Map your network

By Simon Aughton

Posted on 24 Jul 2002 at 13:11

Neon Software has announced LANsurveyor 7.0, a tool for mapping network configurations and monitoring data usage.

LANsurveyor enables system administrators to map, manage and report on network configurations and track and manage software deployment.

Amongst its many features, LANsurveyor: creates system and hardware profiles, such as the OS version installed, CPU type, amount of installed RAM, volume capacity and free space, and hundreds of other system data; monitors file and folder distribution to enable the 'quick and efficient' software distribution; integrates with other applications such as back-up software; and can request printer information such as page counts, and toner and paper levels from SNMP-enabled printers.

New to LANsurveyor 7 is the Backup Profiler, which tracks the amount and type of data on network computers and the frequency that that data is changed or updated. It uses this data to create a record of the most used files and thus determine which files are most critical and need to be backed-up.

Dorian Cougias, president of Network Frontiers, said, 'Network Administrators the world over have told us how hard it is to choose which files to back up on end user machines and which can be ignored. Too many administrators have had to ignore everything because of space and time limitations. LANsurveyor's Backup Profiler is the first network management application that lets network administrators discern what data is important and where it is.'

The software is available for Mac OS 8 and later (including, for the first time, OS X) and for Windows 95 or later. A preview version is available to download.