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Knowledge Center > Tips
Tips are provided to assist you in getting the most out of ipMonitor. Quick and easy to follow, tip articles highlight specific features of the ipMonitor software and offer helpful information on using each feature to its full potential.
General Network Monitoring Information
- How Public MIB Repositories Make Monitoring Your Entire Network Easier Than Ever
- SNMP: Standards-Based Network Monitoring Technology
- The Advantage of a Web-Based Interface
- Use Synthetic Transactions to Monitor Mission-Critical Systems and Applications
- What to Look for in a Monitoring Solution
Getting Started
- Choosing a New Start Page in ipMonitor
- Click the ‘read more…’ Links to Launch Additional Help
- Configuring a Profile
- Navigating Through ipMonitor with 'Quick Links'
- Running ipMonitor 8.x and 7.x Side-By-Side (Migration Strategy)
- Using Guest Accounts
- Using the Common Tasks List
- Using the ipMonitor Help Systems
- Using the Side Pane Menu
General Monitoring
- Clearing ipMonitor's DNS Cache
- Configuring All New Monitors to Automatically Store Report Data
- Enabling Authentication with SMTP Relay Servers
- Enabling Communication through an HTTP Proxy Server
- Low Bandwidth Database Integrity Checks with the ADO - QA Monitor
- Maintenance Schedules Help Reboot Servers and Services
- Maintenance Schedules Help Suspend Monitors during Planned Outages
- Quickly Disable or Enable all Monitors in a Group
- Staggering Monitor Load on Startup
- Understanding the "Last Result" Retrieved by a Bandwidth Monitor
- Using Global Dependencies
- Using Maintenance Schedules to Control Monitoring Duration
- Using the Debug Feature to Diagnose HTTP-Monitor Failures
- Using the HTTP - QA Monitor to Automatically Check for Product Updates
- Using the Suspend and Unsuspend Commands
- Using the Wildcard Character (*) to Define Enterprise OIDs
- Working with the Global Group in Installations with <50 Monitors
Alerting
- Configuring the SMS/UCP and SMS/TAP Text Pager Alerts
- Customizing Alerts using ipMonitor Tokens
- Disabling an Alert
- Restarting Failed Applications Using the External Process Alert
- Send an Email Alert Marked as 'Important' in Microsoft Outlook
- Send an Email Alert to your Cell Phone
Security
- Centralized Accounts and Passwords: The Credential Manager
- Credential Considerations for ADO-based Monitors
- Strengthening Security with the Credentials Manager
- Using the Credentials Wizard to Apply Credentials
- Using the Credentials Wizard to Create Credentials
Productivity
- Administrators Should Use "My Settings" to Change Their Own Password
- Bookmarking a Page in ipMonitor
- Internal Maintenance – Archiving Log Files
- Internal Maintenance – Archiving Your Configuration Settings
- Internal Maintenance – Roll Log Files Automatically at Midnight
- Internal Maintenance – Using the ‘Backup Now’ Ability
- Reducing Redundant Alerts
- Saving Keystrokes by Cloning your Monitors
- Uptime Messages Confirm ipMonitor is Running
- Using Custom Tags to Store Emergency Information
- Using Quick Filters to Search Based on Custom Tags
- Using Quick Filters to Search by Group Content
- Using Quick Filters to Search the Monitors List
- Using the Notes Feature
- Using the RegEx Wizard
- Using the SNMP Tools
Customization