Remote monitoring now tests Antivirus for On Access protection

Your remote monitoring software now attempts to download an EICAR virus, even if your firewall will stop this virus we download another file that replaces a string to become a virus.  

This EICAR virus is NOT harmful.  It is for our systems so we can test to see if your anti virus software is working.

For more information please see www.eicar.org

For engineer purpose the test script is available in C:\Program Files\Montitech\NC_Net\script\test_antivirus.vbs

Remote Monitoring now includes support for CMIS and SIMS – October 2008

The Primary Technology Remote Monitoring service now supports SIMs and CMIS. SIMS and CMIS are the 2 most commonly used MIS’. It is important that we monitor the service state and database version of these products. This information allows the schools to ensure their MIS is completely up to date and enables Primary Technology engineers to quickly see a snapshot status of their schools most critical service.

Edumon renamed Remote Monitoring – October 2007

Edumon has been renamed Remote Monitoring, this is to simplify the experience of the schools and to move away from the Edu Branding which could potentially cause conflict with Edusite which was recently purchased by Welcome3 Ltd.

Launch of “Edumon” Nagios network monitoring service for Bradford schools – October 2006

Edumon is a product/service that is provided to schools that have subscribed to technical support packages by Primary Technology for. Edumon allows Primary Technology and the schools to remotely monitor critical services. We monitor disk usage, memory usage, processor usage and other services to ensure downtime is an absolute minimum. We can also use this tool to monitor sophos antivirus and school MIS versions to ensure that security is tight and that business continuity is maintained.
Schools receive notifications via Email/Phone call if any problems arise. This tool has also enabled us to monitor internet connectivity to view uptime/downtime of the Bradford Learning Network and report back to the LEA/schools with accurate data.

To login to Edumon visit http://secure.primaryt.co.uk/nagios and log in with your Primary Email username and password.

To change your Edumon settings simply log into the Management System at http://crm.primaryt.co.uk