Server scanning system and method

1. A system comprising:

a server communicatively coupled to a network, wherein the server is configured to execute at least one application, the application configured to:

provide a remote device having access to the server with information in a format allowing the remote device to consolidate the information with information from a plurality of servers, wherein the consolidated information comprises server processor usage, server memory usage, server processes, and installed server applications associated with the plurality of servers, where the consolidated information allows a user of the remote device to monitor and diagnose a cause of a partial outage among one or more of the servers in the plurality of servers;

provide the remote device access to the server over the network to remotely modify features of the server by modifying a configuration file associated with the system, the configuration file stored on the server, wherein the features comprise: server processes and server services; and

electronic storage storing the configuration file.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application comprises software embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium.

3. The system of claim 1 , comprising a computer processor configured to install the at least one application on the system.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information further comprises an item selected from the group consisting of: server available random access memory, server available persistent storage, .NET assembly information, keep alive information, terminal session information, machine configuration information, database information, SQL job information, services information, event logs, scheduled tasks, server configuration files, web configuration files, terminal services information, and scheduled task information.

5. A method comprising:

receiving, at a receiving server of a plurality of servers and over a computer network, consolidated information regarding each of the plurality of servers, wherein the consolidated information is provided by software and comprises: server processor usage, server memory usage, server processes, and installed server applications associated with the plurality of servers;

remotely modifying features of at least one of the plurality of servers different from the receiving server, wherein the remotely modifying is performed through the receiving server, wherein the features comprise: server processes and server services,

wherein the modifying comprises modifying at least one of a plurality of configuration files associated with the plurality of servers, and wherein the plurality of configuration files are stored on each of the plurality of servers;

whereby the receiving allows a user to monitor and diagnose a cause of an outage involving the at least one of the plurality of servers different from the receiving server, and whereby the remotely modifying allows the user to correct the cause of the partial outage.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

installing the software on each of the plurality of servers.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the information further comprises an item selected from the group consisting of: server available random access memory, server available persistent storage, keep alive information, terminal session information, machine configuration information, database information, SQL job information, services information, event logs, scheduled tasks, server configuration files, web configuration files, terminal services information, and scheduled task information.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, using a computer processor, information about each of a plurality of servers, the information for each server comprising a server identification, an identification of at least one application configured to execute on the server, and an identification of a configuration path of the server;

locally storing the information for each server, whereby the information for each server is accessible on the network;

monitoring each of the plurality of servers in real time via a graphical user interface, wherein the monitoring is based on the information for each server; and

remotely modifying features of at least one of the plurality of servers, wherein the features comprise: server processes and server services,

wherein the modifying comprises modifying at least one of a plurality of configuration files associated with the plurality of servers, and wherein the plurality of configuration files are stored on each of the plurality of servers.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

installing software on each of the plurality of servers.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the graphical user interface presents information about each of the plurality of servers regarding at least one of: server available random access memory, server available persistent storage, keep alive information, terminal session information, machine configuration information, database information, SQL job information, services information, event logs, scheduled tasks, server configuration files, web configuration files, terminal services information, and scheduled task information.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising detecting a cause of an outage based on the monitoring each of the plurality of servers in real time via a graphical user interface.

12. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions stored therein, wherein the computer-readable instructions are configured to be readable from the at least one medium by at least one computer processor and thereby cause the at least one computer processor to operate so as to:

receive consolidated information regarding each of the plurality of servers, wherein the consolidated information is provided by software and comprises: server processor usage, server memory usage, server processes, and installed server applications associated with the plurality of servers;

remotely modify features of at least one of the plurality of servers different from the receiving server, wherein the remotely modifying is performed through the receiving server, wherein the features comprise: server processes and server services,

wherein the modifying comprises modifying at least one of a plurality of configuration files associated with the plurality of servers, and wherein the plurality of configuration files are stored on each of the plurality of servers;

whereby the receiving allows a user to monitor and diagnose a cause of an outage as involving the at least one of the plurality of servers different from the receiving server, and whereby the remotely modifying allows the user to correct the cause of the partial outage.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the at least one computer processor is further configured to:

install the software on each of a plurality of servers.

14. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the at least one computer processor is further configured to provide a graphical user interface.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the graphical user interface presents information about each of the plurality of servers regarding at least one of:

server available random access memory, server available persistent storage, keep alive information, terminal session information, machine configuration information, database information, SQL job information, services information, event logs, scheduled tasks, server configuration files, web configuration files, terminal services information, and scheduled task information.

16. The computer program product of claim 12 , further comprising detecting a cause of an outage based on the monitoring each of the plurality of servers in real time via a graphical user interface.