Print Server Management and Monitoring
An essential feature of a long-life server is that it can be managed with ease. MyQ X offers a myriad of features that should make every administrator’s life easier.
MyQ X Management
How to manage all parts of the MyQ environment.
MyQ Easy Config
MyQ Easy Config is an application running on the print server. It is responsible for the fundamental management of the MyQ system.
What can be managed in Easy Config
Status of essential services
Admin and Database credentials
Security and Data encryption
Data and Job folders
Database backup and restore
System account MyQ is running under
Log
All Easy Config features are described in MyQ Print Server Easy Config and MyQ Central Server Easy Config.
Web Interface
The MyQ Web Administrator Interface is the central point of MyQ management where your print environment can be configured from A to Z.
What can be managed in the Web Admin Interface
Network
Connected devices & Embedded Terminals
Users, Authentication
Print settings & Queues
Accounting
Personalization
Reports
Scanning, OCR
…and much more
The MyQ Web Interface is also available to users for their jobs, profile, quota, credit and further management. The features available to the signed-on user depend on the user’s assigned rights. With every new assigned administrative rights, the user will see more on their Web Interface.
Accessible to everyone
Accessibility is an important feature of the MyQ Web Interface. It is also available in the High Contrast theme and can be navigated via keyboard-only.
The entire MyQ Web Interface is described in detail in our MyQ Print Server and Central Server manuals.
Server Performance Monitoring
Have your print server under control.
MyQ Log
In the MyQ main log, you can look up activities the system is performing, accounting records, communication with the devices, Embedded Terminals, client applications, and more.
Gives details of the entire system’s activity
Helps to get important information needed in case an error occurs and has to be analyzed
Read more: MyQ Log
Log Notifier
Set up custom rules for notifications. MyQ will send you an email or save a record into the Windows Event Log whenever your monitored activity is initiated or an error occurs.
Configurable to send notifications about any activity from the MyQ Log
Can send email notifications or log to the Windows Event Log
Configure: Log Notifier
System Health Check
MyQ is periodically running a task checking the system’s functionality. If any of the systems don’t report in time or are currently unavailable, a notification is shown in the Web Interface itself and can be sent to the *admin or a predefined list of other users.
Reports when important services are not running, the system is not responding in time, and warns about database health issues, low disk space, and potential misconfiguration
Messages are divided into categories based on their severity
Read more: System Health Check
System Management options
In the Web Admin Interface, some configurations of the system can be changed.
Disk space checker notifications
History deletion periods
Tasks scheduled to be run periodically in the Task Scheduler, including history deletion, system maintenance, and other
Configure: System Management
Windows Server Performance Monitor
You can use Windows Server Performance Monitor to gather system performance information that can help MyQ Support to troubleshoot server performance issues.
Configure: Performance Monitor