Tool to monitor file size, file existence, parse xml, etc

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Published on 2012-03-21T16:46:12Z Indexed on 2012/03/21 17:31 UTC
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I'm trying to find some tool that helps me monitor several things. What are some requirements:

Shows results on a web page.
Checks existence of files/folders
Checks sizes of files/folders
Can parse xml files
Can have several status depending if it's for instance, after 9pm
Ping workstations/Servers to ensure they are on or off
create daily/weekly/monthly reports (pdf, html, csv)
show daily/weekly/monthly scheduled tasks
check if specific users are logged in a machine
check which users are logged in in a machine

I've looked into some solutions but could not find what I wanted. Usually tools like nagios are more focused in servers, and spiceworks is not so specific.

At this point I'm using a little powershell script that does several of these items, but before losing more time probably reinventing the wheel, what tools are out there?

Thank you in advance.

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