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Monitoring and Managing Windows Server

Nodinite empowers you to monitor, manage, and optimize your Windows Server infrastructure with confidence. Instantly discover all servers, automate health checks, and provide secure, role-based access for your team.

✅ Instantly discover and monitor all Windows Servers
✅ Set custom thresholds and receive real-time alerts for server health and uptime
✅ Share access to selected servers with end-users for secure self-service
✅ Actionable alerts and Remote Actions within role-based Monitor Viewsto resolve issues fast

Windows Server as Resources
Example list of monitored 'Windows Servers' as resources in a Monitor View.

Monitoring Features

  • The Nodinite Windows Server Monitoring Agent uses WMI to automatically discover all Windows Servers. Sharing insights is easy with Monitor Views.
  • State Evaluation – Ensure the Windows Server is up and running with user-defined thresholds.
  • Category-based monitoring – Group monitored Resources by Categories for streamlined management.

State evaluation for Windows Server

Nodinite displays each monitored Windows Server as a Resources. For example, if you have 2 Windows Server configurations, you will have 2 'Windows Server' resources in Nodinite.

  • The Resources name matches the Windows Server name in the format Display Name <Service Name>.

  • The 'Windows Server' resource belongs to the following Category:

    Category Description
    Windows Server Ensure Windows Servers are up and running

    Categories
    List of the Windows Server category as a filter in a Monitor View.

  • The Application name is the Display Name from the configuration of the monitored Windows Server.

Each item (presented in Nodinite as a Resource) is evaluated with a state: OK, Warning, Error, or Unavailable.

You can reconfigure state evaluation at the Resources level using the Expected State feature.

Note

Depending on the user-defined synchronization interval for the Windows Server Monitoring Agent, there may be a delay before Nodinite Web Client/Monitor Views reflect changes. Click Sync All (or use the dropdown for individual agent selection) to force a resynchronization.

Synchronize on demand
Option to force Nodinite to request a resynchronization with the monitoring agent.

Monitoring Windows Server

For the Windows Server category, Nodinite evaluates the monitored state as described below:

State Status Description Actions
Unavailable Service not available * The server can't be reached or evaluated due to network or security issues
  • Bad configuration (invalid/non-existing Windows Server)|Review prerequisites|
    ||Error|Error state raised|The Windows Server should be rebooted according to the user-defined Error threshold| Restart
    Edit
    Details|
    ||Warning|Warning state raised|The Windows Server has breached the Uptime Warning threshold or has a pending reboot| Restart
    Edit
    Details|
    ||OK|Online|The 'Windows Server' is up and running| Restart
    Edit
    Details|

Actions for Windows Server

The following Remote Actions are available for the Windows Server Category:

Remote Actions
Available remote actions for the Windows Server category.

Details

View details for any Windows Server resource by clicking the Action button and selecting Details in the 'Control Center' section.

Details Menu Action
Open the details modal by clicking the 'Details' action menu item.

Details modal
Example of the 'Details' modal for the Windows Server.

The following tabs provide additional information about the Windows Server:

Disk

Expand the accordion to view information about each disk volume.
Disk tab
Example of the Disk tab.

Memory

View information about installed and used memory in the Memory tab.
Memory tab
Example of the Memory tab.

Network

Expand the accordion to view information about each network interface (NIC).
Network tab
Example of the Network tab.

CPU

View information about the CPU in the CPU tab.
CPU tab
Example of the CPU tab.

Restart

If the Administrator enabled the restart server feature in the Remote Configuration, the Restart button is visible on the Details page.

You can Restart the Windows Server by clicking the Restart button.

Restart Button
Restart the Windows Server using the 'Restart' action.

You will be prompted to confirm the operation:
Restart intent modal
Example of the 'Restart' prompt.

A modal will present the result of the operation:
Restart Success
Example of a successful request to restart Windows Server.

Edit Configuration

Manage the Windows Server resource by clicking the Action button and selecting Edit configuration in the 'Control Center' section.

Edit configuration Menu Action
Edit configuration using the 'Edit' action.

Next, click the option to present the modal.

Edit configuration modal
Example of the 'Edit configuration' modal.

You can edit the following fields:

  • Restart Duration – Duration in seconds until the server reboot actually starts (0-10000)
  • Description – User-friendly description
  • Uptime Warning TimeSpan – Alert with a Warning when the server uptime is more than the specified date time span (days.hours:minutes:seconds, e.g. 365.00:00:00)
  • Uptime Error TimeSpan – Alert with an Error when the server uptime is more than the specified date time span (days.hours:minutes:seconds, e.g. 1337.00:00:00)

Uptime Alert
When it is time to reboot the server according to the thresholds, the state is either a Warning or an Error.

Configuration

Use the General tab in the Remote Configuration to manage Windows Server configuration.

Next Step

Add or manage Monitor View

Windows Server Monitoring Agent
Resources
Monitoring
Monitor Views