NAS server was started. In addition, after the monitoring operation will be
completed, SysGauge will save a PDF NAS performance monitoring report to the specified
file or directory.

sysgauge -show_nas_shares

This command shows the list of network shares on the target NAS server.

Command Line Options:

-extended

By default, the NAS performance monitor reports the total NAS performance statistics for
all network shares in the monitored NAS server. This command line option enables
individual network shares performance monitoring counters for each network share and
the NAS performance monitoring results will include individual network shares statistics for
each network share in the monitored NAS server.

-share <Share Name>

This option allows one to monitor only the specified network share.

-host <Remote Host Name or IP address>

This option allows one to monitor the NAS performance in remote servers via the network.

-time <Monitoring Time in Seconds>

This command line option sets the maximum monitoring time.

-silent
This command line option enables silent operation, which is useful when saving reports.

-save_html_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an HTML NAS performance monitoring report.

-save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a PDF NAS performance monitoring report.

-save_excel_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an Excel NAS performance monitoring report.

-save_text_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a text NAS performance monitoring report.

-save_csv_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a CSV NAS performance monitoring report.

-save_xml_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an XML NAS performance monitoring report.

-save_to_database <Table Name>

This command line option saves monitoring results to the specified SQL database table.

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14 iSCSI Target Monitor

The SysGauge system monitor provides the ability to monitor iSCSI target storage devices
allowing one to monitor the iSCSI transfer rate, iSCSI request rate, the number of pending
iSCSI requests, percent of iSCSI read requests, percent of iSCSI write requests, average
iSCSI request latency, average iSCSI read size, average iSCSI write size, number of iSCSI
target sessions, number of iSCSI session errors and the number of failed iSCSI logins.

The SysGauge iSCSI monitor GUI module allows one to select which iSCSI target disk to
monitor, display various types of monitoring history charts and save iSCSI monitoring
reports into a number of formats including PDF, HTML, Microsoft Excel, XML, CSV and text.
In addition, users are provided with the ability to export the raw monitoring data to an
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In addition to the dedicated iSCSI target monitor GUI module, the user is provided with
the customizable 'System Monitor' module allowing one to configure custom iSCSI target
monitoring profiles. In order to add an iSCSI target monitoring counter, press the 'Monitor'
button located on the main toolbar, select the 'iSCSI Target' counters category in the left-
side view and then select an appropriate iSCSI Target monitoring counter in the middle
view. By default, SysGauge will monitor all iSCSI target disks, but if required, the user can
select a specific iSCSI disk to monitor in the right-side view. In addition, in order to
monitor a remote iSCSI target server via the network, press the 'Connect' button located
in the bottom-left corner of the dialog and specify the host name or an IP address of the
remote server to monitor.

• iSCSI Target Transfer Rate - this counter monitors the iSCSI target data
transfer rate, which is displayed in MB/Sec.
• iSCSI Target Requests Rate - this counters monitors the iSCSI target requests
rate, which is displayed in requests per second.
• iSCSI Target Pending Requests - this counter monitors the number of pending
iSCSI target requests.
• iSCSI Target Average Latency - this counter monitors the average iSCSI target
requests latency, which is displayed in milliseconds.
• iSCSI Target Average Write Size - this counter monitors the average iSCSI
target write request size, which is displayed in KB.
• iSCSI Target Average Read Size - this counter monitors the average iSCSI
target read request size, which is displayed in KB.
• iSCSI Target Average Transfer Size - this counter monitors the average iSCSI
target data transfer request size, which is displayed in KB.
• iSCSI Target Sessions - this counter monitors the number of active iSCSI target
sessions.
• iSCSI Target Session Errors - this counter monitors the number of iSCSI Target
session errors.
• iSCSI Target Failed Logins - this counter monitors the number of failed iSCSI
target logins.
• iSCSI Target Percent of Reads - this counter monitors the percentage of iSCSI
target read requests.
• iSCSI Target Percent of Writes - this counter monitors the percentage of iSCSI
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15 SQL Server Monitor

SysGauge Ultimate and SysGauge Server allow one to monitor one or more Microsoft SQL
Servers locally of via the network. In order to add an SQL Server monitor press the 'Add'
button located in the top-left corner of the window and select the 'SQL Server Monitor'
menu item. The SQL Server monitor provides the ability to monitor the SQL index search
rate, SQL transaction rate, SQL cache hit ratio, SQL full scan rate, SQL probe scan rate,
SQL range scan rate, SQL page lookup rate, SQL page read rate, SQL page write rate, SQL
total memory, SQL database page count and the amount of used SQL log space.

The user is provided with the ability to save SQL server monitoring reports into a number
of standard formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, CSV, text and XML. In order to save an
SQL server monitoring report, press the 'Save' button located on the main toolbar, select
an appropriate report format, enter a report title and press the 'Save' button.

For example, a PDF report includes the list of SQL server monitoring counters showing the
average, minimum and maximum values for each counter and a number of line charts
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The SysGauge SQL Server memory monitor GUI shows the SQL server total memory, the
SQL Server cache memory, SQL Server target memory, SQL Server free memory, SQL
Server stolen memory, SQL Server lock memory, SQL Server log pool memory, SQL Server
granted work space memory, SQL Server maximum work space memory, SQL Server
connection memory and the SQL Server optimizer memory.

In order to open the history chart dialog for a specific SQL Server monitoring counter,
press the 'Chart' button located in the top-right corner of the required counter. Under the
history line chart, the history dialog shows the current counter value, the average counter
value, the maximum counter value and the minimum counter value. In addition, the
history dialog allows one to show the monitoring history for the last 1, 2 or 5 minutes.

The history dialog provides the ability to export the monitoring data to a number of
standard formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, text, CSV and XML. In order to save the
history monitoring data, press the 'Data' button located in the bottom-left corner of the
history dialog, press the 'Save' button and select an appropriate report format.

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In addition to the dedicated SQL Server monitor, the user can use the customizable
'System Monitor' module to configure user-custom SQL Server monitoring profiles.

In order to add an SQL Server monitoring counter, press the 'Monitor' button located on
the main toolbar, selected the 'SQL Server' counters category in the left-side view and
then select an appropriate SQL Server monitoring counter in the middle view. By default,
SysGauge will monitor all SQL databases in the target SQL Server, but if required, the user
can select a specific SQL database to monitor in the right-side view. In addition, in order to
monitor a remote SQL Server via the network, press the 'Connect' button located in the
bottom-left corner and specify the host name or an IP address of the remote computer to
monitor.

