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IPSentry Network Monitoring Software | Systems Monitor | RGE, Inc.

Posted on February 8, 2010 Updated on July 23, 2010

Need a cheap tool to do network monitoring… Check out IPSentry..

Fast, Cheap, and once you have it dialed in it works pretty well…

http://www.ipsentry.com/

“IPSentry Network Monitoring Suite v5

When you need the right tool for the job

Download your free trial now. (click here)
Current Version: 5.12.3 NEW: – IPSentry LITE – Free Edition (click here)

IPSentry is the monitoring software you have been looking for. For over 10 years, we have provided centralized, Windows based, network monitoring software to thousands of IT specialists, administrators, support staff, and solution providers around the world.

With IPSentry, you will have constant monitoring of your network infrastructure and be able to receive notifications and alerts should there be a problem detected based on your own specific thresholds. Your down-time will be minimized by making sure that if a problem is detected, you are made aware of the issue for immediate correction thereby reducing your costs due to inevitable network problems.

When you purchase IPSentry, you are investing in a powerful network administration tool which will continuously monitor your internet and intranet servers, routers, modems, databases, services, event logs, performance data and more, 24 hours per day; insuring that your network and devices are functioning properly. If a problem is detected, various alerts and notifications can be triggered to make sure you are aware of the problem as soon as possible.

Whether you are monitoring one server or five hundred, performing complex network tests or simple simple ping requests, IPSentry is designed to provide a simple interface with the power and complexities sitting behind the scenes allowing you to concentrate on what you do best – keep your networks up and running and all of your users and customers satisfied.”

Shadow Protect IT Edition for P2V

Posted on February 8, 2010 Updated on November 19, 2025

As a VM admin I had challenges in how to P2V (Physical to Virtual) my environment into VMware hosts.  I had about 900 Physical servers that needed P2V and I found just one P2V tool didn’t always do the job. Since P2Vs would commonly fail I found having multiple options were needed.  I used   1) VMware Converter 2) PlateSpin, and my 3 option was Shadow Protect IT Edition.  It is a product that I love to use, especially for P2V conversions.

VMware Converter generally worked well, but sometimes would fail and it took a lot of time to troubleshoot why it wasn’t working correctly.  Its benefit was live conversations and compatibility with VMware.

PlateSpin was a great product and worked well.  However, we had a per use license so using it for 900+ servers wasn’t very cost effective.

Using Shadow Protect IT Edition for P2V worked really well.  It allowed me to backup a source system and then restore it to a target.

When using it for P2V I found the following benefits:

• The way you use Storage Craft is by making a image file of the source device then restoring it to a target device. This process has several benefits:
  • You can restore the image file to just about any target.  It adjusts the OS Hardware drivers to match the target device.
  • This enables me to keep a point in time image file.  I keep is as a backup just incase I later need it.
  • If needed I can restore this image file to any hardware I choose.
  • Having an image file enables easy hardware restores as sometimes the applications owner want to compare their physical system to the VM.  This P2V could have been months ago so I simply get a new host, push the image, and let them compare it to the VM.
  • Lastly, sometimes the Application owner questions if all files have been migrated.  To solve this, I simply mount the image file and give them file level access to review and compare.

Check them out at http://www.storagecraft.com/shadow_protect_IT_edition.php