Manageengine Opmanager User Guide

[Vernie Montagna]

ManageEngineOpManager is a robust network monitoring and management software that provides network admins with an all-in-one interface console to keep track of their networks, including hardware/virtual resources like routers, servers, firewalls, switches, and even printers.

ManageEngine OpManager is a network and server performance monitoring software that's been one of the market leaders for over 15 years. It offers extensive insight into the performance and health of your networks, including services and devices such as routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, wireless LAN controllers, servers, virtual machines, printers, and storage devices. Furthermore, OpManager can also monitor cloud-based resources deployed in AWS and Azure.

The software provides world-class real-time alerts, dashboards, and reporting capabilities. Its fault management system allows the correlation of raw network events, filtering unwanted events and presenting meaningful alarms to operators classified by severity levels. In addition, OpManager also comes with robust (and highly customizable) reporting and dashboards. One of the highlights is that OpManager provides network visualization through Layer2 Maps, virtual topology maps, Business Views, and 3D floor and rack views.

ManageEngine OpManager has received several awards and recognitions. Some of its more significant ones include Gartner's Peer Insights Customer's Choice for Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics Software (May 2019) and Customer Choice for IT Infrastructure Monitoring Tools, also by Gartner Peer Insights. In addition, OpManager was awarded Champion for the Network Monitoring Enterprise by Software Reviews in 2022.

This section will go through a few basic details you need to know to start using the software. Who can use it? What are its installation options? And other information like integrations, customer support, editions, and pricing.

Requirements will vary according to the software edition being deployed, evaluation or production, the license type (no. of devices and allowed users), and whether you are running OpManager with add-ons.

Although OpManager is one of the preferred network monitoring and management tools in the market, it may not be the best fit for everybody. It does come with a few limitations, including:

Throughout this guide, we have covered the fundamental concepts of OpManager and guided you through the process of setting up and configuring the software. We have also discussed the available integrations for OpManager and some strengths and limitations.

It is essential to remember that although ManageEngine OpManager is quite a popular monitoring software, it is not the only solution out there. So always evaluate software first against your specific needs. Fortunately, ManageEngine offers a fully-featured 30-day free trial. Download it, test it, and compare it to other options.

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