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Axence nVision gives you everything you need to manage your
network in an efficient and effective manner.
The application consists of 5 modules, which offer: proactive network monitoring
and visualization, hardware and software inventory, user monitoring, remote
technical support and anti-data leakage protection.
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Network discovery
nVision deploys quickly – within a few minutes the
program will automatically discover every host in your entire network
(including neighbor networks behind the router), then it will scan for
services running on them and network interfaces.
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which allows you to discover all the hosts in your network. It
also detects all routers and "goes through" them to scan all
neighbor networks. It discovers all hosts and then scans for
services and applications running on them, such as HTTP, FTP, mail
and database servers, etc. The scanner
uses ICMP and SNMP to detect hosts and determine their type:
router, switch, Windows, NetWare, Linux, network printer, etc.
nVision automatically creates a routing map to
reflect your network logical organization. This map is created on
the basis of the information held in your router’s routing tables. |
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Network visualization
Hosts are presented on interactive maps that display
all critical information (leading service response time, services and
host down time, alerts etc.), so you can quickly spot problems and focus
on them instead of searching for what's wrong.
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Monitoring network infrastructure
Using either TCP/IP, SNMP, Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI) and several other specialized probes the program
can identify and monitor critical network elements.
You can set up multiple alerts to monitor the status
of your systems and receive an alarm whenever they go down or experience
problems, such as important parameters going out of range.
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ensures that every service and counter is monitored as often as
possible. It automatically manages the monitoring interval based
on the number of nodes. The dependency
feature allows to suppress alerts from devices located behind the
router. If the router goes down, the dependent devices will not be
polled.
The program can be installed as a Windows
service to ensure continuous monitoring. |
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 | Systems
Windows, Linux, Unix servers; routers, switches, VoIP, firewalls and
more. |
| SNMP devices supporting SNMP v1/2 |
| TCP/IP services
HTTP, POP3, SMTP, FTP and 50 others. You can monitor their response
time and the percentage of requests lost. You can also define new
services. |
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| Mail servers
nVision can monitor a server for both
incoming and outgoing mail services.
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respond to simple requests, it also performs real test
operations like sending and receiving e-mail. The time required
to log in and check for a mail list can be monitored and
presented on a chart. nVision can send test e-mails and log the
time of this operation. Whenever a mail
server is experiencing any problems, you will be notified. |
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| Web servers and URLs
You can monitor page load time and content
change.
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chart and alerts issued when this time rises unexpectedly.
You can also set up the alert when a page changes
content. If you have a page with partly dynamic content, nVision
shows you the percentage of change (not just a changed/unchanged
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| Routers and switches (MRTG)
nVision monitors interface status changes
and network in/out traffic. Port mapper lists all connected computers
and traffic generated by them. |
| SNMP device performance
Network transfers, connections, errors and many more. |
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| Windows services
Windows service monitor alerts you in case
of a service going down and allows you to restart/stop it. |
| Windows performance
CPU utilization, memory, disk space, network transfers and many more.
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| MS SQL, Exchange, IIS and other applications
nVision allows you to monitor the health of applications like MS SQL,
MS Exchange, MS IIS, Windows system, and many others.
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| Monitoring is performed with WMI and SNMP.
This way, you can set up multiple counters to watch the status
of your systems and be alerted whenever such parameters like CPU
utilization, cache memory, cache hits, queue length, number of
sessions, etc. go out of range.
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Network inventory
nVision automatically collects information about node
hardware and software:
| Computer hardware details: model, CPU, memory, main
board, drives, cards, etc. |
| Installed applications and Windows updates. It
allows license usage auditing and verification. |
nVision will alert you in case of program installation
or any configuration change. So you don't have to check the database
periodically to know that a user has installed illegal software - you
will be notified.
| Inventory can be collected with WMI or an
nVision agent. This way, you can use the method, that best suits
your network security configuration (many administrators want to
keep WMI closed). The WMI method does not require anything to be
installed on remote machines while agents actively send the
information to the server, so it does not weaken firewall and node
security. |
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Reporting
nVision provides a wide range of charts and reports:
real-time and historical charts, system and application performance,
network traffic and many more. It also allows you to create new reports.
| Every event (alert) raised in the program is
logged in the database, providing analysis of the performance of
all hosts or the whole network. This will help you to access
reports about the most problematic hosts in the network, frequent
problems, etc.
