Re: [Nagios-users] Question: is there any interest in a WMI client for Linux?

2006-02-15 Thread Hans Engelen
Well in terms of need, I have (and I am sure there are others, seen messages to that effect pass the mailing lists on a regular basis) a defenite need to also monitor more then WMI provides and for that matter check_nt does not have either. I am sure there are many such things but these are high

[Nagios-users] Question: is there any interest in a WMI client for Linux?

2006-02-14 Thread Ron Gage
Hi everyone: I am thinking about writing a WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) client for Linux. This would basically be a command line way to perform various performance queries to a Windows box - with absolutely no agent software anywhere. All that would be required on the Windows side

Re: [Nagios-users] Question: is there any interest in a WMI client for Linux?

2006-02-14 Thread Hans Engelen
Is that a trick question :-) ? Short answer : Oooh yeah.Cheers.On 2/14/06, Ron Gage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi everyone:I am thinking about writing a WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) client for Linux. Would there be any interest in such a program?

Re: [Nagios-users] Question: is there any interest in a WMI client for Linux?

2006-02-14 Thread Terry L. Inzauro
Ron Gage wrote: Hi everyone: I am thinking about writing a WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) client for Linux. This would basically be a command line way to perform various performance queries to a Windows box - with absolutely no agent software anywhere. All that would be required on

Re: [Nagios-users] Question: is there any interest in a WMI client for Linux?

2006-02-14 Thread Ron Gage
Hans: Quoting Hans Engelen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is that a trick question :-) ? Just want to make sure that I'm not going to be wasting my time in something that people aren't interested in! :) Short answer : Oooh yeah. Cheers. On 2/14/06, Ron Gage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: [Nagios-users] Question: is there any interest in a WMI client for Linux?

2006-02-14 Thread Doug Veldhuisen
Ron: Let me add my 3cents worthyes, yes, that would be great! Need a tester when you get it written? Doug At 12:55 PM 2/14/2006, Ron Gage wrote: Hi everyone: I am thinking about writing a WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) client for Linux. This would basically be a command line way

RE: [Nagios-users] Question: is there any interest in a WMI client for Linux?

2006-02-14 Thread Ryan Wilcox
i 6th, 7th and 8th that vote would be super helpful! [quote] Is that a trick question :-) ? Short answer : Oooh yeah. Cheers. On 2/14/06, Ron Gage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone: I am thinking about writing a WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) client

RE: [Nagios-users] Question: is there any interest in a WMI client for Linux?

2006-02-14 Thread Ryan Wilcox
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Gage Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 12:56 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] Question: is there any interest in a WMI client for Linux? Hi

RE: [Nagios-users] Question: is there any interest in a WMI client for Linux?

2006-02-14 Thread Ron Gage
Quoting Ryan Wilcox [EMAIL PROTECTED]: snip ron... it is understood that WMI would give users the ability to go way above and beyond the 'check_nt' command... what other capability are you interested in building in that 'check_nt' doesn't provide? From a monitoring perspective, what more

Re: [Nagios-users] Question: is there any interest in a WMI client for Linux?

2006-02-14 Thread Dustin Berube
Ron Gage wrote: Hi everyone: I am thinking about writing a WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) client for Linux. This would basically be a command line way to perform various performance queries to a Windows box - with absolutely no agent software anywhere. All that would be required on