The DiskPulse server runs in the background as a service and allows one to start/stop disk change monitoring operations, configure automatic reports, E-Mail notifications and review detected file system changes. The DiskPulse server provides a client GUI application, which connects to the server locally or remotely through the network and provides the user with the ability to configure the DiskPulse server, control disk change monitoring operations and analyze file system changes.

In order to connect to the DiskPulse Server, start the DiskPulse client GUI application, press the 'Connect' button located on the main toolbar and specify the host name or IP address of the server to connect to and enter a user name and password (default is diskpulse/diskpulse). The DiskPulse client GUI application displays a list of defined disk change monitoring operations and allows one to start, pause, resume and stop one or more disk change monitoring commands.

The DiskPulse client GUI application provides the ability to add new and manage existing commands using a flexible yet easy-to-use interface, which is very similar to the standard DiskPulse GUI application. Moreover, the user is provided with the ability to review and analyze detected file system changes, save report files and/or export reports to a centralized report database through the ODBC interface.

In addition, the DiskPulse server may be controlled using the DiskPulse command line utility, which is provided by DiskPulse Ultimate and DiskPulse Server installations. By default, both tools connect to the DiskPulse server trough the TCP/IP port 9120. Before connecting to the DiskPulse server from a remote host, make sure that the port is open in the host's firewall or use the DiskPulse command line utility to change the default port number.

Finally, customers are provided with a dedicated DiskPulse database server capable of receiving reports from multiple production servers and providing advanced report analysis capabilities. The DiskPulse DB server stores disk change monitoring reports in an SQL database and allows one to define custom report analysis rules and issue E-Mail notifications when critical file system changes are detected.