How to Monitor Number of Palo Alto VPN (Global Protect) Users Step 1: Login to Nectus and go to Monitoring -> Network Monitoring Settings -> Custom SNMP Trackers. Step 2: Click on the Create button to create a new SNMP Custom Tracker that will be collecting number of connected VPN users every 5min. Palo […]
Nectus DB Migration by manually copying DB to a new server. Step 1: Prepare new server by performing clean Nectus installation with the same Nectus version as on old server Step 2: Stop all Nectus services on the new server Step 3: Delete all the content from “C:\Program Files\Nectus\Database” folder on new server. Step 4: […]
Performing Nectus DB migration to a new server with “DB Migration” tool DB Migration tool is only available to users with Super Admin rights. Prepare new server with clean Nectus installation with the same Nectus version as on old server. Step 1: Login to the old Nectus server and go to Settings -> Database […]
Generating Alerts Based on SNMP Traps Step 1: Login to the Nectus portal, go to the Logs -> SNMP Traps. Step 2: You will see two Tabs “SNMP Traps” and “SNMP Trap OID Alerts”. “SNMP Traps” Tab contain list of all the SNMP Traps received by Nectus server from all the network devices. […]
How to Monitor Windows Services with Nectus Quick Start Guide Step 1: Login to the Nectus portal, Add the WMI Account for accessing the Windows Servers. Go to Settings -> General Settings -> WMI Integration. Click on the Add button in the WMI Integration Modal. Step 2: Provide Windows Domain/Server information with user credentials […]
How to use Custom Tags in Nectus Step 1: Login to the Nectus portal with a valid credentials. Go to Settings -> General Settings -> Tags. Step 2: After clicking the Tags option, it will open a Tags modal with five tabs – SNMP Devices, Interfaces, WMI Servers, IP Monitors, Sites. In this article, […]
How to monitor the status of Windows Processes. Quick Start Guide Step 1: Login to the Nectus portal, Add the WMI Account for accessing the Windows Machine. Go to Settings -> General Settings -> WMI Integration. Click on the Add button in the WMI Integration Modal. Step 2: Provide Windows Domain/Server information with user credentials […]
How to use Nectus API Interface Quick Start Guide Step 1: Log in to Nectus Portal. On the home page, select General Settings -> Miscellaneous. Step 2: Next, we have to generate a new client ID and client secret for creating the token. Go to API Accounts and click on Create. […]
Step 1: Login to Nectus portal. Then, click on IP Monitors. Step 2: Right Click on IP Monitors and select Add Group to create a new monitoring group. Step 3: Provide a unique name to the group and check the “Enable monitoring” option. If monitoring requires custom ICMP monitoring timers then select optional Custom ICMP […]
Step 1. Download latest Nectus release from Nectus Support Portal (https://support.nectus5.com) Step 2. Unzip Nectus distribution archive Nectus xxxxx.zip to any folder on Nectus Server. For upgrade you should have two files: Step 3. Right-click on “Nectus Setup” and select “Run as administrator”. Step 4. […]
In this article, we will show how to control the access rights to specific network devices visible in Nectus. We will create a user group “Texas Admins” that have access only to specific subset of SNMP devices “Texas Network Devices” in Nectus database. Step 1. Create a custom SNMP device view “Texas Network Devices” in […]
How to configure HTTP Application monitoring in Nectus Step 1: Login to Nectus portal. In the home page, click on Applications. Under Applications, we’ll get HTTP, TCP, UDP options. Step2: First, right click on the HTTP and select on the Add Group. Step 3: Now, provide unique Group name and check the Enable monitoring & […]
Configuring SNMP OID for Memory Utilization Monitoring In this article we look at how to configure the SNMP OID for memory utilization monitoring of specific device. If you do not know the OID for a device, contact the device manufacturer and request the OID for the function required. Procedure Step 1. Right-click on the device […]
Step 1: Login to Nectus Portal in the home page. Select Settings -> Global Monitoring Settings. Step 2: Next, select Distributed Agents to get the list of configured agents. Click on Create button to create a new poller agent. ] Step 3: Now, provide a valid and unique name to the agent. Here, the Distributed […]
Nectus doesn’t use Apache LOG4J in any of its modules and is not impacted by recent Log4J (CVE-2021-44228) vulnerability.
Problem There may be times where a process dump file (or files) are required to troubleshoot a specific problem. The steps in this document walk through the process of generating a dump file using Process Explorer for IBM Support analysis. While the example used covers the tm1sd.exe process, the same steps can be followed for […]
Enable Monitoring of VMware Using Nectus Step 1. Navigate to Settings → General Settings → VMware VCenter Integration . Step 2. VMware – vCenters window opens. Step 3. Left-click Create New Group. Step 4. The Add VCenter Group window opens. Step 5. Name the Group (MyvCenter). Check Enable Monitoring. Click OK. Step 6. Group Name […]
How to Enable Meraki Integration in Nectus Obtain the Meraki API key. Follow the procedure in the Meraki document to generate the API key. The document may be found at https://documentation.meraki.com. Keep this key secure. The key is an alphanumeric string of 40 characters. Sample API key: dfg5fffc2def3g34345mn7888u8wz9565df45 Enable Meraki integration in Nectus. Step 1. […]
How to discover/add a single device in Nectus Step 1 In the main window, click on “Tools”, and in the drop-down box, select “Manual Network Discovery” Step 2 The Discovery Start Window opens Step 3 In the Discovery Start Window, change “Full Discovery” to “Partial Discovery”. Step 4 Enter IP address and click “Start” Step […]
Catalyst 4500 Series Switch IOS NetFlow Configuration ——————————————————————- switch(config)# ip flow ingress switch(config)# ip flow ingress infer-fields switch(config)# ip flow-export destination <Nectus IP address> 2055 switch(config)# ip flow-export source Loopback0 switch(config)# ip flow-export version 9 switch(config)# ip flow-cache timeout active 1 switch(config)# ip flow-cache timeout inactive 15 Cisco 3800 Series Router NetFlow Configuration —————————- Step […]