Am 2004-04-15 16:50:41, schrieb Volker Tanger: >Greetings! > >On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:45:37 +0200 Michelle Konzack ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> I like to have OpenView under Linux ;-) >> Maybe it has its price, but it the right thing to control several > > - how many systems
Do not know actualy... Maybe 1) 3 x BGP-4 Router 2) minimum 15 RadioBriges of 155 MBit to 1 GBit 3) unknown number Repeaters 4) many managed Switches > - how deep (from just PING to complete SNMP and more) Because the network is a redunant Backbone Network, I think PING is not enough. Need control of all important functions. > - how often Realy often for security reason. >The higher any value, the more load on network and NWM system >ressources, so beware... I know and curently I am making some test with my NETBuilder II and two ATM Repeaters and my Workstations/Servers. >Have a look at Nagios. Really. We use(d) it very successfully within our >managed service group. The grouping feature helps A LOT. For mission >criticals the two-stage alerting is nice, too. I have seen there is 'postgresql' support ;-) I think, I will install it. But does it support snmp ? >Web-based it is usable from "anywhere" (client independent). You even >can create a "status wall" with a rack/shelf and serveral PCs/monitors, >each one showing a different group status page - add one or two beamers >für Houston feeling... ;-) >> But if you have 10 or more Radio-Bridges in Line it is realy hard >> to imagine where the Error is. With a graphical tool and a landmap >> as Background you see immediatly where the Problem it is. > >Depending on grouping you can see "onf of the Radio-Bridges RED" or: >"something in Alaska YELLOW". A map often is waaay to small for a "real >world" environment to see anything. Thats right, but I need only Marocco, with a little bit Algeria, Mauretania and then Spain. I have coded a smal tool with a Landmap of this. I case of an error, my Application open a new "Error" Window which is zoomed into the "Error-Zone" >But a (zoomable) map is a standard "can do" in >Nagios. Nice... >> I can set a Landmap as background and set my Controlpoints (Routers, >> RadioBridges, Repeaters, DSU's,...) on it. The rest is controlled >> via SMTP... > >I guess you thought of SNMP here... ;-) There is nothing which works not with snmp, exept some of my HUB's which need an seperatly snmp-Module. Same for my UPS-Systems. I think, they must controlled too. >> But curently I have no real concept HOW TO MAKE SUCH GUI, a realy >> intuitiv graphical user interface. >[...] >> We need to code our own stuff and make it better. > >Have a look at Nagios (http://www.nagios.org/) and Cheops >(http://www.marko.net/cheops/) before starting at ZERO again. This is why I ask in this List. Most of you are longer in this business then me and I am using Linux (Debian) since 03/1999 (it was SLINK r2). >BigSister (http://bigsister.graeff.com/home.html) and BigBrother are >probably a leage below your requirements as they do not offer (IIRC) >a grouping that's compact enough. I will check it out. >Checks should be highly configurable (ping one router, read nearly all >SNMP from the next), should support grouping in configuration (i.e. done >once for all 7205's, once for all Sun E450s etc.) and display. Nagios is >nice here - again. I think, I need to install it. but on a seperated Workstation of which I have enough ;-) Question: If I install nagios-pgsql, does 'nagios' configure my postgresql alone ? >Have a DEEP look and some hands-on tests with Nagios before rolling your >own. I've not tested Cheops, but it looks a bit like what you have in >mind, too. I think, I need to try out all two. >Bye > >Volker Tanger >ITK Security Greetings Michelle -- Registered Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/