• SQL Server Logical Connections - this counter monitors the number of currently
active logical SQL server connections.
• SQL Server User Connections - this counter monitors the number of currently
active SQL Server user connections.
• SQL Server Login Rate - this counter monitors the SQL Server login rate, which
is displayed in logins per second.
• SQL Server Logout Rate - this counter monitors the SQL Server logout rate,
which is displayed in logouts per second.
• SQL Server Full Scan Rate - this counter monitors the rate of SQL Server scan
operations, which is displayed in scans per second.
• SQL Server Probe Scan Rate - this counter monitors the rate of SQL Server
probe scan operations, which is displayed in scans per second.
• SQL Server Range Scan Rate - this counter monitors the rate of SQL Server
range scan operations, which is displayed in scans per second.
• SQL Server Index Search Rate - this counter monitors the rate of SQL Server
index search operations, which is displayed in searches per second.
• SQL Server Page Allocation Rate - this counter monitors the rate of SQL Server
database page allocations, which is displayed in pages per second.
• SQL Server Page Split Rate - this counter monitors the rate of SQL Server
database page split operations, which is displayed in pages per second.
• SQL Server Page Deallocation Rate - this counter monitors the rate of SQL
Server database page deallocations, which is displayed in pages per second.
• SQL Server Connection Memory - this counter monitors the amount of SQL
Server connection memory, which is displayed in MB.
• SQL Server Database Cache Memory - this counter monitors the amount of SQL
Server database cache memory, which is displayed in MB.
• SQL Server SQL Cache Memory - this counter monitors the amount of SQL
Server SQL cache memory, which is displayed in MB.
• SQL Server Lock Memory - this counter monitors the amount of SQL Server lock
memory, which is displayed in MB.
• SQL Server Log Pool Memory - this counter monitors the amount of SQL Server
log pool memory, which is displayed in MB.

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• SQL Server Max Workspace Memory - this counter monitors the amount of SQL
Server max workspace memory, which is displayed in MB.
• SQL Server Optimizer Memory - this counter monitors the amount of SQL
Server optimizer memory, which is displayed in MB.
• SQL Server Free Memory - this counter monitors the amount of SQL Server free
memory, which is displayed in MB.
• SQL Server Stolen Memory - this counter monitors the amount of SQL Server
stolen memory, which is displayed in MB.
• SQL Server Target Memory - this counter monitors the amount of SQL Server
target memory, which is displayed in MB.
• SQL Server Total Memory - this counter monitors the amount of SQL Server
total memory, which is displayed in MB.
• SQL Server Background Write Rate - this counter monitors the SQL Server
background write rate, which is displayed in pages per second.
• SQL Server Cache Hit Ratio - this counter monitors the SQL Server database
cache hit ratio, which is displayed in percents.
• SQL Server Database Pages - this counter monitors the number of SQL Server
database pages.
• SQL Server Page Lookup Rate - this counter monitors the rate of SQL Server
database page lookup operations, which is displayed in pages per second.
• SQL Server Page Read Rate - this counter monitors the rate of SQL Server
database page read operations, which is displayed in pages per second.
• SQL Server Page Write Rate - this counter monitors the rate of SQL Server
database page write operations, which is displayed in pages per second.
• SQL Server Target Pages - this counter monitors the number of SQL Server
target database pages.
• SQL Server Active Transactions - this counter monitors the number of currently
active SQL Server transactions.
• SQL Server Data Files Size - this counter monitors the size of SQL Server data
files, which is displayed in MB.
• SQL Server Log Space Used - this counter monitors the amount of used SQL
Server log space, which is displayed in percents.
• SQL Server Transactions Rate - this counter monitors the rate of SQL Server
transactions, which is displayed in transactions per second.
• SQL Server Write Transactions Rate - this counter monitors the rate of SQL
Server write transactions, which is displayed in transactions per second.

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The SysGauge command line utility, which is available in SysGauge Ultimate and SysGauge
Server product versions, provides the ability to monitor one or more SQL Servers and save
SQL Server monitoring reports from batch files and shell scripts. The command line utility
is located in the SysGauge 'bin' directory and it can be used to monitor the local system or
remote servers via the network. In the simplest case, open a command prompt window,
go to the SysGauge 'bin' directory and type the following command:

sysgauge -sql_monitor -save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command will perform an SQL Server monitoring operation using a number of SQL
Server monitoring counters including the SQL Server transactions rate, cache hit ratio,
index search rate, full scan rate, probe scan rate, range scan rate, page lookup rate, page
read rate, page write rate, database pages, user connections, etc. In addition, after the
monitoring operation will be completed, SysGauge will save a PDF SQL Server monitoring
report to the specified file or directory.

Command Line Options:

-host <Remote Host Name or IP address>

This option allows one to monitor remote SQL servers via the network.

-sql_instance

Normally, the SQL Server monitor will try to connect to the default SQL Server instance.
This command line option provides the ability to specify which SQL Server instance to
monitor allowing one to monitor multiple SQL Server instances installed on the local
computer or a number of remote computers via the network.

-time <Monitoring Time in Seconds>

This command line option sets the maximum monitoring time.

-silent
This option enables the silent operation mode.

-save_html_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an HTML SQL Server monitoring report.

-save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a PDF SQL Server monitoring report.

-save_excel_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an Excel SQL Server monitoring report.

-save_text_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a text SQL Server monitoring report.

-save_csv_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a CSV SQL Server monitoring report.

-save_xml_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an XML SQL Server monitoring report.

-save_to_database <Table Name>

This command line option saves monitoring results to the specified SQL database table.

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16 IIS Server Monitor

SysGauge Ultimate allows one to monitor one or more Microsoft IIS Servers locally or via
the network. In order to add an IIS Server monitor press the 'Add' button located in the
top-left corner of the window and select the 'IIS Server Monitor' menu item. The IIS
Server monitor provides the IIS Server performance tab, the IIS Server statistics tab and
allows one to select which web site to monitor.

The IIS Server performance tab displays the current number of connections, the number of
anonymous users, number of non-anonymous users, data transfer rate, HTTP requests
rate and the files transfer rate.

The IIS Server statistics tab displays the total amount of transferred data, the total
number of HTTP requests, the total number of transferred files, the total number of not-
found errors, the not-found errors rate and the locked errors rate.

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In addition to the dedicated IIS Server monitor, the user is provided with the customizable
'System Monitor' module allowing one to configure custom IIS Server monitoring profiles.
In order to add an IIS Server monitoring counter, press the 'Monitor' button located on the
main toolbar, selected the 'IIS Server' counters category in the left-side view and then
select an appropriate IIS Server monitoring counter in the middle view. By default,
SysGauge will monitor all web sites on the target IIS Server, but if required, the user can
select a specific web site to monitor in the right-side view. In addition, in order to monitor
a remote IIS Server via the network, press the 'Connect' button located in the bottom-left
corner and specify the host name or an IP address of the remote server to monitor.