Reports can be fully customized. It is also very
easy to create new ones.
The list of available reports:
| Real-time and historical charts
Very clear charts presenting all monitored services, parameters,
interfaces and applications.
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desired time range selected right in the program – there
is no need to prepare a report. The charts can easily be
scrolled, providing fast access to the historical data at
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| System performance reports
Reports showing CPU, memory and disk utilization; network
interface utilization and traffic. |
| Service and host availability
Reports showing ping and other service response time, lost
requests and state change timeline. |
| Application performance
Specialized reports showing the performance of applications,
such as MS SQL, Exchange and IIS. |
| Interface traffic and utilization
Charts and reports presenting in/out traffic and utilization of
node network interfaces. |
| Inventory
Lists hardware and software installed on the computer. |
| User activity
Presents user work time, used applications and visited web
pages. |
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Alerting
You can define a wide range of events when an alert
should be raised. Events may be defined based on any monitored parameter
and service: host or service down, service response slowdown,
application performance degradation, slow page load or wrong page
content, e-mail server problems, and much more.
Each event may trigger one or more of the notification
and corrective actions, such as desktop notification, e-mail, SMS or ICQ
message. Alerts are stored in the event log, so you can analyze them
later.
| Alert actions can be delayed and escalated. The
available notifications and actions are: e-mail, ICQ, SMS via
e-mail or GSM device, Syslog message, desktop notification, sound,
text-to-speech, system restart/shutdown, Windows service
start/stop/restart, running external programs, and writing to
file. All alerts are stored in the eventlog for future analysis.
You can set up several actions to be executed
for an alert – for example, notify administrators alternately to
make sure that the problem is solved.
Alerts can be defined as global (atlas level) on
a map, or even as host level.
Alerts can easily be configured to be valid for
specific nodes only (i.e. server or routers only, or important
nodes only). This allows you to define just one “host down” global
alert that arises only for your servers and not when users switch
off their workstations at the end of each day. |
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Environmental monitoring
nVision is a great base for setting up your IT or
production environmental monitoring (temperature, humidity, flood etc.).
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(from -139°F / -95°C), humidity, flood, fire, voltage etc. This
makes sure that your production processes or a server room will
not be exposed to the risks of improper operating conditions.
nVision will alert you in such cases and provide real-time charts
presenting current values as well as long-term trends.
To monitor environmental parameters, nVision
uses hardware based probes that you just connect to the Ethernet
network, so the installation is very fast and simple. |
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Agentless
nVision monitors the network without any agents
(except user activity monitoring, which is optional), so there is
nothing to install on nodes that need monitoring. There are no agents to
install, maintain or update in order to scan and monitor your network. |
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NetTools
This is a set of handy tools consisting of NetWatch,
NetStat, fast trace, lookup, bandwidth, NetCheck, host and port/service
scanner and SNMP browser. For more information, see the
Axence NetTools web page.
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Why nVision?
There are other similar network monitoring products,
but nVision has several unique advantages that you won't find elsewhere.
The most important are network status visualization (with real-time
charts and interactive maps), performance allowing you to monitor
10,000-node networks, and the ability to track alerts (events) currently
in progress.
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window and general tab of Host info window |
Main window - atlas & map view |
Host info - General information |
| Alerting |
Defining alerts |
Event log |
| TCP/IP and Windows service
monitoring |
Service performance |
Windows services |
| SNMP device monitoring |
SNMP browser |
Switch port mapper - list of connected computers |
Network interface traffic - daily |
Network interface traffic - weekly |
| Reporting |
Sample report - network interface traffic |
Sample report - web server performance |
| Network inventory |
Hardware inventory |
Hardware inventory - operating system |
Software inventory - list of installed applications |
Hardware auditing |
Hardware auditing - grouped by operating system |
License usage auditing |
| User activity monitoring |
User activity - general information |
Program usage |
Visited web pages |
Desktop preview and remote access |
nVision Module Comparison
The table below compares the functionality of nVision modules. All modules can
be ordered independently – according to your need – so you do not have to pay
for solutions you do not require.
