Vunetrix Manual: Vunetrix Probe Administrator

In the Vunetrix Probe Administrator program, you can define different system related settings that affect your Vunetrix installation, as well as restart services and define the data storage location. Note: To get familiar with the different components of Vunetrix, we recommend reading the Architecture section.

Note: All settings made here are only valid for the local installation running on the computer you're opening the program on. In order to change settings for another installation, for example, another remote probe installation, please log in to this computer and open the program there.

From the Vunetrix Network Monitor group in Windows start menu, please select Vunetrix Probe Administrator to open the application. You can choose from these options in different tabs:

• Probe Settings
• Outgoing IP Settings
• Start/Stop
• Logs / Directory
• About
   

When closing the program using the Ok button, you are asked to restart the probe Windows service in order to save the settings. Please confirm by clicking the Yes button.

Probe Settings

Define general settings regarding the probe and probe connections.

Vunetrix Probe Administrator (here: Local Probe on Core Server)

Probe Settings—Probe Settings

Name of Probe

• Enter a name for the probe. It will appear in the device tree in the web interface.

Reconnect Time

• Define the time that will be waited until the probe tries to reconnect to the core server in case the connection fails.
   

Probe Settings—Connection to Vunetrix Core Server

These settings will affect how the probe will connect to the core server. A probe is either a local probe or a remote probe. Vunetrix will automatically detect the type of probe and show the correct setting options.

When you opened this tool on the Vunetrix core server

• This probe is configured as the local probe of the Vunetrix core installation.
• It will connect to the core via 127.0.0.1.
• Define the Port number under which probe and core server will communicate. We recommend using the default value.
• The Probe GID is a unique identifier for the probe and should not be changed.
• No access key is needed for local probe connections.
   

When you opened this tool on a machine running a Remote Probe

• This probe is configured as remote probe.

• Enter the Server IP address or DNS name and the port for the connection to the core server.
• Define the Port number under which probe and core server will communicate. We recommend using the default value.
• The Probe GID is a unique identifier for the probe and should not be changed. Except when substituting an existing probe, you must change it to the old probe's GID. To do so, click on the Edit GID... button and confirm the warning with Yes. You can then change the value.
• The Probe Access key must match one of the access keys configured in your Vunetrix core server installation. If it doesn't, the remote probe will not be able to connect to the core server. Please see System Administration—Probes (Probe Connection Settings) section for more information. Note: Also check the allowed and denied IPs there to make sure the core server accepts the IP address of the remote probe.
   

Probe Settings—Language

• Choose the language for this program from the drop down menu. Default is English. Depending on your installation, you may be able to choose other languages here.
   

Outgoing IP Settings

Define the IP address used for outgoing monitoring requests.

• If there is more than one IP on the current system available, you can specify the IP address that will be used for outgoing monitoring requests of certain sensor types.
• The setting is valid for all monitoring requests sent from this Vunetrix probe.
• This setting will be used for sensors using the following connection types: HTTP, DNS, FTP, IMAP, POP3, Port, Remote Desktop, SMTP, and SNMP.
• This is useful for devices that expect a certain IP address when queried.
• Default setting is auto. Vunetrix will select an IP address automatically.
   

Vunetrix Probe Administrator Outgoing IP Settings

Outgoing IP Settings—IPv4: Outgoing IP for Monitoring Requests

Define the IP address for outgoing requests using the IPv4 protocol. The list shows all IP addresses available on the current system. Choose a specific IP address or select auto.

Outgoing IP Settings—IPv6: Outgoing IP for Monitoring Requests

Define the IP address for outgoing requests using the IPv6 protocol. The list shows all IP addresses available on the current system. Choose a specific IP address or select auto. For details about the basic concept of IPv6 in Vunetrix, please see IPv6 section.

Start/Stop

Start or stop the probe Windows service and schedule system restarts.

Vunetrix Probe Administrator

Start/Stop—Vunetrix Probe Service

You can stop and start the probe Windows service manually. Click the Stop Probe Service button to stop the service, and Start Probe Service to start it again. Both actions usually take from a few seconds up to several minutes to complete.

Start/Stop—Restart Options

For best performance we recommend to restart the Windows servers Vunetrix is running on from time to time. In order for Vunetrix to do this automatically you can schedule an automatic reboot. There are the following options:

Do not perform scheduled reboot/service restart

• Do not perform any scheduled reboot or restart of services automatically.
• We recommend a manual restart every few weeks.
   

Perform scheduled restart of Vunetrix services

• Restart both core server and probe service.
• Please enter a schedule below.
   

Perform scheduled system reboot (recommended)

• This is the recommended setting, although not set by default.

• Please enter a schedule below.

• We recommend restarting Windows servers once a month for best performance.
   

[Schedule]

When scheduling an automatic service restart or reboot, define a schedule. The options are:

• Once per Week: Select a weekday and time below.
• Once per Month: Select a day of month and time below. When selecting Last, the report will always run on the last day of the month, regardless of how many days the month has. When selecting a date that does not exist in every month, e.g. the 30th in May, Vunetrix will automatically run the report on the last day of this month.

Note: A Windows warning message will be displayed 10 minutes before reboot to inform a logged in user. The actual restart time can differ up to 30 minutes from the settings entered here!

Logs / Directory

Vunetrix Probe Administrator

Path for probe data storage

• Note: This setting is relevant merely for probe only installations, for example, when running a remote probe on the system. For an installation of Vunetrix core server and probe, i.e. a full Vunetrix installation, the path setting in this window is overridden by the path defined in the settings of Vunetrix Server Administrator.
• Define the data folder to which Vunetrix will store configuration and monitoring data. Note: Before changing the path, make sure you stop both services and copy all data to the new location.

Log

You can view the log of your Vunetrix probe. The following buttons are available:

• Open Log File...
  Directly view the content of the probe system log. Depending on the number of entries, it may take a few seconds until the logs are shown.
• Open Log Directory...
  Open the log file directory on your hard disk drive.

About

The About tab displays version information for installed Vunetrix programs.

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