Configuring the Server Monitor

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Normally your Monitor will run ‘out of the box’. However, there are some settings, which you might have to or want to change. These are located in the central configuration database in a file element called SrvMon.properties. This element is stored under the Instance Type "ServerMonitor" and, usually, Instance Name "Monitor". You can edit this file with the FraudOne Administration Client, if you are authorized to do so.

Setting	Default	Description
DiscoverBroadcast	255.255.255.255	When trying to find managed computers, the monitor will use this broadcast network address to discover computers where the Server Manager runs on. You can restrict the search by specifying the broadcast address of your local subnet. The search will only work on your local network.
DiscoverFrom DiscoverTo	None	If broadcasts won’t work for you (the managed computers are on a different network), you can search the computers one by one. In this case you have to leave ‘DiscoverBroadcast’ empty and use 'DiscoverFrom' and 'DiscoverTo' instead. Type in the start IP address of your search range into 'DiscoverFrom' and the end IP address of the range into 'DiscoverTo'. The Monitor will now search this range for managed computers. Please beware that this method is much slower than using broadcasts.
CmdPort	2004	The Monitor will send commands to the Server Manager using the UDP protocol and the port number specified in 'CmdPort'. If this port number is in use on your network, specify a different one here. Be aware that this port number must match the one configured in the Server Manager for the two components to be able to talk to each other.
LogPort	2005	The Monitor will exchange log information with the Server Manager using the TCP protocol and the port number specified in 'LogPort'. If this port number is in use on your network, specify a different one here. Be aware that this port number must match the one configured in the Server Manager for the two components to be able to talk to each other.
LocalAddress	Empty	If you have installed the Monitor on a multi-homed host (one with more than one network card or address), you can sometimes have problems with the system identifying the correct address to use when sending commands. The symptoms to this are, that the monitor displays the information from the managed computer, but reports an authentication error when trying to send commands, even though the user id and password is correct (see Authorization). You can get around this problem by typing the IP address to use into the 'LocalAddress' field. This will have to be one of the IP addresses of your computer, specifically the one of the interface pointing to the network where the managed computers sits. Please use this field only if the Monitor does not work otherwise.
MaxLogLines	2048	When displaying log messages in the log window, the Monitor will only show you a specific number of messages. After the maximum number of messages has been reached, each new message received will delete the oldest one. You can configure the number of lines to be shown with the 'MaxLogLines' parameter.