System administrator console

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The purpose of the System administrator console is to provide an easy way to perform recurring system administrative tasks. The interface is a normal Command Line Interface (CLI) that most system administrators are familiar with. Only users flagged as system administrators can access the console.

The system administrator console

Commands

• calc - A built-in calculator for simpler calculations. Usage example:

  calc 41+1

• disable - Disables a feature in Network Monitor.
  • -all - Disables all the listed features.
  • -testing - Disables testing.
  • -actions - Disables execution of actions.
  • -statistics - Disables statistical storage.
  • -login - Disables logon for normal users, but system administrators can logon.
• dist-patch-gateways - Distributed Edition only. Starts patching all gateways that require patching.
• dist-restart-server - Distributed Edition only. Restarts the Network Monitor distributed testing server.
• dist-tarpit - Distributed Edition only. Add or removes IP numbers from the tar pit. The tar pit protects the server from brute force login attempts and DOS attacks.
  • -block - Blocks the specified IP number.
  • -unblock - Unblocks the specified IP number.
  • -list - Lists all IP numbers in the tar pit.
  • -blocktime - Sets the default block time, in minutes. Defaults to 20.

    dist-tarpit -block 192.168.0.1

• enable - Enables a feature in Network Monitor.
  • -all - Enables all the listed features.
  • -testing - Enables testing.
  • -actions - Enables actions.
  • -statistics - Enables statistical storage.
  • -login - Enables login for normal users.
• get-mac - Retrieves the MAC address for a certain IP number. Only IPs on the local area network of the Network Monitor host machine are likely to return a MAC address.

  get-mac 192.168.42.1

• help - Displays help information for the different commands in the console. Type help <command> to display command specific help.
• log-level - Adjusts the log level. When Network Monitor restarts, it defaults to the log level specified in the init.cfg file. The available values are 0, 1 and 2.
• lookup - Queries a DNS server for information about a domain.

  lookup kaseya.com

• ping - Pings an IP number or host name.
• resolve - Resolves a host name to an IP number.

  resolve www.kaseya.com

• send-mail - Sends an email to the specified address using the Network Monitor built in email client.

  send-mail myaddress@test.com , "Testing KNM" , "This is a test mail"

• send-wol - Sends a Wake on Lan packet to the specified host.

  send-wol 192.168.42.1

• shutdown - Shutdowns Network Monitor and flushes all un-saved settings to disk.
• status - Displays feature status information.
  • -thread - Displays current total number of threads that Network Monitor is using.
  • -threadpool - Displays the total number of threads in a thread pool.
  • -memory - Displays the current Network Monitor memory usage.
  • -cpu - Displays the current Network Monitor CPU usage.
  • -handle - Displays the current Network Monitor handle usage.
  • -feature - Displays the status of Network Monitor features.
• time - Prints the local date and time of the Network Monitor host machine.
• trace-route - Performs a trace route to the specified host.
• version - Prints the version of Network Monitor. Can also be used to check if a new version of Network Monitor is available.

  version -check