Features
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HelpDesk
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DataGuard
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| Network discovery and visualization |
Network scanning,
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| Interactive network maps |
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| Network monitoring |
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| Mail and web servers |
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| Windows services |
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| Windows and SNMP device performance |
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| Application performance and stability: MS SQL, Exchange, IIS,
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| Monitoring the server room temperature (e.g. Poseidon) |
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| Notifications and corrective actions |
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| Hardware and software inventory |
| Software inventory |
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| Software legality audit |
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| Events (alarms and actions) in case of configuration changes |
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| Inventory taking by means of agents |
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| User activity monitoring and remote access |
| Work time, breaks |
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Used applications
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| List of visited websites |
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| Blocking websites |
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| Users’ printouts |
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| Sent/received e-mails |
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| Generated network traffic |
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| Static view of user desktop (without access) |
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| Remote agents |
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Remote access
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| File distribution |
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| DataGuard - protecting files against theft |
| Protection of USB, Firewire ports and memory card slots |
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| Port access rights management |
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| Auditing operations on portable devices |
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| Protecting the agent against deletion |
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| WWW access |
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| MIB file compiler |
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What's new in 5.5
Version 5.5.7.10042
(09.27.2011)
New functions:
| new report segment presenting audited custom files of
remote workstations; |
| fixed assets’ alerts (e.g. licence expiration reminder). |
Improvements:
| device status added to DataGuard audit report; |
| ignoring a device uses its name instead of IP address
when possible; |
| NIC vendor displayed on the host’s interface list as well
as in the “Port mapper” window. |
Bug fixes:
| duplicated printouts from Terminal Services monitoring
removed; |
| websites blocking fix; |
| Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox monitoring
improvements; |
| hardware inventory collection improvements. |
Version 5.5.5.9818
(07.27.2011)
New functions:
| HelpDesk module integrated with Active Directory. |
Improvements:
| enhanced the stability and performance of the PortMapper
function; |
| enhanced the stability of Agent’s persistent connection
with nVision; |
| agent’s persistent connection with nVision, when active,
is indicated by green color in the “Host info” window; |
| multiedition of Fixed Assets (ability to edit/delete
multiple records at once) |
| Ctrl+F keystroke set focus on the search field; |
| additional information in DataGuard audit log; |
| improved configuration of the inventory report segments. |
Bug fixes:
| serial numbers of some uncommon USB devices are read
correctly; |
| microsoft Visio 2010 and 2002, Microsoft Project 2010 and
2002 activation keys are read correctly; |
| occasional freeze of the TCP services management form
fixed; |
| time of web browsing with Firefox 4.0 and 5.0 is
calculated correctly. |
Version 5.5.4.9633
(06.02.2011)
Improvements:
| reading information with SNMP v3 from CISCO devices was
improved; |
| minor fixes of nVision running without the Inventory
module; |
| DataGuard module’s handling of Hub USB devices was
improved. |
Version 5.5.4.9613 (Official Release)
(05.30.2011)
New functions:Administrative and Billing
component (i.e. Fixed Assets) in the Inventory
module: IT assets register database, integrated with information on software and
hardware from the Agents:
| storing all information on IT infrastructure in one place
with flexible expanding and updating of the collected information; |
| option to define own types (equipment components), their
attributes (fields) and values – any given device or software can be
described with additional information, e.g. register number,
person responsible, purchase invoice number and
scan, hardware or software value, vendor’s
name, warranty expiry date and scan,
review date (a date can be given, when the administrator should
receive a notification on the approaching review date or warranty expiry),
maintenance company name, other custom file .DOC, .XLS,
scan or own comments; option to import data from an external source
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| option to assign assets to departments or computers; |
| special auditing view presenting all fixed assets,
including devices and software installed on them. |
Trouble ticket database
and chat in the HelpDesk module:
| trouble ticket database allows the users (both with
