Advice on 24 hour open Network Monitor for Windows

[Jodi Agosta2]

Hi All,

I am on a WK2 server with QDX 5.4 soon to go to 5.5. My new CIO is asking for the operators to monitor the QDX threads 24/7. In the past I have just relied on alerts and for the operators to check a couple of times a night but not keep the Monitor open all night. What is the ramifications if we have a client Network Monitor open all the time? Are there any memory leaks? Will it decrease the time between reboots? I have seen plenty of information on AIX machines and some great work arounds but nothing on handling this with my finicky windows machines. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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[Debra Downs]

Hi Jodi,

We are also on W2K, and have had a dedicated monitor 24/7 for about a year.  Once in a while it loses it’s network connection; refreshing the sites reconnects it to the server.  

Prior to the deciated monitor, we had the monitors open 24/7 on the server for 7 years with no issues.

[Jodi Agosta2]

Hi Debra,

That is great to hear. I was a little nervous about doing this. I am glad to hear that it has worked so well for you.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

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