18.5 Testing GroupWise Monitor

Monitor has two different web-based consoles. The main Monitor web console uses the capabilities of your web server to provide access from outside your firewall. The web-based Monitor Agent console is provided by the Monitor Agent itself and provides additional functionality beyond that which is available from outside your firewall.

On Windows, the Monitor Agent also has a server console that displays only on the Windows server where the Monitor Agent runs.

18.5.1 Using the Monitor Web Console

To display agent status information in your web browser from outside your firewall, enter the Monitor Web console URL in your web browser:

http://network_address/gwmon/gwmonitor

Replace network_address with the IP address or DNS hostname of the server where your web server runs. The Monitor console appears.

You can use this same URL to view the same agent status information in various browsers and on mobile devices.

You can perform many of the same monitoring activities at the Monitor Web console as you can at the Windows Monitor Agent server console. Refer to the online help in the Monitor Web console for additional information about each Monitor Web console page.

For more information about using the Monitor consoles, see Monitor in the GroupWise 2014 R2 Administration Guide.

18.5.2 Using the Monitor Agent Console

To display agent status information in your web browser from inside your firewall, enter the Monitor Agent console URL in your web browser:

http://network_address:8200

For instructions on protecting the Monitor Agent console with a password, see Securing the Monitor Web Console in the GroupWise 2014 R2 Administration Guide.

18.5.3 Using the Windows Monitor Agent Server Console

To start the Monitor Agent on a Windows server and display the Windows Monitor Agent server console click Search > GroupWise Monitor. You might find it convenient to pin GroupWise Monitor to the Windows Start menu for future use.

The Windows Monitor Agent server console appears.

In the Monitor Agent server console, you can perform many activities, for example:

  • Use items on the Configuration menu to configure the Windows Monitor Agent as needed.

  • Use items on the View menu to choose how much and what kind of agent status information to display.

  • Create agent groups in order to monitor related agents together.

  • Use items on the Reports menu to check the status of links throughout your GroupWise system and to organize status information into a format that can be emailed or printed.

  • Use items on the Actions menu to control agent polling.

For more information about using the Windows Monitor Agent server console, see Monitor in the GroupWise 2014 R2 Administration Guide.