Disable/Enable Device Monitoring

Method:              PUT URI:                      /ALF/Server/{serverId}/ToggleMonitoring This method disables or enables a device monitoring. Parameter Data Type MonitoringEnabled “string” (YES/NO)  

Top External Monitoring Tools in 2020

What is external monitoring? In a general sense, it means regularly checking on something to find out what is happening. It’s a way to gather information. In a large network, it means observing and recording data from a wide variety of devices and applications. We should clarify that monitoring and management are not the same […]

Environmental Monitoring Just Keeps Getting Better

A data center has many components, but none are more critical than the environmental monitoring system. The technology infrastructure may be state-of-the-art, but if such things as heat or moisture are left unchecked, then all that expensive equipment could fail and cost unnecessary expenses and downtime. Data center managers must have an all-of-the-above strategy that […]

Reliably Monitoring Exchange Server for DNS Failover or Load Balancing

On occasion we receive a request seeking assistance creating monitors to determine the availability of Microsoft Exchange, such as Internet-facing ActiveSync or OWA. After helping many customers, we have determined what works well, and what doesn’t work at all. Here are our tried and true suggestions for reliably monitoring your Exchange environment. Exchange 2013, 2016 […]

What HTTP response codes do you support for monitoring server availability?

We support the following list of response codes which can be used individually or together to determine the state of a server. 100 – Continue 101 – Switching Protocols 200 – OK 201 – Created 202 – Accepted 203 – Authoritative Information 204 – No Content 205 – Reset Content 206 – Partial Content 300 […]

Cloud Platform Release v21.11.1

Over the last couple of months we’ve been working hard to bring new features and improvements to the cloud platform. Version 21.11.1 was released today. Below is a list of the most notable changes and bug fixes included in this release. DNS Importing: We continue to improve the DNS importing process to recognize different zone […]

Update an Existing Monitor

Method:              PUT URI:                     /Monitor/DeviceMonitor/{monitorId} This method updates the load balancing profile. Field Data Type MonitorType “string” Name “string” Interval “string” IntervalUnit “string” ResponseTimeOut “string” ResponseTimeOutThreshold “string” DownTime “string” Deviation “string” Retries “string” SuccessRetries “string” FailureRetries “string” DestinationIP “string” DestinationPort “string” Action “string” CustomHeader “string” Enabled “string” […]

Create a New Monitor

Method:              POST URI:                     /Monitor/DeviceMonitor This method creates a new monitor. In order to successfully create the new monitor, the following parameters must be inputted: Field Data Type MonitorType “string” Name “string” Interval “string” IntervalUnit “string” ResponseTimeOut “string” ResponseTimeOutThreshold “string” DownTime “string” Deviation “string” Retries “string” SuccessRetries […]

Notable Network and Cloud Outages of 2021

There are hundreds of cloud and network provider outages every week, more than anyone ever realizes. To help convey the sheer volume of cloud provider and network provider outages, we’ve compiled this running post of the most notable ones in 2021 so far with a primary focus on North American providers, but coverage across the […]

How Fast is DNS Failover?

We’re often asked how quickly an ‘A’ or ‘AAAA’ record controlled by a DNS Failover pool can update across the internet. TLDR: 2.5 minutes is about as fast as it can go. If you’re curious how we came up with this number, here’s the backstory on how it all works. DNS Failover update speed is […]