• IIS Server Data Transfer Rate - this counter monitors the data transfer rate,
which is displayed in MB/Sec
• IIS Server Data Send Rate - this counter monitors the data send rate, which is
displayed in MB/Sec
• IIS Server Data Receive Rate - this counter monitors the data receive rate,
which is displayed in MB/Sec
• IIS Server Get Requests Rate - this counter monitors the rate of HTTP GET
requests, which is displayed in Requests/Sec
• IIS Server Post Requests Rate - this counter monitors the rate of HTTP POST
requests, which is displayed inn Requests/Sec
• IIS Server Head Requests Rate - this counter monitors the rate of HTTP HEAD
requests, which is displayed in Requests/Sec
• IIS Server Lock Requests Rate - this counter monitors the rate of HTTP LOCK
requests, which is displayed in Requests/Sec
• IIS Server Move Requests Rate - this counter monitors the rate of HTTP MOVE
requests, which is displayed in Requests/Sec
• IIS Server Options Requests Rate - this counter monitors the rate of HTTP
OPTIONS requests, which is displayed in Requests/Sec
• IIS Server Propfind Requests Rate - this counter monitors the rate of HTTP
PROPFIND requests, which is displayed in Requests/Sec
• IIS Server Proppatch Requests Rate - this counter monitors the rate of HTTP
PROPPATCH requests, which is displayed in Requests/Sec
• IIS Server Search Requests Rate - this counter monitors the rate of HTTP
SEARCH requests, which is displayed in Requests/Sec
• IIS Server Delete Requests Rate - this counter monitors the rate of HTTP
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• IIS Server Files Rate - this counter monitors the files transfer rate, which is
displayed in Files/Sec
• IIS Server Files Send Rate - this counter monitors the files send rate, which is
displayed in Files/Sec
• IIS Server Files Receive Rate - this counter monitors the files receive rate,
which is displayed in Files/Sec
• IIS Server Connections - this counter monitors the current number of network
connections
• IIS Server Maximum Connections - this counter monitors the maximum
number of network connections.
• IIS Server Connection Attempts Rate - this counter monitors the rate of
network connection attempts, which is displayed in Connections/Sec
• IIS Server Anonymous Users - this counter monitors the current number of
anonymous users
• IIS Server Maximum Anonymous Users - this counter monitors the maximum
number of anonymous users
• IIS Server Total Anonymous Users - this counter monitors the total number of
anonymous users
• IIS Server NonAnonymous Users - this counter monitors the current number of
non-anonymous users
• IIS Server Maximum NonAnonymous Users - this counter monitors the
maximum number of non-anonymous users
• IIS Server Total NonAnonymous Users - this counter monitors the total
number of non-anonymous users
• IIS Server Logon Attempts Rate - this counter monitors the rate of user logon
attempts, which is displayed in Logons/Sec
• IIS Server Not Found Errors Rate - this counter monitors the rate of not-found
errors, which is displayed in Errors/Sec
• IIS Server Total Not Found Errors - this counter monitors the total number of
not-found errors
• IIS Server Locked Rate - this counter monitors the rate of locked errors, which
is displayed in Errors/Sec
• IIS Server Service Up Time - this counter displays the time since the IIS Server
was started
• IIS Server Total Data - this counter monitors the total amount of transferred
data, which is displayed in MB
• IIS Server Total Data Sent - this counter monitors the total amount of sent
data, which is displayed in MB
• IIS Server Total Data Received - this counter monitors the total amount of
received data, which is displayed in MB
• IIS Server Total Files - this counter monitors the total number of transferred
files
• IIS Server Total Files Sent - this counter monitors the total number of sent files
• IIS Server Total Files Received - this counter monitors the total number of
received files
• IIS Server Total Get Requests - this counter monitors the total number of HTTP
GET requests
• IIS Server Total Put Requests - this counter monitors the total number of HTTP
PUT requests
• IIS Server Total Post Requests - this counter monitors the total number of
HTTP POST requests
• IIS Server Total Lock Requests - this counter monitors the total number of
HTTP LOCK requests
• IIS Server Total Head Requests - this counter monitors the total number of
HTTP HEAD requests
• IIS Server Total Move Requests - this counter monitors the total number of
HTTP MOVE requests
• IIS Server Total Search Requests - this counter monitors the total number of
HTTP SEARCH requests
• IIS Server Total Delete Requests - this counter monitors the total number of
HTTP DELETE requests
• IIS Server Total Logon Attempts - this counter monitors the total number of
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The SysGauge command line utility, which is available in SysGauge Ultimate and SysGauge
Server product versions, provides the ability to monitor the performance of the IIS Server
and save IIS Server monitoring reports from batch files and shell scripts. The command
line utility is located in the SysGauge 'bin' directory and it can be used to monitor the local
or remote IIS servers via the network. In the simplest case, open a command prompt
window, go to the SysGauge 'bin' directory and type the following command:

sysgauge -iis_monitor -save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command will perform an IIS Server performance monitoring operation using a
number of IIS monitoring counters including the number of IIS Server connections,
number of anonymous users, number of non-anonymous users, data transfer rate, data
receive rate, data send rate, HTTP GET requests rate, HTTP POST requests rate, page-not-
found errors rate and the total number of page-not-found errors. In addition, after the
monitoring operation will be completed, SysGauge will save a PDF IIS Server performance
monitoring report to the specified file or directory.

sysgauge -show_iis_sites

This command shows the list of web sites on the target IIS server.

Command Line Options:

-extended

By default, the IIS server monitor reports the total performance statistics for all web sites
hosted on the monitored IIS server. This command line option enables individual web sites
performance monitoring counters for each web site and the IIS server performance
monitoring results will include individual web sites statistics for each web site hosted on
the monitored IIS server.

-site <Site Name>

This option allows one to monitor only the specified web site.

-host <Remote Host Name or IP address>

This option allows one to monitor remote IIS servers via the network.

-time <Monitoring Time in Seconds>

This command line option sets the maximum monitoring time.

-silent
This command line option enables silent operation, which is useful when saving reports.

-save_html_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an HTML IIS server performance monitoring report.

-save_pdf_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a PDF IIS server performance monitoring report.

-save_excel_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an Excel IIS server performance monitoring report.

-save_text_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a text IIS server performance monitoring report.

-save_csv_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves a CSV IIS server performance monitoring report.

-save_xml_report <File Name or Directory>

This command line option saves an XML IIS server performance monitoring report.

-save_to_database <Table Name>

This command line option saves monitoring results to the specified SQL database table.

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17 System Analysis Module

In order to allow users quickly check the current system status, SysGauge provides the
'System Analyzer' module allowing one to automatically analyze the current system
resource usage, check all critical issues and show an easy-to-understand list of system
analysis results.

The system status analysis results list shows the CPU usage, the memory usage, the
amount of the free memory, the disk activity for all disks, the disk space usage for all
disks, the total number of running processes, the total number of running threads, the
number of system errors and the number of logon errors. For each system status counter,
SysGauge shows a status description which may be set to one of the following: Excellent,
Good, Normal, Warning, Error or Critical.

In addition, the user is provided with the ability to export the system status analysis
results to the HTML, PDF, Excel and text report formats. In order to export system analysis
results to a report file, press the 'Save' button located on the system analysis results
dialog, select an appropriate report format, enter a file name and press the 'Save' button.

