Of course if you have MS servers and don't mind paying System Center Operations Manager 07 offers a lot of nice features. I am working on getting it going at our shop. Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator [log in to unmask] 517-355-9200 x2569 -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Missy Koos Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 1:52 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] software to monitor servers We use Nagios for monitoring since it does both servers and out environmental monitors . I guess I don't mind washing my hands after getting everything configured. ;) We also use evt2sys (from Purdue) on the Windows boxes to report to a syslog server. Its great if you want a consolidate log system for multiple platforms. :) Missy