MetaLAN™ Systems Management

Features:

	Agentless operation is at the centre of the MetaLAN design.  NT/2K/XP/2003 clients will fully integrate with MetaLAN without the need to visit or install an agent.
	Remote control. For remote support of computers and servers.
	Monitor health. Quickly check performance and ascertain if there is a problem with a computer or server.
	Monitor processes. View processes on remote computers.  Monitor CPU/Memory/IO/Owner of individual processes and allow processes to be started and killed.
	Shutdown or Reboot groups of computers.
	Wake On LAN (WOL). Wake groups of computers.
	Deploy monolithic MSI packages to groups of computers using the Remote Software Deployment Tool.
	WMI query from a computers WMI database.  Get information not available anywhere else like RAM slot usage and much more.
	Reporting for global OS, hardware and software installations and configurations.
	Easy export of data to standard portable CSV format.
	Save reports to HTML for portability and easy presentation.
	Software Tool for finding all installs of particular software on the network.
	Enquire from and conditionally modify node registries real-time.
	Run as a standalone application or use ProbeServer (Free) for consolidated data collection and storage.

Ongoing Development Guidelines

MetaLAN’s current and future design is governed by the following guidelines: 

	Provide the majority of functionality that network admin and support staff would require day to day in one convenient tool with data cross-referenced where practical for extended “smart” functionality.
	NT4/2K/XP/2003/Vista nodes must fully integrate with MetaLAN without the need to visit or install an agent.
	The interface must be simple and intuitive to the point that no additional training should be required to use the product.
	Data must be as close to real-time as possible.
	The product must scale well and be as usable on a 3000 node network as it is on a 200 node network.
	MetaLAN must provide flexible installation configurations.  Data collection should be supported in standalone (application on administrator’s computer) and server (service on a network server) modes.
	Installation package must be small and simple to install.
	No condescendence with existing software where possible.
	New features must be added in a way that will not detract or complicate the use of the product.
	Hammer Software will continue to expand and refine MetaLAN in line with Hammer Software's “Simply Powerful by Design™” principle.

ProbeServer Database Service for MetaLAN.

• Reduced network load. ProbeServer will reduce and distribute the network load required for data collection. Without ProbeServer MetaLAN collects data in real time when requested. If several administrator/tech support staff are using MetaLAN, the same data may be collected numerous times over a short period of time.
• Centralized persistent data storage. ProbeServer offers a central location for collecting and distributing the data collected from the computers on your network. When running ProbeServer the freshness of the data is configurable and data is available for computers that are currently offline. The offline/online status is highlighted in MetaLAN along with the other information collected.
• Admin privileges not required by staff. MetaLAN users do not need administrative privileges on client computers to view the data collected from those computers. By default the everyone group has access to this data which is stored in the probe$ share on the computer running the ProbeServer Service. To restrict access to this data appropriate security may be applied to this share.

MetaLAN License Manager

• Computers by software title
• Users by software titles
• Installations by license
• Software titles by computer
• Software titles by user