Before you begin configuring Server Nanny we would like to take a minute to introduce some of the basic concepts that are used throughout the documentation.

       After reading this you might want to take a look at the quick start demo.

       Monitors

       Server Nanny uses the term monitor to refer to a single check on a network device. For example, if you set up Server Nanny to ping a device to make sure it is reachable then that is a monitor.

       Notifications

       The term contact is used to refer to a person that should be notified when a problem occurs. Each contact will have one or more notifications assigned. A notification is a method used to send messages to the contact, such as sending an email or net send alert.

       Contacts must belong to at least one group which is called a contact group. A single contact may belong to an unlimited number of contact groups.

       When assigning notifications to a monitor you assign at the contact group level.

       Actions

       Actions refer to things like rebooting servers and restarting services. These can usually be thought of as things Server Nanny does automatically to correct problems that it detects..