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Una muy buena aplicaci?n de monitoreo que merece mas de una menci?n.
Realiza muy bien su trabajo sin caer en ser una tremenda aplicaci?n (tama?o en MB) ni requerir demasiadas configuraciones, mas bien solo tener claro que es lo que desea monitorear. un solo puerto y si se necesita un agente que hace todo en los host.
Una muy buena aplicaci?n de monitoreo que merece mas de una menci?n.
Realiza muy bien su trabajo sin caer en ser una tremenda aplicaci?n (tama?o en MB) ni requerir demasiadas configuraciones, mas bien solo tener claro que es lo que desea monitorear. un solo puerto y si se necesita un agente que hace todo en los host.
I been using AHM for about 3 years and it's proven to be very useful monitoring tool. It's cheap. It's doesn't have fancy graphs, but it does have statistics for each test. Has around 57 test methods for various items. It can monitor network devices (ping, snmp)and server (agent, processs, services, etc).
It has multiple alerting functions and it runs from my desktop. Don't need a whole server to run it either.
It has multiple alerting functions and it runs from my desktop. Don't need a whole server to run it either.
One of my favorites as well. Tells me what I need to know at all times right from my desktop. I am never out of reach of the many alert functions.
I have been using "Advanced Host Monitor" for ages and rely on it as
well. KS-Soft team managed to create wonderful product: easy to use, with
friendly user interface,
powerfull alerting and reporting engine and useful auxiliary tools, like
RMA, RCC, Web service. You should try it an you never regret:
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/index.htm
well. KS-Soft team managed to create wonderful product: easy to use, with
friendly user interface,
powerfull alerting and reporting engine and useful auxiliary tools, like
RMA, RCC, Web service. You should try it an you never regret:
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/index.htm
OpenNMS is great solution. It is easy to install (Linux) and configure. It actively polls and provides snmp performance graphs.
NCENTRAL, is better than Big Brother. It also has a web interface for monitoring backups, virus alerts, on and on. No client needed and if you are monitoring multiple sites you can use probes to send that securely across the net.
As someone who has implemented Tivoli in some pretty big environments, I will agree, but also point out that if you are talking Tivoli, then Unicenter and OpenView (and EMC/Smarts to a lesser extent) will also fit the bill.
And all of those require massive customization (those business rules don't write themselves), education and budgets.
And all of those require massive customization (those business rules don't write themselves), education and budgets.
an IT departmart didn't get Tivoli shoved down their throats by IBM sales reps and the powers that be are OK with spending tons of $$ paying their guys to install and maintain Tivoli, then they should look at Cittio's Watchtower. Fraction of the cost, easy(and fast) to install, reference accounts, and they even have an executive dashboard displayed in a GUI forms that an idiot can understand. Let me know if anyone want a free eval...
We were big users of Spectrum by Aprisma (now CA and soon to be new Unicenter)but the license and maintenance cost was out of control. We moved to Solarwinds Orion and it is GREAT!!! Web based everything, great reporting and CHEAP!!! It does everything our multi-million dollar system did at a fraction of the cost...
Have you tried...http://www.reviver.com
The Reviver II card will monitor hardware proactively and alert you before a potential failure occurs and also when hardware has failed and what the problem is. Plus, it is platform independent!
The Reviver II card will monitor hardware proactively and alert you before a potential failure occurs and also when hardware has failed and what the problem is. Plus, it is platform independent!
I recommend that you try the solution from opexpert, which is free and is well supported. The link is http://www.opexpert.com
What about the very powerfull and popular open source application called Nagios?
Nagios uses a number plugins to monitor many different services and is very easy to customise to create your own environment specific plugins.
Besides the default plugins that come with Nagios, there are also a number of specific plugind for operatign systems(Windows, NetWare, *nix...) and many applications and devices.
(h**p://www.nagiosexchange.org/Check_Plugins.21.0.html)
Nagios uses a number plugins to monitor many different services and is very easy to customise to create your own environment specific plugins.
Besides the default plugins that come with Nagios, there are also a number of specific plugind for operatign systems(Windows, NetWare, *nix...) and many applications and devices.
(h**p://www.nagiosexchange.org/Check_Plugins.21.0.html)
zabbix has some useful features, including network maps, SNMP graphs, performance monitoring, agents for many OS's including windows, and agentless monitoring.
h**p://www.zabbix.com
h**p://www.zabbix.com
What's Up Gold is another excelent tool for monitoring all devices.
