• Verion 8 coming soon

     New features and new test methods:

• Redesigned LanAtlas offers new built in tools:
  - Network Discovery
  - Network Map
  - 3D Matrix
  - built-Replicator
  - SLA Reports Manager
  - build in Event Viewer
  - System Diagnostic tool
  - Health Manager
  - Preditions module
  
  
• HDD SMART
  Checks hard disk health, temperature and other parameters using S.M.A.R.T. data; it can be effectively used to prevent HDD data loss
  
  
• Interfaces status
  This test allows you to check all or some specific interfaces on SNMP enabled device (server, router, etc). LanAtlas may warn you when network interface goes down or changes its administrative and/or operative status
  
  
• VM Host / VM Guest
  14 new test methods for monitoring VMware ESXi hosts and guests, Cytrix servers and Hyper-V systems
  
  
• Memory test method can check physical and virtual memory usage, swap/page file usage on Windows and Unix systems, CISCO routers, and some other network devices.
  
  
• SOAP/XML
  This test method allows performing SOAP requests version 1.1 and 1.2 over HTTP and HTTPS protocols. LanAtlas supports GET and POST requests, client and server side certificates; optional HTTP headers can be specified as well.
  
  
• E-Mail
  This versatile test may check mailbox on target server using POP3 or IMAP protocol including encrypted connections (supported SSL protocols are TLS1, SSL3, SSL2 and PCT1).
  You may setup test to check for "bad" and optionally for "good" e-mails by verifying sender's address, recipient's address, e-mail subject and body of the mail. You may check each parameter for specific string; also you may use expressions. E.g if you specify expression like 'admin1@domain.com' or 'admin2@domain.com' for sender's address, e-mail will pass filter when sender is admin1@domain.com or admin2@domain.com.
  Also, for e-mail body that contains data in XML format, you may provide XPath and specify additional filters to check result set. You may check row count, check field value in 1st row, check value of any row or value of every row, check average value or sum of all values. E.g. you may tell LanAtlas to set Bad test status when average value of all <price> fields within result set is below 1000.
  
  
• Certificate expiration
  This test allows you to check SSL certificate expiration date and start alerts when certificate expires within specified number of days. You just need to specify target server (using hostname or IP address), timeout, TCP port and range for "appropriate" expiration period.
  Basically this test designed for HTTPS servers however it may work with any server that supports implicit mode. In other words test will work with some SMTP, POP3, IMAP servers but not with all of them.
  
  
• Domain expiration
  This test allows you to check domain expiration date and start alerts when domain registration expires within specified number of days.
  You just need to specify WhoIs server (using hostname or IP address), timeout, port (default port for WhoIs service - 43), domain name and minimum threshold for expiration period.
  
  
• Registry
  This test can retrieve specified registry counter from local or remote Windows system and compare counter value with specified string, number or date and start alerts on various conditions
  
  
• SNMP Table
  This test uses SNMP protocol, like SNMP Get test method. The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the Internet standard protocol for exchanging management information between management console applications and managed entities (hosts, routers, bridges, hubs). Using SNMP protocol, LanAtlas can control many different parameters of various network devices.
  While single SNMP Get test item allows you to check just one counter provided by specified SNMP agent, single SNMP Table test item may check hundreds counters at once. Single SNMP Table test item cannot check various SNMP agents (check different hosts) but it can retrieve set of counters from target agent and perform various checks. E.g. you may setup LanAtlas to look for a maximum or minimum counter within some table, check average value or look for most rapidly changing counter.
  In some cases you may replace thousand of you SNMP Get test items with single SNMP Trap test. E.g. if you want to receive alert when any network interface on your router changes status, you may easily do this using single SNMP Table test.
  
  
• SSH test
  LanAtlas can connect and login to specified remote system running the SSH daemon and execute a command or shell script. This allows you to perform some tests on UNIX systems without using Remote Monitoring Agent for UNIX.
  SSH test allows you to check result of the command in 3 different ways:
    a) check for exit code (just like External test method does)
    b) check for text result (similar to Text Log test method)
    c) check for specially formatted result string (similar to Shell Script test method)
  
  
• Dominant Process
  Unlike test methods that allow you to check specific process (Process test, Performance Counter, WMI) or total/average resource usage on the system (CPU Usage, WMI), Dominant Process test allows you to check on regular basis what process exactly uses the most of system resources. This test allows you to find out which process uses the most of
  - CPU
  - Handles
  - Threads
  - Memory
  - Virtual memory
  - Address space
  LanAtlas provides information about "top process" - process that uses more resources that any other process on the system; it may display amount of allocated resources, process name and or process ID. You should specify the maximum limit of resources. If any process uses resources over the limit, LanAtlas will change test status from Ok to Bad and start alerts if necessary (e.g. you may setup LanAtlas to use "kill" utility to terminate or restart any application that uses 60 or more percents of CPU).
  
