Product Development - System Monitor

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System Monitor

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System Monitor product was developed for a client based in Milan, Italy. They wanted to develop a software product which manage software and hardware inventory in an organization and helps networking person to troubleshoot issues remotely.

Client Requirement:

Product should be able to manage software and hardware inventories of an entire organization.
Software product should be able to monitor exchange server, SQL Server, FTP server and few other servers.
Product should allow remote install and uninstall of software using a web based interface
All system hardware configurations can be viewed from web based interface like motherboard brand, RAM, Hard disk partitions & available space etc.

We created a product using Microsoft .net framework and consist of server and client part. Server part contained web based interface for network admin with 25 plugins to monitor different tasks on each system while, client part included limited functionality for individual system. System monitor product is having following features:

Management Hardware Inventory in selected network
Management of software inventory
Process management in each individual system
Services and status management on individual workstation as well as on servers
Ajax based Web Interface
- Remote Configuration
- Control Panel for all Machines
- Investigating warnings and Messages
- Log Book
- Hardware Inventory
- Unattended Installation on workstation from server
- Process Killer
- Service Restart
- Local Inventory
- Import/Export Configuration
- Set Notification Rules
Remote Control
- Remote Client Control
Notifications
- Net Send Notifications
- DB Notifications
- Launch Script (VBS, CD ,VAB)
- Text Message Notification
- Email notification
25 Plugins created to execute different tasks related to
- Connectivity
- Database
- Email
- Performance
- Security

Technology

Server: Windows Server and Microsoft XP
Web Server: IIS
Programming Language: VB.Net
Database: SQL Server
Development Tool: Visual Studio
Project Management Tool: MS Visio

Centralized hardware and software inventory.
Detection of services which may have stopped and start them automatically.
Verify 25 items simultaneously at predefined intervals and create report based on set parameters.
Allows network admin to control workstations from single web based interface and troubleshoot
Reduction of breakdowns in system and saves time.