Solarwinds is another.
Solarwinds is another.
Sorry for reviving so old thread, but I am evaluating Zabbix now and I'm very curious if someone uses zabbix for production monitoring in Israel.
Do you?
Thanks
Vitaly
Do you?
Thanks
Vitaly
I would recommend ServersAlive to anyone. If you have a very small network, the free version will take care of all of your needs. The developer is available via a email list and is continually enhancing the product. I don't work for them, but I am a very happy customer.
I rely on it extensively to monitor 135+ servers. It lets me know right away if a monitored server or service becomes unresponsive. It's saved me a lot of angry phone calls from users. It's strictly for that kind of monitoring, though, it doesn't restart services or all the fancy stuff.
JFFNMS is a very nice monitoring tool also.
JFFNMS is a Network Management and Monitoring System designed to monitor a IP SNMP / Syslog / Tacacs+ Network. It can be used to monitor any standards compilant SNMP device, Server, Router, TCP port or anything you want, if you write a custom poller, we also provide some Cisco focused features. Written in PHP (Works on Linux, FreeBSD and Win2K/XP)
http://www.jffnms.org/
The instructions for implementing on Windows are VERY good. I had it up and running in no time. Just remember that historical data starts eating up disk storage.
JFFNMS is a Network Management and Monitoring System designed to monitor a IP SNMP / Syslog / Tacacs+ Network. It can be used to monitor any standards compilant SNMP device, Server, Router, TCP port or anything you want, if you write a custom poller, we also provide some Cisco focused features. Written in PHP (Works on Linux, FreeBSD and Win2K/XP)
http://www.jffnms.org/
The instructions for implementing on Windows are VERY good. I had it up and running in no time. Just remember that historical data starts eating up disk storage.
MRTG doesn't do all of the things on the list, but it does a lot of them and is free.
MRTG, out of the box, simply collects SNMP traps and provides reporting. It is not an active monitoring tool. That is why I would not use it for this purpose. If I want to know, over the long run, what my downtime is, it is great. If I want to know that my network went down so I can fix it, it is not helpful.
J.Ja
J.Ja
PageR Enterprise is another powerful software that can monitor different services on servers and also perform custom actions like sending messages or running batch files.
This is absolutely an excellent product. Avtech provides excellent support for this package and is very responsive to any issues or requests for extensions. You can do almost any type of system monitoring you want due to all of the choices it offers. Once you use this package, you may not want to use anything else for monitoring/notification (at least if you are willing to pay some $$$).
For want of a better term, what about all the appliances on the network? The article concentrated on Servers running Windows or Linux. But there's a growing number of appliances designed to do just a specific job. They all have their own monitoring and alert systems but checking them individually is a nightmare. Plus there's the environmentals to consider. Your server says everything is working fine but what you don't know is that the air conditioning unit has just packed up in the server room.
What's required is a solution that can check on the status of all the equipment, interrogate it and then send out an email/SMS/SNMP trap to you when something bad happens. Plus you can keep an eye on the room temperature and door security at the same time.
Check out http://www.datatrackplc.com/network-management-software/network-monitoring-alarms.htm for more information.
What's required is a solution that can check on the status of all the equipment, interrogate it and then send out an email/SMS/SNMP trap to you when something bad happens. Plus you can keep an eye on the room temperature and door security at the same time.
Check out http://www.datatrackplc.com/network-management-software/network-monitoring-alarms.htm for more information.
Seems to me, looking at the list, that there is an unhealthy obsession with Windows. Linux already has excellent monitoring facilities built right into the o/s. ManageEngine provides a free monitoring toolset, and there is also many open-source monitoring (free) tools to use, without all those Microsoft clicky-clicky dialog boxes.
We are trying various packages out for monitoring our Windows servers and network equipment. FYI you don't need a Windows program on a Windows box to monitor Windows Servers. Several open source programs are available that use TCP/IP and SNMP to monitor for Signs of Life.
Our plan is to run the monitoring services on a Linux platform using Open Source software. We want both monitoring and alert capabilities. **MRTG** has nice monitoring capabilities. **OpenNMS** has good event tracking and alert capabilities. **Zenoss** seems to combine the best of the two, but I haven't found good documentation yet.
All are available on SourceForge.net.
Anybody else have any suggestions along these lines? I'd like to know more.
