EventSentry Light

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yesEventSentry Light is the successor to EventwatchNT and the freeware version of EventSentry. It has no time restrictions but offers only a few of EventSentry's features.

 

Please see the table below to learn more about the difference between EventSentry and EventSentry Light:

 

Feature

included in EventSentry

included in EventSentry Light

SMTP Notification

yes

yes, max. 1

SMTP Mini Email and SMTP Header/Footer

yes

no

Syslog Notification

yes

no

SNMP Notification

yes

no

Text File Notification (Plain Text, (X)HTML, CSV)

yes

no

ODBC Notification

yes

no

Parallel Printer Notification

yes

no

Network Notification (aka "net send")

yes

no

Process Notification

yes

no

Sound Notification, Desktop Notification

yes

yes

Filtering based on Event log, severity, ID, source, category and text

yes

yes, max. 1 include and 1 exclude filter

Filter Thresholds

yes

no

Monitor Directory Service, File Replication Server and DNS Server logs

yes

no

Monitor custom event logs

yes

no

Wildcard support (*, ?) in filters

yes

no

Filtering based on weekday and time of day

yes

no

Groups

yes

yes, max. 2

Built-in local and global groups

yes

no

Process messages that occur during a server/workstation boot (Bootscan)

yes

no

Resend messages if SMTP server or ODBC datasource are unavailable

yes

yes, only SMTP

No server restart required after service installation

yes

yes

Configuration changes do not require a service restart

yes

yes

Remote service administration

yes

no

Remote Update ((Un)Install,update,configure,control remote installations)

yes

yes, up to two computers

Import & Link to Active Directory feature for remote update

yes

no

Receive syslog messages from remote Unix/Linux computers

yes

no

Configure summary notifications

yes

no

Import / Export configuration feature

yes

no

Service and Driver Monitoring

yes

max. 1

Heartbeat Monitoring

yes

yes, max. 1 TCP port

Execute 3rd Party Applications

yes

one only

Event Log Backup / Clear

yes

max. 2 schedules, Application and System log only

Full event log detection

yes

yes

Process Memory Monitoring

yes

one process only

Disk Space Monitoring

yes

C drive only, no trend features

View remote event logs in management application

yes

yes, max 2 remote logs

Custom Variable Support

yes

no

Recurring Events

yes

no

Environment Monitoring

yes

yes, without database logging

Autorun Monitoring

yes

yes, without application monitoring

 

 

 

Eligible for first-class support

yes

low priority support only

 

 

We hope you purchase EventSentry after evaluating EventSentry Light. Once purchased all configuration settings will be retained.