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The system analysis results window allows one to display different types of charts showing
the CPU usage per process, the memory usage per process, the number of threads per
process and the number of handles per process allowing one to easily identify processes
using excessive amounts of the system resources.

In order to open the charts dialog, press the 'Charts' button located on the system status
analysis results dialog. The charts dialog allows one to display different types of charts
using the chart selector combo box, which is located on the bottom side of the charts
dialog. For example, in order to display the number of threads per process, click the chart
type selector and select the 'Number of Threads Per Process' item.

In addition, the charts dialog provides the ability to copy the currently displayed chart
image to the clipboard, print the chart image, edit the chart's properties and switch
between the 'Pie Chart' and 'Bars Chart' modes.

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18 TCP/IP Protocol Monitoring Counters

SysGauge allows one to monitor the TCP/IP protocol activities including the number of
active TCP/IP connections, the number of connection resets, the number of connection
errors, the TCP/IP segments rate, etc. In order to add a TCP/IP monitoring counter, press
the 'Monitor' button located on the main toolbar, selected the 'Network Protocols' counters
category in the left-side view and then select an appropriate TCP/IP monitoring counter in
the middle view.

SysGauge provides two sets of TCP/IP monitoring counters with the first set of counters for
the TCP/IP protocol version 4 and the second set of counters for the TCP/IP protocol
version 6. In addition, in order to monitor the TCP/IP protocol activities in a remote
computer via the network, press the 'Connect' button located in the bottom-left corner and
specify the host name of the remote computer to monitor.

• TCP Active Connections - this counter monitors the number of active TCP/IP
connections.
• TCP Passive Connections - this counter monitors the number of passive TCP/IP
connections.
• TCP Established Connections - this counter monitors the number of established
TCP/IP connections.
• TCP Connection Errors - this counter monitors the number of failed TCP/IP
connections.
• TCP Connection Resets - this counter monitors the number of TCP/IP connection
resets.
• TCP Segments Rate - this counter monitors the number of TCP/IP segments rate,
which is displayed in segments per second.
• TCP Segments Receive Rate - this counter monitors the number of TCP/IP
segments receive rate, which is displayed in segments per second.
• TCP Segments Transmit Rate - this counter monitors the number of TCP/IP
segments transmit rate, which is displayed in segments per second.
• TCP Segments Retransmit Rate - this counter monitors the number of TCP/IP
segments retransmit rate, which is displayed in segments per second.

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19 File System Monitoring Counters

In order to add a file system counter, press the 'Monitor' button located on the main
toolbar, selected the 'File System' counters category in the left-side view and then select
an appropriate file system counter in the middle view. In addition, in order to monitor the
file system in a remote computer via the network, press the 'Connect' button located in the
bottom-left corner and specify the host name of the remote computer to monitor.

• File System Control Rate - this counter measures the overall rate at which bytes
are transferred for all file system operations that are neither reads nor writes,
including file system control requests and requests for information about device
characteristics or status, which is displayed in Megabytes per second.
• File System Control IOPS - this counter measures the combined rate of file
system operations that are neither reads nor writes, such as file system control
requests and requests for information about device characteristics or status, which
is displayed as the number of operations per second.
• File System Data IOPS - this counter measures the combined rate of read and
write operations on all logical disks on the computer, which is displayed as the
number of operations per second.
• File System Read Rate - this counter measures the overall rate at which bytes
are read to satisfy file system read requests to all devices on the computer,
including reads from the file system cache, which is displayed in Megabytes per
second.
• File System Read IOPS - this counter measures the combined rate of file system
read requests to all devices on the computer, including requests to read from the
file system cache, which is displayed as the number of operations per second.
• File System Write Rate - this counter measures the overall rate at which bytes
are written to satisfy file system write requests to all devices on the computer,
including writes to the file system cache, which is displayed in Megabytes per
second.
• File System Write IOPS - this counter measures the combined rate of file system
write requests to all devices on the computer, including requests to write to the file
system cache, which is displayed as the number of operations per second.

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20 USB Activity Monitoring Counters

In order to add a USB activity counter, press the 'Add' button located on the main toolbar,
selected the 'USB Activity' counters category in the left-side view, select an appropriate
USB activity counter in the middle view and then select the required USB device to monitor
in the right-side view. In addition, in order to monitor the USB activity in a remote
computer via the network, press the 'Connect' button located in the bottom-left corner and
specify the host name of the remote computer to monitor.

• USB Bulk Transfer Rate - this counter displays the USB bulk transfer rate for the
selected USB device at the time of data collection, which is measured in Megabytes
per second.
• USB Iso Transfer Rate - this counter displays the USB isochronous transfer rate
for the selected USB device at the time of data collection, which is measured in
Megabytes per second.
• USB Control Transfer Rate - this counter displays the USB control transfer rate
for the selected USB device at the time of data collection, which is measured in
Megabytes per second.
• USB Interrupt Transfer Rate - this counter displays the USB interrupt transfer
rate for the selected USB device at the time of data collection, which is measured
in Megabytes per second.

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21 Saving System Monitoring Reports

SysGauge provides the ability to save system monitoring reports to a number of standard
formats including HTML, PDF, Excel, text, CSV and XML. In order to save a system
monitoring report, press the 'Save' button located on the main toolbar and select an
appropriate report format.

In addition, SysGauge allows one to select one of the following report modes: short
summary report mode, monitoring history statistics report mode and complete monitoring
data report mode. In the short summary report mode, SysGauge saves a list of system
monitoring counters with basic statistical information for each system monitoring counter.
Graphical report formats, such as HTML, PDF and Excel, also include a chart for each
monitoring counter showing history statistics.

For example, a short summary HTML report, includes a summary table showing the date
and time of the report, the name of the computer the report was generated on and the
name of the user saved the system monitoring report. The summary table is followed by a
list of system monitoring counters showing the average counter value, minimum value and
the maximum value for each system monitoring counter. The list of counters is followed by
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A PDF system monitoring report starts with a short summary table showing the date and
time of the report, the name of the computer the report was generated on and the name
of the user saved the report. The summary table is followed by a table showing the list of
system monitoring counters. For each counter, the table shows the average counter value,
the minimum value and the maximum value.

The list of monitoring counters is followed by a number of charts showing history statistics
for each system monitoring counter included in the report. If the report mode was set to
'Save History Statistics', the report will include a number of additional tables showing
history statistics for each system monitoring counter. If the report mode was set to 'Save
Complete Monitoring Data', the report will include full monitoring data for each counter
included in the system monitoring report.

One of the most useful capabilities of the SysGauge system monitoring utility is the ability
to save system monitoring reports into the Microsoft Excel format allowing one to analyze
system monitoring data using external analysis tools. A SysGauge Excel report includes a
summary worksheet showing the list of system monitoring counters and a number of line
charts showing history statistics for each counter included in the report. In addition, in the
extended report modes, an Excel report includes an individual worksheet for each system
monitoring counter showing extended history statistics and monitoring data.