Our plan is to run the monitoring services on a Linux platform using Open Source software. We want both monitoring and alert capabilities. **MRTG** has nice monitoring capabilities. **OpenNMS** has good event tracking and alert capabilities. **Zenoss** seems to combine the best of the two, but I haven't found good documentation yet.
All are available on SourceForge.net.
Anybody else have any suggestions along these lines? I'd like to know more.
No customization with Watchtower from Cittio. It's next to free and you don't have to use multiple tools. Automation is really what you pay for...very easy to get a live demo...runs on linux, call 415-694-5976 and this guy will set it up...Al.
Right on, mate! Yarrr! Yaaaarrr! and Yuk! Next time, though, get your spelling right. I think you meant "MickyMouse clicky-clicky . . .".
On the other hand... she wore a glove...
What's happening here, anyway? Somebody's not on the ball. How come there's what looks like umpteen more good aps listed here than in the article... (no offense meant; just curious).
Ibin Yerkinoff (esq)
On the other hand... she wore a glove...
What's happening here, anyway? Somebody's not on the ball. How come there's what looks like umpteen more good aps listed here than in the article... (no offense meant; just curious).
Ibin Yerkinoff (esq)
I edited your statement for accuracy:
"The Internet runs on Unix/Linux. Deal with it."
There. All better.
"The Internet runs on Unix/Linux. Deal with it."
There. All better.
It?s often amusing and occasionally annoying, to hear someone get on their soapbox about how juvenile Windows is. With all of its ?clicky - clicky dialogue boxes?. I work in an organization where after the Y2K fiasco everything went to Windows, I am sure there are thousands of others out there in the same situation. We live, breathe, and pay our kids tuition thanks to WINDOWS.
I love my job; I don?t apologize about working in a Microsoft shop, ever. I rarely see a WINDOWS SLAVE get on a high horse; we tend to do our work quietly and share our experiences and pray to God that we have a job tomorrow. I don?t want to stereotype LINUX Supremacist out there. There are many that seem like it?s so beneath them to use a GUI, that they would rather write code for 12 days than click in a dialogue box.... yes ? very efficient.
Supremacist dudes? Can?t we just get along?
I love my job; I don?t apologize about working in a Microsoft shop, ever. I rarely see a WINDOWS SLAVE get on a high horse; we tend to do our work quietly and share our experiences and pray to God that we have a job tomorrow. I don?t want to stereotype LINUX Supremacist out there. There are many that seem like it?s so beneath them to use a GUI, that they would rather write code for 12 days than click in a dialogue box.... yes ? very efficient.
Supremacist dudes? Can?t we just get along?
Looks like nobody else uses PRTG... http://www.paessler.com
PRTG Traffic Grapher will let you monitor your network devices and servers with SNMP, and my favorite, will let you analyze traffic coming off of your Cisco gear using Netflow. There's a freeware version, and a 30 day trial you can check out.
Paessler also offers IPCheck Sever Monitor that will let you monitor quite a bit with just the freeware version.
PRTG Traffic Grapher will let you monitor your network devices and servers with SNMP, and my favorite, will let you analyze traffic coming off of your Cisco gear using Netflow. There's a freeware version, and a 30 day trial you can check out.
Paessler also offers IPCheck Sever Monitor that will let you monitor quite a bit with just the freeware version.
Has anyone ever heard of NetIQ? They have products that will monitor almost anything with any number of alerts.
I've been using Cuevision Server Monitor and it works great for us. We have several hundred Windows servers to monitor. It not only sends me alerts, but I can graph historical data which is really nice.
I've used ServersAlive, ServersCheck and more recently Nagios. Servers Alive is the best of the commercial bunch I've used and Nagios is a really good Open Source offering if you don't mind creating config files by hand. Currently i use Nagios http://www.nagios.org/
I certainly don't mind crafting config files by hand -- or scripting their creation so I don't have to think of everything at the time of install.
Nagios kicks butt. It mostly just sticks to essentials, avoiding a bunch of distracting nonsense that just gives admins toys without providing actual productive value that are common to expensive GUI tools. It's also highly extensible, though, so basically any must-have features can be added when you need them.
Nagios kicks butt. It mostly just sticks to essentials, avoiding a bunch of distracting nonsense that just gives admins toys without providing actual productive value that are common to expensive GUI tools. It's also highly extensible, though, so basically any must-have features can be added when you need them.
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