PowerShell Guidelines for ActiveXperts Network Monitor

Introduction

PowerShell is a command-line shell with associated scripting language from Microsoft. It was released in 2006, and is currently available for all major Windows Operating Systems. ActiveXperts Network Monitor requires PowerShell v.2 or higher.

Enabling PowerShell scripts

Out of the box, the Operating System does not allow you (or ActiveXperts Network Monitor) to run PowerShell scripts. You must enable PowerShell scripting first from the command line.

To allow execution of Powershell scripts,, please do the following:

Open a new command prompt (for instance by typing "CMD.EXE" in the Windows Start-Run line)
Type PowerShell.exe and press <Enter>
Type "Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted" and press <Enter>

Using PowerShell scripts for ActiveXperts Network Monitor

In order to use PowerShell with Network Monitor, PowerShell needs to be installated on the monitoring server. It is not required to have PowerShell installed on the monitored server!

ActiveXperts Network Monitor ships with a set of PowerShell that run out of the box. These can be used to check servers and can be modified in order to meet your requirements. ActiveXperts Network Monitor requires the output (i.e. StdOut) of the PowerShell script to be formatted according to the following syntax:

[ SUCCESS | ERROR | UNCERTAIN]: { <explanation> } { DATA:<value>}

The <explanation> will be shown in the 'Last Response' column in the Manager application. The <value> field will be shown in the 'Data' column in the Manager application. For example:

ERROR: Free disk space is less than 40 GB DATA:34
SUCCESS: Free disk space is more than 40 GB DATA:102

FAQ

For Frequently Asked Questions about Powershell in ActiveXperts, please see:
www.activexperts.com/support/kbase/network-monitor-nm-monitoring-powershell.