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SICM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SICM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp, ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail. ... read more

SICM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SICM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp, ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail. ... read more

SICM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SICM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp, ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail. ... read more

SICM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SICM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp, ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail. ... read more

SICM v0.92 is now released:
SICM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SICM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp, ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.
Release changes v0.92 include:
- Added ability to send alert e-mail to multiple recipients
- Added option to configure Linux/Unix user ID, group ID and process ID for SICM - thanks anon
- Added option to configure the font of the graph <graph_font>
- Added option to configure the font color of the graph <graph_font_color>
- Added option to configure the back color of the graph <graph_back_color>
- Added option to configure the canvas color of the graph <graph_canvas_color>
- Added option to configure the tab space of the graph legend <graph_tab>
- Refactored scheduling engine to improve code efficiency and allow for future expansion

SICM v0.91 is now released:
SICM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SICM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp, ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.
Release changes v0.91 include:
- Corrected error where <input_max> and <input_min> in the .rrd files could be updated with the incorrect value
- Added option to configure Average, Maximum or 95th Percentile lines to each graph
- Improved alignment of the graph legend

SICM v0.90 has now been released.
SICM - Simple Infrastructure Capacity Monitor. Written in Perl for Win32 & Linux. SICM monitors, graphs and alerts the capacity of devices using snmp, ping and custom modules. Runs 24*7, recording results for later reference via a menu-driven web browser.

In v0.90, changes include:
- Added Tcpping.pm module to ping any TCP port (HTTP, SMTP, FTP, Telnet, etc)
- Added <version>, where the snmp version (1 or 2c) can be set for snmp queries
- Added <log_purge> where each day, SICM purges the log file of entries that exceed the nominated age (in days). Log file maintemance is eliminated!
- Modified log format to align with purge feature
- Added log graph to monitor the number of log entries per day
- Added validation of <input_max> and <input_min> against .rrd files each time SICM starts. If the values in the .rrd files do not match those in the .xml file, then SICM changes the .rrd files and records the event in the log file
- Added Processes to the template file (e.g. templates.xml)
- Added MS SMTP (Exchange) Stats to the template file (e.g. templates.xml)
- Updated to Net::SNMP-5.2.0... read more

SICM v0.81 has now been released.
SICM - Simple Infrastructure Capacity Monitor. Written in Perl for Win32 & Linux. SICM monitors, graphs and alerts the capacity of devices using snmp, ping and custom modules. Runs 24*7, recording results for later reference via a menu-driven web browser.

In v0.81, changes include:
- Corrected error where alerts were not properly handled for data_source_type="COUNTER".

SICM v0.80 has now been released.
SICM - Simple Infrastructure Capacity Monitor. Written in Perl for Win32 & Linux. SICM monitors, graphs and alerts the capacity of devices using snmp, ping and custom modules. Runs 24*7, recording results for later reference via a menu-driven web browser.
In v0.80, changes include:
- Added capability to use custom modules for queries. It is now possible to monitor anything which can be queried using a perl script.
- Added Apachestats.pm module to query Apache server statistics
- Added Mysqlstats.pm module to query MySQL database statistics
- Added Percentdiskspace.pm module to query % disk usage of volumes
- Added option to left or center align the web user interface
- Added documentation of IIS configuration setting to allow auto refresh of images
- Improved validation of frequency in RRD files
- Improved synchronisation of RRD files and queries
- <upper_limit> and <lower_limit> properties changed to <graph_max> and <graph_min> respectively
- Added optional <input_max> and <input_min> properties to validate the query input value
- Added optional <create_graph> property. This instructs SICM to create (or suppress) the graphical image
- Uses latest version of XML::Simple 2.14
RRDtool v1.2.10 added to documentation
- Added 'How to...' to the web site, a collection of information, tips and answers to improve the operation of SICM

SICM v0.70 has now been released.
SICM - Simple Infrastructure Capacity Monitor. Written in Perl for Win32 & Linux. SICM monitors, graphs and alerts the capacity of devices using snmp & ping. Runs 24*7, constantly recording results for later reference via a menu-driven web browser.
In v0.70, changes include:
- added "metric_alert": provides an option to alert and e-mail if a snmp value fails a criteria test (eg: free disk space < 10%)
- added "get_sysuptime": provides an option to not query the target for 'sysUptime'
- added "consolidate": provides an option to show the average or maximum of the consolidated data
- modified unix processor (cpu) utilisation in template file (e.g. templates.xml)
- created new web user interface
- simplified the configuration file (e.g. config.xml). Removed <alert_threshold>
- modified the target file (e.g. target.xml). Replaced <alert_threshold> and <alert_email> with <interface_alert>
- improved web error handling (sicm.cgi) if alert file is missing or deleted
- works with rrdtool v1.2.6

SICM v0.61 is now released.
- improved alert file validation when initiated or deleted
- replaced method for configuring SICM as a windows service

SICM v0.60 is released.
SICM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices. SICM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser.
- E-mail alerts upon query failures are now available.
- The e-mail address and query failure sensitivity can be configured on a per device basis
- unix processor (cpu) % utilisation is added into template file
- more detailed information has been added to each alert.

- added ability to query snmp sub-interfaces, eg: frame relay
- added frame relay congestion FECN and BECN into template file (e.g. templates.xml)
- query frequency can now be varied for each template on each device
- tested successfully with Mozilla Firefox
- alert date/time stamp added to each alert

SICM is a Win32/Linux template based snmp and ping front-end to RRDtool, also providing a user friendly menu-driven web interface to the resulting graphs
Enhancements included in SICM v0.40:
- If 'interface' in the target file is not defined, SICM now defaults to '0'. This allows for simpler target files
- Improved clarity of Windows and Linux installation instructions in readme.html
- Added references to snmp agent installation and configuration instructions in readme.html
- Added validation of 'target_desc' in the target file
- Added IIS Web Service into template file
- Added Windows Disk FreeSpace% into template file
- Added Windows CPU Processor Time into template file
- Modified Windows Memory into template file
- Tested successfully with Net:SNMP 5.0.0
- Tested successfully with rrdtool 1.0.48

SICM is a template based snmp and ping front-end to RRDtool, also providing a user friendly menu-driven web interface to the resulting graphs

Enhancements included in SICM v0.30:
- allow snmp interface numbers with high values (was 3 digits, now Integer32)
-provide option for each target to have an snmp agent port number
-allow up to 100 lines of the log file (if configured) to be viewed via the SICM web interface
-tested on Win32 with Apache 2 web server.

SCIM v0.21 is a maintenance relase to:
- correct error in sicm.cgi when single target
- align Linux install with FHS
- corrected cisco_nbar template