Probes, what does it do, and when to use it?

Last Modified

Wed Jun 06 11:38 GMT 2018

Description

• This breaks down Probes on what they are used for and when to use them.

Environment

• N-able N-central

Solution

• A probe provides network discovery, monitoring and management services for devices on that private network, leveraging industry standard protocols, such as WMI, SNMP, and ODBC.
• A Probe is a Windows application that resides on a computer, such as a server, within a customer network behind the firewall or in the private IP space. Every environment in your N-able N-central network, including workgroups, requires a probe.

Probes are N-able N-centralto the monitoring process, and give you the ability to:

• facilitate discovery of IP based devices including workstations, servers, switches, printers,
• push software agents to Windows-based workstations and servers,
• monitor devices that cannot have an agent installed such as network gear and printers,
• assist in some forms of remote control,
• cache patch data to the UNC path of your choice, and
• collect log data from devices.