Server Tools

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 10:01:03 +0100 From: Karl.Pottie@uz.kuleuven.ac.be (Karl Pottie) Subject: Server Tools Press Release SERVER TOOLS(TM) SHIPS Contact: Philip Zarboulas Santorini 2147 Union Street Upper Level San Francisco, CA 94123 Voice: (415) 563-7157 Fax: (415) 563-0332 AppleLink: SANTORINI Internet: SANTORINI@AppleLink.Apple.com SAN FRANCISCO, CA-- 15 NOV 93 Santorini Consulting & Design, Inc. today shipped Server Tools(TM), a comprehensive collection of applications which allows network administrators to more effectively and efficiently manage their servers, including AppleShare servers, mail servers and database servers, amongst others. With Server Tools, administrators can detect and avert problems, improve security, manage disk space, account for disk usage, and perform audit trails, on their servers. Server Tools consists of the following nine applications: ** Disk Audit(TM) ** Monitors changes to server disks by keeping an audit trail of new folders or files, deleted folders or files, changed files, or even renamed or moved folders and files. Also allows administrators to determine which folders and files are responsible for increases and decreases in their servers' disk space. ** Disk Cleaner(TM) ** Organizes server disks, reduces clutter, and eliminates problems by searching for duplicate applications, duplicate documents, orphaned aliases, files with bad dates, empty folders or files, and other similar situations. Disk Cleaner also builds lists of files which haven't been modified for a given period of time, or conversely, builds lists of files which have been modified since a given period of time. ** Disk Accountant(TM) ** Builds sortable disk usage reports of AppleShare servers by user and by group, and optionally, bills these users and groups based on the amount of disk usage. Disk Accountant also builds reports of disk usage based on document type and creator. All reports can be exported to tab-delimited text files for subsequent analysis by spreadsheet or other applications. ** Space Probe(TM) ** Continuously monitors servers for low disk space situations, and notifies administrators accordingly through e-mail or pager. Requires QuickMail for mail support, and Notify! for paging support. Future mail support will include PowerTalk (AOCE). ** Crash Guard(TM) ** Keeps servers up-and-running, even if administrators aren't present. CrashGuard automatically reboots Macs when they have experienced a System Error, or when they have 'frozen', thus guaranteeing uninterrupted access to servers. Logs of all CrashGuard activities are maintained on the server for subsequent analysis. ** ViewPoint(TM) ** Builds reports on which users can see which folders/volumes on an AppleShare file server, or which folders/volumes can be seen by which users, and the reason why. ViewPoint helps administrators understand the privileges they have set for their AppleShare servers, detects security breaches, and averts calls from user…