  
• DHCP test
  LanAtlas verifies the DHCP server by sending request for IP address. LanAtlas sets "Host is alive" status when DHCP server properly responds within specified timeout, whatever it replies with NAK or ACK packet. Otherwise LanAtlas may set "Bad" (invalid reply from server) or "No answer" status.
  
  

• Many modules were redesigned in order to reduce CPU usage and increase responsiveness of LanAtlas and RCC GUI, Web and Telnet interfaces. If you have over 30,000 test items AND 10,000 folders, you will see the difference.
  
  The following modules can easily handle configs with over 200,000 test items and 50,000 folders:
  • Auditing Tool
  • Built-in Replicator
  • Import from database
  • 2D Matrix window
  • HTML, DBF, Compact, SLA and ManagerBoard reports
  • Custom reports improved as well, however such reports still may require a lot of time (e.g. 10-20 sec for 30,000 test items report - depending on your system and report template)
  • Web interface (especially ManagerBoard pane)
  
  Basic “everyday” functions were improved as well:
  • You can remove and copy folder with thousand subfolders much faster
  • LanAtlas removes, copies and modifies large amount of tests much faster
  • Now you can easily reset, enable, disable, pause or resume set of 10,000 test items
  • Also LanAtlas needs less time when you create set of tests for range of IP addresses (e.g. Ping tests for 10.10.5.1-10.10.25.254)
  • Some auxiliary windows open much faster (like “Select master test” window)
  • and so on
  
  Note: GUI works more slowly on Windows 10; we changed some code for this OS and LanAtlas works better however new Windows API does not work as nice as Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008
  
  More speed, less CPU usage
  • Faster initial startup, profiles and test list load: yes, you don’t restart LanAtlas every day but you may start Remote Control Console or open web interface 10 times a day – now RCC, telnet and Web services load and process data faster.
    
    
  • Also new LanAtlas and Web Service modules consume less CPU resources. This is important when many remote operators use Web interface at the same time.
    
    
  • Show tests in subfolders - we recommended disabling this option when you have many thousands of tests and folders. Now it’s not a big issue. GUI works faster, also it does not show all 50,000 of your test items right away. It will show up to 2,000 items (plus all items from last visible folder); if you need to see more items, you may click on last item labeled "Some items from subfolder were not displayed" and use popup menu item "Show other test items from NNN subfolders".
  
  

• Redesigned LanAtlas and RCC GUI offers better user experience
• Redesigned MIB Browser, WMI Explorer and Web Service
• Redesigned Log Analyzer offers interactive reports
• New more flexible Connection Manager and Password Generator
• Improved 21 test method
• Improved 8 alert methods
• New options, commands and parameters supported by built-in script
  
  
• "Redundant check" mode
  LanAtlas allows you to setup primary and backup agents. Using this feature, LanAtlas is able to balance load between agents and use the backup agent when primary one does not respond. In addition to "Load balancing" and "Backup only" modes new version adds "Redundant check" mode (available for Passive RMA only).
  When "Redundant check" mode specified for 2nd (backup) agent, LanAtlas uses selected agent as "backup" agent as well (this means LanAtlas sends request to backup RMA when cannot establish connection with primary agent). Plus LanAtlas sends request to 2nd RMA every time primary RMA returns "bad" test result (e.g. "No answer", "Unknown host", "Bad"). This means test can be performed from 2 different locations and "Bad" status will be used when both checks performed by both agents fail. Yes, you can use "master-dependant" test relations for such checks and for other much more complicated schemes. However new option allows you to simplify setup, you need just 1 test item instead of 2 items.
  The following table illustrates how LanAtlas performs test using 2 agents in "Redundant check" mode:

  1st RMA result	2nd RMA result	Test status
  "Good" status	Not used	"Good" status
  "Unknown" status	"Good" status	"Good" status
  "Unknown" status	"Unknown" status	"Unknown" status
  "Unknown" status	"Bad" status	"Bad" status
  "Bad" status	"Bad" status	"Bad" status
  "Bad" status	"Unknown" status	"Bad" status
  "Bad" status	"Good" status	"Good" status

  
  
• "Use folder-specific agent" option
  New "Use folder-specific agent" option allows you to select Remote Monitoring Agent (RMA) on per-folder basis.
  For each test item you may set "Test by" property using "LanAtlas" option or some specific remote monitoring agent (just like using older version of LanAtlas). Plus new version of the software allows you to choose "folder-specific agent" item for "Test by" test property. In such case LanAtlas will use agent specified for the folder where test item is located. If you move or copy test item from one folder to another, LanAtlas will use agent selected for new parent folder.
  Also, there is new SetFolderAgent command supported by HM Script. Now you may use script to copy folders and subfolders, change some variables (e.g. target host name or IP address), change agent and copy test items that will inherit new settings automatically.