installed Agent and without it – after logging in) to report technical
problems by means of trouble ticket creation mechanism; |
| tickets are solved by the HelpDesk employees; |
| in the administrators’ part, the incoming trouble tickets
are processed and assigned to appropriate persons or groups (according to
problem category), who are then notified about the assigned problem waiting
for solution; |
| the user can monitor the solution process for the
reported problem and its current status, and exchange information with the
administrator by means of comments, which can be entered and tracked by both
parties; |
| option to send messages from the Administrator to the
users with message read notification request (e.g. about the planned server
restart with request to save changes in files modified by the users); |
| trouble ticket database mechanism is based on Web
interface (available in a Web browser) and is integrated with nVision
structures (departments); this level also makes it possible to launch the
remote access (ability to capture the console of an offsite laptop, or from
behind the employee’s home router); |
| chat: administrator-user communication. |
Version 5.0.4.9204
(03.02.2011)
New functions:
| user can force the offline Inventory Scanner to scan
network drives by means of “/network” parameter given during start-up; |
| additional “Info1/Info2” host fields are displayed in the
map grid view; |
| German language version. |
Version 5.0.3.9050
(01.31.2011)
Improvements:
| a search box added to the ”Choose host” dialog box; |
| ability to use a DNS name of nVision’s network location
during the process of creating an MSI package or during manual setup; |
| faster transmission of overdue data from the Agents; |
| a list of ignored folders is used during the offline
scanner’s scanning process. |
Fixes applied:
| fixed a bug that could block removal of a node (if it
occurred on a Smart Map); |
| fixed a bug that could result in an invalid image size
after map export; |
| “Configure alerts” form title is now displayed correctly; |
| a custom license type is properly displayed in the “Node
software list” report. |
Version 5.0.1.8950
(12.15.2010)
New functions:
| „Change on a switch’s port” event
can be configured to occur only for new MAC addresses; |
| User activity data compacting:
Agents’ profile option for sending already-compacted data,
atlas option for compacting agents’ data older than specified period of
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data compacting function in “nVision database backup & repair”. |
Improvements:
| application stability enhancement by moving VNC Viewer
into a separate process; |
| added a warning message box, appearing when attempting to
block all network adapters in DataGuard; |
| requesting Agents’ data now works also for computers in
remote networks or behind NAT (requires the option “Persistent connection
with nVision” to be set in the Agents’ profile); |
| a new report presenting a list of all installed
applications along with the computers they are installed on. |
Fixes applied:
| fixed a bug that could leave some files or registry
entries connected to an already-removed application; |
| corrected the way the SNMP information about WAN adapters
are being read from certain network devices; |
| fixed a bug that prevented from choosing a department or
a smart map as a source of an automatic report; |
| fixed a bug that could cause a BSOD on the system with
ESET NOD32 installed; |
| fixed a bug that could cause a Microsoft Office serial
number not to be read by nVision. |
Version 5.0.1.8773
(10.26.2010)
New functions:
| serial numbers (license keys) for Windows / Office /
Visual Studio / Microsoft SQL Server loaded
together with the application list; the user is also able to add the number
for other applications and edit the numbers detected by the Agent |
| monitoring of printing costs:
option to set the paper cost per format,
option to set the printing cost per printer and per format,
option to group printers by means of identifying one printer as another one,
integration with Printing Audit window (column with printing cost and
summaries),
integration with user printout tab in Host Info |
| reports presenting the printing cost:
total cost,
total cost per user,
total cost per printer,
total cost per printer with format details |
| intelligent maps and branches:
enabling the better management of logical device structure
within the company (branches) and creation of dynamic maps according to
custom filters (intelligent maps) |
| new features in DataGuard module:
alarm system and managing access rights for devices, which do not support
any file systems, i.e.:
mobile phones,
multimedia players in WPD mode (e.g. MP3 players),
cameras,
printers,
network adapters, Wi-Fi adapters,
Bluetooth, IrDA ports, etc. |
Improvements:
| Remote Access also works when Agent is behind NAT
- in wide area networks and on the Internet from the level of nVision Web
Access. Connection is redirected by nVision (previously a direct connection
with Agent/VNC was established). Option General/Permanent connection with
nVision in the agent profile must be enabled (disabled by default) |
| Web Access: additional options during logging in:
map refreshing frequency: 3/15/60s, default 15s,
option to toggle the automatic refresh on/off, when the user is inactive
(currently the windows are refreshed by default even if the user is
inactive) |
| option to generate reports for Web Access users:
previously only the administrator was authorized to generate reports; now
the users can generate reports for hosts and maps, for which they have
‘Host-infor view’ authorization; reports for the entire atlas can be
generated only by WA administrator. |
Fixes applied:
| improved software stability and performance. |
NetTools
Available in the Professional version is a set of handy tools
consisting of NetWatch, graphical ping, fast trace, lookup, bandwidth, NetCheck,
host & port/service scanner and SNMP browser. For more information, see the
NetTools web page.
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