Monitoring Windows and Linux Servers

Server Operating Systems (Server OS) are installed on virtual or physical servers to provide a stable and secure platform for running various applications and serving clients. These operating systems, often referred to simply as "servers," are commonly categorized into two types based on the operating system: Windows Server and Linux Server. In this article, we will first discuss the importance of monitoring these servers, followed by an overview of some key monitoring metrics available on the Moein monitoring platform, along with screenshots of the monitoring interface.

Importance of Monitoring Server Operating Systems

As mentioned in our previous article on server monitoring with Moein monitoring software, monitoring servers, including server operating systems, is crucial. It enhances server performance and efficiency, better resource management, improved security, increased client satisfaction, problem prevention, and reduced downtime.

Monitoring Linux and Windows Servers with the Moein Monitoring Platform

The Moein monitoring software communicates with Windows and Linux servers via the SNMP protocol to read their metrics. Additionally, it supports WMI for monitoring Windows servers. Below, we present some metrics from Linux and Windows servers currently monitored by Moein, along with screenshots of their monitoring interface.

As shown in the image below, Moein provides a comprehensive view for each operating system, including information such as the type of technology and OS, access protocol, metric reading rates, disk layout, and a dashboard of the most critical OS metrics.

In the Details tab, you can view the following information for each Windows or Linux server.

The Moein platform monitors Linux and Windows servers by reading metrics from five sources: the object itself, CPU, Memory, Network Interface, and the object's Partition.

Some of the metrics extracted from the operating system object include:

• User CPU usage percentage
• Kernel CPU usage percentage
• Host memory usage percentage
• CPU I/O wait percentage
• Host free memory percentage
• Host file system free capacity percentage
• Availability
• Host date and time
• Maximum number of processes
• I/O block read rate
• I/O block write rate
• And more...

The availability history of an operating system over the past year can be seen in the image below

The Moein monitoring software reads CPU core index, processor model, and core CPU usage from the CPU source. In the image below, you can see the CPU core usage history over the past 24 hours.

Memory Metrics: Free memory, used memory, percentage of free memory, percentage of used memory, and total memory are metrics that Moein reads from the Memory source while monitoring Windows and Linux servers. In the image below, the history of host memory usage percentage over the past 24 hours is shown.

Network Interface Metrics: Metrics read from the Network Interface source include input and output efficiency, transmitted traffic over the past period, exchanged traffic over the past period, received traffic over the past period, input and output loss percentage, output and input loss rates, and more. The input loss percentage over the past month can be seen in the image below.

Partition Metrics: Moein monitors several partition metrics on Linux and Windows servers, such as the percentage of used inodes, free file system capacity percentage, used file system capacity percentage, free file system capacity, used file system capacity, and total file system capacity.

Moein allows users to create custom dashboards to view their desired metrics at a glance. An example of such a dashboard is shown in the image below.

Additionally, in monitoring Windows and Linux servers, Moein provides the capability to receive and display syslogs with powerful and fast filtering, and to receive and display traps with filtering and event definition capabilities.

For a complete list of all monitorable metrics for Windows and Linux servers, you can visit the Windows and Linux Operating Systems Monitoring page.