I've yet to do a real product comparison between the NMS vendors. From my initial observations I felt that HP was the best at doing the actual monitoring across multiple platforms. They don't have the ability to monitor the mainframe systems either.
My real issue comes down to how these products were developed. Most of the "big" NMS providers were originally designed for either *nix or mainframe. They've purchased or licensed what they've needed to get cross platform integration. Did you know that Tivoli now OEM's Heroix Robomon to monitor Exchange and SQL? The issue there is that some of these folks try to treat it just like they were still monitoring a *nix machine. That just doesn't always work out for the best. I don't think there really is the silver bullet in a large or complex environment despite what the vendors tell you. I look at it as a tiered approach. At the very top is the framework. Network, OS (be it NT, *nix, OS/390) and applications that are monitored plug into the framework to give it information on systems issues. After that I'll look at each service that I want to provide and prioritize its importance and monitor accordingly. If my messaging servers are critical for my organization, I'd rather spend the money on the best of breed product to get me all the functionality that I require. A generic monitoring application means that I am spending time and resources on something that is not my core service. The other part I look at in the service means that messaging doesn't just mean Exchange. OWA, conferencing services, mobile messaging and non-Exchange mail servers may be part of that mix. I'll need to have a product that can monitor those functions and provide my messaging admins with the information that they need to look at the system as a whole as well as getting into the details. I personally don't think HP is there yet. I don't think Tivoli, CA or BMC will ever get there, they are too monolithic in their structure. They will have to redesign first. My 2 cents. -----Original Message----- From: Jimmy Andersson [mailto:jimmy@;mvps.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Monitoring with HP OpenView [Regarding the monitoring comparison] I got a response from HP that I should send this URL to you guys. http://www.openview.hp.com/products/smartplugins/spis/Documents/Product_HTML -516.asp Regards, /Jimmy -- Jimmy Andersson, Q Advice AB Microsoft MVP - Active Directoryv Whistler Tech Beta Program Member Windows Pre-release Community Member 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/