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22 Exporting Monitoring Results to SQL Database

In addition to various types of system monitoring reports, SysGauge Ultimate provides the
ability to export system monitoring results to an SQL database allowing one to analyze
monitoring results using external analysis tools such as Microsoft Excel. In order to enable
the SQL database export capabilities, open the 'Options' button, select the 'Database' tab,
select the 'Enable SQL Database' checkbox and specify an ODBC data source, user name
and password to use to connect to the SQL database.

Once finished specifying all the required parameters, press the 'Verify' option to test the
SQL database connection. Now, press the 'Save' button located on the main toolbar, select
the 'SQL Database' report format, specify the name of the SQL database table to export
monitoring results to and press the 'Save' button.

If there is no such table in the SQL database, SysGauge will create a new database table
and then export system monitoring results to the newly created database table. If the
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In order to import system monitoring results from the SQL database to Microsoft Excel,
open the Microsoft Excel application select the menu 'Data - Import External Data - New
Database Query'.

On the 'Choose Data Source' dialog, select the SQL database to import the monitoring data
from and press the 'Ok' button. It is important to note that in order to be able to connect
to a 64-Bit version of the SQL database using the 32-Bit version of Microsoft Excel, the
user needs to install the 32-Bit version of the ODBC database connector and properly
configure the ODBC data source in the Windows control panel.

On the 'Query Wizard' dialog, select a SysGauge database report to import data from and
then add all the required database columns to be imported. Once finished selecting
database columns press the 'Next' button, optionally filter and/or sort the imported data
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For each system monitoring result, SysGauge exports to the SQL database the following
columns: the date and time of the monitoring result, the counter type, the counter name,
the counter instance name, the counter host name, the counter value and the counter
units description.

In addition to the ability to export system monitoring results manually using the SysGauge
GUI application, the SysGauge command line utility allows one to automate system
monitoring and database export operation using batch files and shell scripts. For example,
in order to perform a process monitoring operation and then export all process monitoring
results for all running processes to the SQL database, type the following command:

sysgauge -process_monitor -time <Seconds> -save_to_database <Table Name>

The command will monitor all the running processes during the specified period of time
and then export process monitoring results for all running processes to the specified SQL
database table. In general, the '-save_to_database' command line option is supported
by all types of SysGauge system monitors and it can be used with the CPU monitor,
memory monitor, system status monitor, disk monitor, NAS monitor, network monitor and
process monitor.

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23 Monitoring Actions and E-Mail Notifications

SysGauge provides the ability to specify a user-defined limit for each system monitoring
counter and then play notification sounds, send E-Mail notifications and/or execute user-
custom commands when one or more system monitoring counters rise above or drop
below user-specified limits.

In order to specify one or more conditional actions for a system monitoring counter, select
the counter in the counters view, press the right mouse button and select the 'Edit
Counter' menu item. On the counter dialog, press the 'Add' button, select an appropriate
action type and specify all the required parameters.

For example, in order to send an E-Mail notification, set the action type to 'Send E-Mail
Notification' and enter a destination E-Mail address. In addition, the user needs to
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In order to play a notification sound, set the action type to 'Play Notification Sound' and
select an appropriate sound file to play. In addition, the user is provided with the ability to
customize notification sounds on the main options dialog 'Sounds' tab.

In order to customize notification sounds, press the 'Options' button located on the main
toolbar, select the 'Sounds' tab and press the 'Add' button to add a custom sound file.
Once finished configuring custom sound files, open the system monitoring counter dialog,
click on a conditional action and select an appropriate notification sound.

In addition, the user is provided with the ability to execute custom commands or batch
files when a system monitoring counter rises above or drops below user specified values.
In order to configure a custom command, open the counter actions dialog, add a new
action, set the action type to 'Execute Custom Command' and specify a command or batch
file to execute.

Finally, SysGauge allows one to automatically shutdown or restart the computer when one
or more critical system monitoring counters rise above or drop below user-specified limits.
An automatic system restart may be useful as a preventive measure to free polluted
system memory and triggered using one of the system memory usage counters or process
memory usage counters. An automatic system shutdown may be required to prevent
potential damage or data corruption, which may occur due to a critical lack of system
resources such as the system memory or free disk space.

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24 Periodic Status Reports and Status Notifications

One of the most useful features of the SysGauge system monitoring utility is the ability to
save periodic status reports and/or send periodic status E-Mail notifications optionally with
an attached system monitoring report including up to 24 hours of system monitoring
history. In order to enable periodic status reports, open the main options dialog, select the
'Save Report' option, set an appropriate time interval, select an appropriate report file
format (HTML, PDF, Excel, Text, CSV or XML) and specify a directory to save system
monitoring reports in.

In order to enable periodic status notifications, select the 'Send Report' option, set an
appropriate time interval, select an appropriate E-Mail notification format (HTML, PDF,
Excel, Text, CSV or XML) and specify a destination E-Mail address to send status
notifications to. An HTML status notification includes a short system monitoring summary
and up to 24 hours of history statistics for all configured system monitoring counters. All
other status notifications formats include a short HTML summary and an attached system
monitoring report file with up to 24 hours of system monitoring history.

In addition, in order to be able to send status E-Mail notifications, the user needs to
configure an SMTP server to use to send notifications on the options dialog 'E-Mail' tab.
Open the options dialog, select the 'E-Mail' tab, enable E-Mail notifications and specify the
source E-Mail address, the SMTP server name and port number, the SMTP user name and
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25 Managing System Monitoring Profiles

The 'System Monitor' module allows one to configure a number of system monitoring
profiles and then switch between profiles according to user-specific needs. In order to open
the 'System Monitoring Profiles' dialog, select the 'System Monitor' module and press the
'Profiles' button located on the main toolbar.

On the 'Profiles' dialog, press the 'Add' button and select an appropriate type of the system
monitoring profile to add. Alternatively, add an empty system monitoring profile and then
use the SysGauge GUI application to customize the system monitoring profile for the user-
specific needs and requirements.

In addition, the user is provided with the ability to export system monitoring profiles to the
XML format and then use the SysGauge command line utility to load previously exported
XML profiles to perform various types of system monitoring operations from batch files and
shell scripts. In order to export a system monitoring profile to the XML format, select the
required profile in the 'Profiles' dialog, press the right mouse button and select the 'Export
Profile' menu item. Now, in order to perform a monitoring operation using the exported
XML profile file, type the following command:

sysgauge -monitor <XML Profile File>

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26 SysGauge GUI Layouts

The SysGauge GUI application provides a number of user-selectable GUI layouts allowing
one to customize the GUI application for user-specific needs and preferences. In order to
change the GUI layout, press the 'Layout' button located on the main toolbar and select
and appropriate menu item.

