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First of all, WebPageChecker (WPC) is a simple, yet, powerful program. Meaning, it is simple to install and configure, yet powerful in what it can do with its many options. Please take the time to study the configuration options of this program BEFORE YOU USE IT. It cannot destroy your system. It only reads Web pages. We have also provided some sample configurations for you to get started.
The beauty of WPC is that it is small and works very fast. It does not merely PING your servers, like most programs of its type do. And, it does not simply stop/restart/resume services. It will physically check if your services are running by testing user-definable Web pages that use these services. This way you can configure WPC to test all the technologies that run on your server. And, you can tell WPC what to do in the event one of the technologies is down or is experiencing a problem.
WPC typically runs on the server in order to be able to stop/start/kill services, check available memory, and reboot the server. However, WPC can be run remotely on a Windows workstation and check web pages on a web server. WPC checks web pages the same whether it's running on the Web server or on a Windows workstation. Even running on a workstation it will email you and notify you of a down page, hence, a down server.
WPC has many uses. It is best run via a scheduler. Win2000/2003 scheduler we recommend or any third party scheduler will work fine.
Use WPC as a temporary diagnostic....
Example: All of a sudden your server is eating memory at a rate of 50 - 60 megabytes daily. You know what service is the culprit ( you can view the service and its memory usage in the task manager) but you don't know why. With WPC you can set it to monitor memory, and when it reaches a pre-defined low, have WPC stop and restart the offending service and regain your servers memory. Or, you can simply tell WPC to reboot the server. Of course this is just a patch until you can locate the offending memory eater.
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