Quick Start Wizard

The Quick Start Wizard helps you quickly create and setup a batch of monitoring checks suitable for your network. This wizard is automatically launched the first time that GFI Network Server Monitor is started, in order to help you get your network monitoring system up and running in the least possible time.

Screenshot 9 - Launching the Quick Start Wizard from the Tools Explorer window

Once ready, you can still make use of this wizard by launching it from File > New > Quick Start Wizard or Right Click on the `Monitoring Checks Configuration' node in the Tools Explorer window and go to New > `Quick Start Wizard'.

Running the Quick Start Wizard

1. Launch the `Quick Start Wizard' and click on `Next'.

Screenshot 10 - Specify the OS of the target computer

2. Select the operating system installed on your target computer(s).

Screenshot 11 - Specify the services provided by the target computer

3. Based on the operating system selection, GFI Network Server Monitor brings up a set of applicable roles for that operating system. Select any additional roles that the target computer(s) have within your network. Click on Next to continue.

Screenshot 12 - Specify additional applications that require monitoring

4. Select any additional important service applications installed on the target computer(s).

Screenshot 13 - Select target computers

5. Specify the target computer(s) on your network which fit the options you selected (operating system / roles / applications). Click on next to continue.

TIP: Use the 'Select' button to choose from a list of computers detected to be running on your network.

TIP: Use the `Import' button to load the list of target computer name(s) from a text file (plain text file containing one computer name per line).

6. Click on `Finish'.

A default set of folders (one per target computer) containing the checks for that target computer will be created.