The default GUI layout shows the counter list in the bottom view, the current counter
gauge on the left side of the top view and the current counter history chart on the right
side of the top view. The 'History Chart' layout shows the counter list in the bottom view
and the current counter history chart in the top view. The 'Charts' layout shows the
counter list in the bottom view and all history charts in the top view.

The 'Gauges' layout shows the counter list in the bottom view and all gauges in the top
view. The 'Combo' layout shows the counter list in the bottom view and combined gauges
and history charts for all counters in the top view. Finally, the 'List' layout shows only the
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27 SysGauge Configuration Options

The SysGauge system monitor provides a large number of configuration options allowing
one to configure and customize the product for user-specific needs and preferences. In
order to open the SysGauge options dialog, press the 'Options' button located on the main
toolbar.

The 'General' tab provides the ability to control the following options:

• Show Main Toolbar - enables/disables the main toolbar.

• Check For Product Updates - when this option is enabled, SysGauge will
automatically check for new product versions during the program startup.
• Show Error Messages in System Tray - when this option is enabled and the
SysGauge GUI application is minimized in the system tray, SysGauge will display
error messages in the system tray area.
• Show Warning Messages in System Tray - when this option is enabled and the
SysGauge GUI application is minimized in the system tray, SysGauge will display
warning messages in the system tray area.
• Set Memory Usage Fixed Maximum - when this option is enabled, SysGauge
will set the total available system memory as the maximum value for all memory
usage counters.
• Show Verbose Debug Messages - this option enables extensive debug
messages, which may be useful when investigating abnormal behavior.
• Minimize To System Tray - when this option is enabled, the SysGauge main GUI
application will minimize to a system tray icon, allowing one to control the system
monitoring process via the SysGauge system tray menu.
• Start Minimized - when this option is enabled, the SysGauge main GUI
application will start minimized as an icon in the system tray area.

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The 'Reports' tab allows one to control a number of reports generation options including
the default monitoring report title, the system monitoring counters history length, the
monitoring reports mode for e-mail notifications, the format of reports included in e-mail
notifications and provides the ability to automatically generate system monitoring reports
in a user-specified directory.

The 'Reports' tab provides the ability to control the following configuration options:

• Default Monitoring Reports Title - this option provides the ability to specify a
default report title for all types of system monitoring reports.
• Monitoring Counters Data History - this option provides the ability to control
how much of the system monitoring data is kept in the system memory and saved
in all types of system monitoring reports.
• E-Mail Notifications Reports Mode - this option allows one to control the
reports generation mode for all types of reports included in E-Mail notifications.
• Periodic Reports Generation - this options provides the ability to periodically
generate system monitoring reports in a user-specified directory.
• Periodic Status E-Mail Notifications - this option allows one to specify an e-
mail address to send system monitoring status reports according to the user-
specified time interval.

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The 'Advanced' tab provides a number of advanced configuration options allowing one to
configure periodic status report generation, periodic status E-Mail notifications and
customize system monitoring error actions.

The 'Advanced' tab provides the ability to control the following configuration options:

• Repeat Sound Notifications - this option provides the ability to control how
frequently to repeat sound notifications when SysGauge continuously detects a
system monitoring error.
• Repeat E-Mail Notifications - this option provides the ability to control how
frequently to repeat E-Mail notifications when SysGauge continuously detects a
system monitoring error.
• Repeat Log Notifications - this option provides the ability to control how
frequently to repeat system log notifications when SysGauge continuously detects
a system monitoring error.
• Repeat Custom Actions - this option provides the ability to control how
frequently to repeat custom error actions when SysGauge continuously detects a
system monitoring error.
• Keep Monitoring History Data - this option allows one to set for how long to
keep the system monitoring data while the system monitor is active.
• Periodic Status Reports - this option allows one to periodically save system
status reports in a user-specified directory.
• Periodic Status Notifications - this option allows one to periodically send status
E-Mail notifications to a user-specified E-Mail address.

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The 'Display' tab provides the ability to customize various chart and gauge colors
including the chart text color, chart line color, chart fill color, chart grid color, chart border
color and chart background color.

The 'Shortcuts' tab allows one to customize keyboard shortcuts for the following keyboard
commands:

• Online Help - this keyboard shortcut opens the online help window.
• Save Report - this keyboard shortcut saves a system monitoring report.
• Pause/Resume Monitor - this keyboard shortcut pauses or resumes the system
monitor.
• Advanced Options - this keyboard shortcut opens the SysGauge options dialog.
• Reset Monitor - this keyboard shortcut resets the system monitor and clears all
system monitoring data, which is useful when starting a new monitoring session.
• Open Message Console - this keyboard shortcut opens the debug message
console.
• Switch GUI Layout - this keyboard shortcut switches the SysGauge GUI
application to the next GUI layout.
• Close Application - this keyboard shortcut closes the SysGauge GUI application.

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The 'Sounds' tab allows one configure custom sounds used for sound error and warning
notifications. In order to add a new notification sound, press the 'Add' button and select a
sound file. In order to change a sound file, select the required sound item in the list and
press the 'Edit' button. In order to delete a sound file, select the required sound item and
press the 'Delete' button.

The 'E-Mail' tab provides the ability to configure an SMTP server to use to send E-Mail
error and warning notifications. First of all, enable E-Mail notifications and then specify a
source E-Mail address, SMTP server name, port number, SMTP user name and SMTP
password.

If required, enable the secure connection mode and select an appropriate secure
connection protocol to be used to send E-Mail notifications. Once finished configuring the
SMTP server options, press the 'Verify' button to check the SMTP server configuration.

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28 Using SysGauge System Tray Menu

The SysGauge system monitor allows one to display the current monitoring status and
control the monitoring process via a Windows system tray icon, which may be displayed in
the bottom-right corner of the Windows task bar. In order to enable the SysGauge system
tray icon, open the 'Options' dialog, select the 'General' tab and enable the 'Minimize To
System Tray' option.

When this option is enabled and the SysGauge main GUI window is minimized, the
SysGauge system tray icon will be displayed in the bottom-right corner of the Windows
task bar. The SysGauge system tray icon continuously indicates the current system
monitoring status. A green icon means that the monitor is active and there are no errors or
warnings. When a yellow icon is displayed, it means that one or more system monitoring
warnings detected. When a red icon is displayed, it means that one or more system
monitoring errors detected.

In addition, the SysGauge system tray icon provides a system tray menu allowing one to
control the SysGauge GUI application. In order to display the SysGauge system tray menu,
press the right mouse button over the SysGauge system tray icon. Select the 'Show
SysGauge' menu item to display the SysGauge GUI application window. Select a system
monitor menu item to switch to the selected system monitor and open the SysGauge GUI
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29 SysGauge Server

Advanced users and IT administrators are provided with a server-based product version,
which runs in the background as a service. SysGauge Server includes a client GUI
application allowing one to connect to a server via the network, configure system
monitoring counters, review system monitoring results, save various types of system
monitoring reports and analyze the status of the target server.

