Jimmy, don't know if this was an open invite - but I would certaintly be a glad recipient of said comparison.
Graham Turner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy Andersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 3:47 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Monitoring AD > I did a functionality comparison between BMC Patrol, Multicenter and HP > OpenView OVO7 for a customer a couple of months ago, let me know (by > private e-mail) if you want it. > > Also, see www.netiq.com > > Regards, > /Jimmy > -- > Jimmy Andersson, Q Advice AB > Microsoft MVP - Active Directory > Whistler Tech Beta Program Member > Windows Pre-release Community Member > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@;mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of Mike Baudino > Sent: den 9 november 2002 15:52 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Monitoring AD > > > All, > > I've been asked recently to come up with monitoring requirements for an > upcoming AD deployment to roughly 120 offices, all of which will be > individual sites. I don't have experience (yet) with AD this size. > Vendor whitepapers are little more than thinly disguised salespitches. > Those companies that offer monitoring products for AD state that it's > essential and, oh, by the way, we happen to have just the product for > you. I'm not really able to get a clear picture of how critical it is > to actively monitor AD and how granular you need to be. > > One company I spoke with said that it's sufficient to monitor DNS and > DHCP and they will tell you if anything's up. I don't buy that, other > than I believe that availability of DNS and verifying that dynamic > update is working and that the DC's are registering, etc. Another > company states that you need very granular monitoring complete with > custom scripts, automated tasks, and alerts. Microsoft says that all we > need is MOM. > > Well, MOM's out as our mandate is to have a monitoring product that is > cross platform (we also have various flavors of UNIX and some big iron). > Our current product is from the first company I mentioned in the > previous paragraph. > > I believe the truth is somewhere between the two companies. I'm looking > for suggestions based on practical experience though. Anyone want to > share? > > > Thanks, > MIke > > > > ******************* PLEASE NOTE ******************* > This E-Mail/telefax message and any documents accompanying this > transmission may contain privileged and/or confidential information and > is intended solely for the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the > intended addressee/recipient, you are hereby notified that any use of, > disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance on the contents of this > E-Mail/telefax information is strictly prohibited and may result in > legal action against you. Please reply to the sender advising of the > error in transmission and immediately delete/destroy the message and any > accompanying documents. Thank you. > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