In order to connect to a SysGauge server, install the SysGauge Server setup package on
the target server, open the SysGauge client GUI application, press the 'Connect' button
located on the main toolbar, enter the server host name or an IP address, enter a
SysGauge user name and password (default is admin/admin) and press the 'Connect'
button. When connecting to a remote server via the network, make sure that the
SysGauge server TCP/IP port (default 9221) is open in the server's firewall.

The SysGauge client GUI application provides a rich set of system monitoring features are
capabilities allowing one to configure system monitoring counters, setup conditional E-Mail
notifications and periodic system status reports, review system monitoring results and
save various types of system monitoring reports.

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SysGauge Server allows one to setup multiple system monitors with each one configured
to perform different types of monitoring operations or monitor multiple computers via the
network. In order to add a new monitor, press the 'Add' button located on the main toolbar
and select an appropriate monitor type. The user is provided with a number of pre-defined
types of monitors intended for different purposes. In addition, SysGauge allows to
customize automatically generated monitoring profiles and create user-custom monitoring
profiles from scratch.

For example, in order to add a NAS Server monitor, press the 'Add' button located on the
main toolbar and select the 'NAS Server Monitor' menu item. On the 'Add Monitor' dialog
enter a monitor description, press the 'Ok' button and the newly added monitor will appear
in the monitors view. Now, in order to start the monitor, select the monitor item in the
monitors view, press the right mouse button and select the 'Start Monitor' menu item.

For each configured monitor, SysGauge shows the monitor description, the target host
name, the number of monitoring counters, the number of monitoring errors, the number of
monitoring warnings and the monitoring status. In order to view monitoring errors, select
the monitor item in the monitors view, press the right mouse button and select the 'View
Errors' menu item. In order to stop one or more monitors, select all the requited monitors
in the monitors view, press the right mouse button and select the 'Stop Monitor' menu
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In order to view the monitoring results, double click on the required monitor item in the
monitors view. SysGauge Server will display the monitor dialog showing the list of
configured monitoring counters. Click on a monitoring counter to display the current
counter value and the monitoring history chart of the selected monitoring counter.

In order to configure a monitoring counter, select the required counter in the counters
view, press the right mouse button and select the 'Edit Counter' menu item. The counter
dialog provides the ability to configure the target host name, the performance counter
instance and the performance counter units. In addition, the counter dialog allows one to
configure one or more conditional actions to be executed and/or e-mail notifications to be
sent when the counter value raises above or drops below a user specified value.

In order to add one or more counters to the monitor, press the 'Monitor' button located in
the top-left corner of the monitor dialog. In the left view of the 'Add Counter' dialog, select
the counter category, in the middle view, select the counter type, optionally select a
counter instance in the right view and then press the 'Add' button.

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30 SysGauge Command Line Utility

In addition to the main GUI application, SysGauge Ultimate and SysGauge Server product
versions provide a command line utility allowing one to perform system monitoring
operations, save various types of system monitoring reports, automatically analyze the
system status and save system status analysis reports. The SysGauge command line utility
is located in the product 'bin' directory.

Command Line Syntax:

sysgauge -monitor [ -profile <Profile Name> ]

This command starts a system monitoring operation using the specified system monitoring
profile. If the profile name is not specified, SysGauge will use the default system
monitoring profile.

sysgauge -monitor <XML Profile File>

This command starts a system monitoring operation using a previously exported XML
profile file. In order to export a system monitoring profile to the XML format, select the
'System Monitor' module, press the 'Profiles' button, select the required system monitoring
profile, press the right mouse button and select the 'Export Profile' menu item. In order to
monitor using a customized system monitoring profile, create a new system monitoring
profile in the 'Profiles' dialog, double click on the profile to activate the profile, customize
the profile according to user-specific needs, export the customized profile to the XML
format and then use the command line utility to perform custom monitoring operations.

sysgauge -system_monitor [ -extended ]

This command performs a simple system monitoring operation using basic system
monitoring counters including the CPU usage, the memory usage, the amount of free
memory, the amount of used memory, the total number of processes, the total number of
threads, the disk transfer rate and the network transfer rate. When the 'extended'
command line option is specified, SysGauge will add to the monitoring operation extended
system monitoring counters including the system-level CPU usage, the total number of
handles, the size of the memory cache and the disk transfer IOPS.

sysgauge -cpu_monitor [ -extended ]

This command performs a CPU usage monitoring operation using a number of CPU
monitoring counters including the total CPU usage, the user-level CPU usage, the system-
level CPU usage, the CPU interrupt time, the CPU interrupt rate, the C1, C2 and C3 low-
power CPU states and the CPU frequency. By default, the CPU usage monitor reports the
total CPU usage statistics for all CPUs in the monitored system. When the 'extended'
command line option is specified, SysGauge enables individual CPU usage monitoring
counters for each CPU and the CPU usage monitoring results will include individual CPU
usage statistics for each CPU or CPU core in the monitored system.

sysgauge -memory_monitor

This command performs a memory usage monitoring operation using a number of memory
monitoring counters including the memory usage, the amount of free memory, the amount
of used memory, the size of the memory cache, the peak size of the memory cache, the
memory cache fault rate, the memory page file usage, the memory page file peak size and
the memory page file fault rate.

sysgauge -process_monitor

This command performs a process monitoring operation using a number of counters for
each running process including the process CPU usage, the process memory usage, the
process thread count, the process handle count, the process data transfer rate, the
process read transfer rate, the process write transfer rate, the process memory page fault
rate and the process non-paged memory size.

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sysgauge -disk_monitor [ -extended ]

This command performs a disk activity monitoring operation using a number of disk
monitoring counters including the disk activity, disk transfer rate, disk read transfer rate,
disk write transfer rate, disk transfer IOPS, disk read transfer IOPS, disk write transfer
IOPS, disk free space and disk space usage. By default, the disk activity monitor reports
the total disk activity statistics for all logical disks in the monitored system. When the
'extended' command line option is specified, SysGauge enables individual disk activity
monitoring counters for each logical disk and the disk activity monitoring results will
include individual disk activity statistics for each logical disk in the monitored system.

sysgauge -nas_monitor [ -extended ]

This command performs a NAS performance monitoring operation using a number of NAS
monitoring counters including the NAS data transfer rate, NAS read transfer rate, NAS
write transfer rate, NAS data request rate, NAS read request rate, NAS write request rate,
NAS pending requests, the current NAS open file count and the total number of open files
since the NAS server was started. By default, the NAS performance monitor reports the
total NAS performance statistics for all network shares in the monitored NAS server. When
the 'extended' command line option is specified, SysGauge enables individual network
shares performance monitoring counters for each network share and the NAS performance
monitoring results will include individual network shares statistics for each network share
in the monitored NAS server.

sysgauge -network_monitor [ -extended ]

This command performs a network monitoring operation using a number of network

monitoring counters including the network transfer rate, network transmit rate, network
receive rate, network packets rate, network send packets rate, network receive packets
rate, network send packets errors, network receive packets errors and the network output
queue length. By default, the network monitor reports the total network activity statistics
for all network interface cards in the monitored server. When the 'extended' command
line option is specified, SysGauge enables individual network cards activity monitoring
counters for each network card and the network activity monitoring results will include
individual network cards statistics for each network interface card in the monitored server.

sysgauge -analyze

This command performs an automated system status analysis operation.

Optional Parameters:

-host <Host Name>

This command line option specifies the host name of the remote computer to monitor.

-time <Seconds>

This command line option specifies the maximum monitoring time in seconds.

-silent

This command line option disables the command output, which is useful for silent
generation of system monitoring reports.

-save_html_report [ <Dir Name> or <File Name> ]

This command line option saves an HTML system monitoring report.

-save_excel_report [ <Dir Name> or <File Name> ]

This command line option saves an Excel system monitoring report.

-save_text_report [ <Dir Name> or <File Name> ]

This command line option saves a text system monitoring report.

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-save_pdf_report [ <Dir Name> or <File Name> ]

This command line option saves a PDF system monitoring report.

-save_csv_report [ <Dir Name> or <File Name> ]

This command line option saves a CSV system monitoring report.

-save_xml_report [ <Dir Name> or <File Name> ]

This command line option saves an XML system monitoring report.

-save_to_database <Table Name>

This command line option saves monitoring results to the specified SQL database table.

Profile Management Commands:

sysgauge -show_profiles
This command shows configured system monitoring profiles.

sysgauge -show_profile <Profile Name>

This command shows the specified system monitoring profile.

sysgauge -add_profile <Profile Name> [ -mode <Profile Mode> ]

This command adds a new system monitoring profile.

The profile mode may be set to one of the following values:

• DEFAULT - adds a default system monitoring profile.

• CPU - adds a CPU usage monitoring profile.
• MEMORY - adds a memory usage monitoring profile.
• DISK - adds a disk activity monitoring profile.
• NETWORK - adds a network activity monitoring profile.
• EMPTY - adds an empty system monitoring profile.

sysgauge -copy_profile <Profile Name> -to <Copy Profile Name>

This command copies the specified system monitoring profile.

sysgauge -rename_profile <Profile Name> -to <New Profile Name>

This command renames the specified system monitoring profile.

sysgauge -delete_profile <Profile Name>

This command deletes the specified system monitoring profile.

Counter Management Commands:

sysgauge -show_supported_counters
This command shows all supported system monitoring counters.

sysgauge -show_counter_instances [ -computer <Computer Name> ]

This command shows a list of instances for the specified system monitoring counter.

sysgauge -add_counter <Counter Name> -profile <Profile Name>

[ -instance <Counter Instance> -computer <Computer Name> ]

This command adds a system monitoring counter to the specified profile.

sysgauge -delete_counter <Counter Name> -profile <Profile Name>

[ -id <Counter ID> ]

This command deletes a system monitoring counter from the specified profile.

Product Registration:

sysgauge -register -key <Unlock Key> -customer <Customer Name>

This command registers the product using the provided unlock key and customer name.

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SysGauge Server Commands:

sysgauge -server_show_monitors

This command shows system monitors configured in the SysGauge Server.

sysgauge -server_add_monitor [ -description <Description>

-type <Monitor Type> -profile <File Name> ]

This command adds a new monitor to the SysGauge Server.

The monitor type can be set to one of the following values:

• SYSTEM - adds a default system monitor

• CPU - adds an extended CPU monitor
• MEMORY - adds an extended memory monitor
• DISK - adds an extended disk monitor
• NETWORK - adds an extended network monitor

sysgauge -server_set_monitor_description
-id <Monitor ID> -description <Monitor Description>

This command sets the monitor description.

sysgauge -server_set_monitor_profile -id <Monitor ID>

-profile <XML File Name>

This command sets the monitor profile according to the specified XML file.

sysgauge -server_start_monitor -id <Monitor ID>

This command starts the specified monitor.

sysgauge -server_stop_monitor -id <Monitor ID>

This command stops the specified monitor.

sysgauge -server_show_monitor_counters -id <Monitor ID>

Shows monitoring counters for the specified monitor.

sysgauge -server_save_monitor_report -id <Monitor ID>

Saves one or more system monitoring reports for the specified monitor.

• -html <File Name> - Saves an HTML system monitoring report.

• -pdf <File Name> - Saves a PDF system monitoring report.
• -excel <File Name> - Saves an Excel system monitoring report.
• -text <File Name> - Saves a text system monitoring report.
• -xml <File Name> - Saves an XML system monitoring report.
• -csv <File Name> - Saves a CSV system monitoring report.
• -database <Table Name> - Saves monitoring results to an SQL database.

sysgauge -server_delete_monitor -id <Monitor ID>

This command deletes the specified monitor.

sysgauge -server_export_config

This command exports the product configuration.

sysgauge -server_import_config <File Name>

This command imports the product configuration.

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sysgauge -server_set_max_counter_data <Max Counter Data>

This command sets the maximum counter data length.

sysgauge -server_about

This command shows information about the SysGauge Server.

sysgauge -server_show_debug_log

This command shows the SysGauge Server debug log.

sysgauge -server_clear_debug_log

This command clears the SysGauge Server debug log.

sysgauge -server_register -customer <CustomerName> -key <Unlock Key>

This command registers the SysGauge Server.

sysgauge -server_export_product_id -Directory <Dir Name>

-customer <CustomerName> -key <Unlock Key>

This command exports the SysGauge Server product ID file.

sysgauge -server_import_unlock_file <File Name>

This command imports the SysGauge Server unlock file.

SysGauge Server Commands Optional Parameters:

-host <Host Name> - specifies the host name of the remote server to connect to.
-port <Port Number> - specifies the TCP/IP port of the remote server to connect to.
-user <User Name> - specifies the SysGauge user name to login to the remote server.
-password <Password> - specifies the SysGauge password to login to the server.

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31 Supported Operating Systems and System Requirements

32-Bit Operating Systems

• Windows XP
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7
• Windows 8
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 10
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2019

64-Bit Operating Systems

• Windows XP 64-Bit
• Windows Vista 64-Bit
• Windows 7 64-Bit
• Windows 8 64-Bit
• Windows 8.1 64-Bit
• Windows 10 64-Bit
• Windows Server 2003 64-Bit
• Windows Server 2008 64-Bit
• Windows Server 2012 64-Bit
• Windows Server 2012 R2 64-Bit
• Windows Server 2016 64-Bit
• Windows Server 2019 64-Bit

Minimal System Requirements

• Supported Operating System

• 2 GHz or better CPU
• 512 MB of system memory
• 25 MB of free disk space

Recommended System Configuration

• Supported Operating System

• 2+ GHz dual-core CPU
• 1 GB of system memory
• 50 MB of free disk space

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