Chris,
I can say from experience that either would probably do well for you. Some
pros and cons:
Pros
for MOM:
New
products (past NT4/Exchange 5.5) come with the agents; this means you get the
monitoring parameters and thresholds the vendor considers important out of the
box with the new product. That's a good thing that more vendors should
strive for.
Customizable and often well received by former-Tivoli-familiar
folks.
Additional agents can be purchased from NetIQ (original oweners of MOM
technology before selling the core to Microsoft) to monitor legacy machines,
*nix, security, etc
Designed to be a long term tool for collecting and reporting information
that also allows for actions to be taken based on thresholds (see
above).
Pros
for NetIQ (assuming AppManager product):
Strong
company with long history of Windows monitoring; were very good at it last I
looked
Designed for tactical monitoring and action making it a good thing for
day to day operations
Out of
the box agents and thresholds based on reskits and research
Easy
to get running and get value from out of the box
Cons
for MOM:
Tends
to be chatty out of the box
Security model could be better (promises promises :)
Cons
for NetIQ:
Tactical architecture; reporting is an afterthought and not really
designed to keep information for trend reporting which is a logical follow-on to
tactical "up/down" information.
Tends
to be expensive.
History: originally, OM was rumored to be the successor to
AppManager. Those plans seem to have changed somewhat over time, but NetIQ
sold the product to Microsoft prior finalizing the upgrade path and associated
details.
Having
used both products since they were brought out (1997 for AppManager 1.0) I
personally prefer NetIQ's interface and day-to-day abilities. I really
like MOM's ability to store data for trending and the out of the box agents that
come with the Microsoft products.
Having
also been involved with early Heroix (Robomon for NT) products, I can say I
wasn't happy at the time with their lack of NT knowledge. Strong for UNIX
shops, but inept in the NT world (last I looked which was in 1996; it definitely
could have changed for the better). It was flexible, but I prefer to
leverage a vendor's knowledge of what I'm trying to accomplish if possible for
any product.
What
I'm getting at is that you need to evaluate based on the needs you have long
term. I'd guess that any of the above would do what you're want to
do. I think that you need to decide, very clearly what types of things are
important to your monitoring strategy and then go look for a product that fits
that bill. 'Course, you already knew that didn't you?
:-)
Al
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Flesher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:44 AM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: NetIQ or MOMWell, we're going to be coming from Tivoli, so cost isn't so much a factor. Anything is easier to manage and costs less than Tivoli.-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abbiss, Mark
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 9:22 AM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: NetIQ or MOMForget MOM..Net IQ costs and arm and a leg and needs hours of extra consulting to get your out-of-the-box installation doing what you want it to do.We evaluated both MOM and Net IQ as well as RoboMon (www.itheon.co.uk) and went for the latter. EXCELLENT support, second to none and the product does what it says it will and it only took 2 days to get it up and running. Its also significantly cheaper than the other 2.Just my 2p-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Flesher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Donnerstag, 9. Oktober 2003 16:13
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Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: NetIQ or MOMWe're looking at NetIQ for monitoring our Windows/SQL stuff, as well as what it can do on Unix (Solaris, AIX). However, with Microsoft going head on into monitoring, should I be worried about the affect this will have on NetIQ in the short/long term? Which is a better product right now? Which has better cross-platform support?We are a dominantly Windows in this department, with Unix in there as well.Thank you for any info you may have.Chris FlesherThe University of ChicagoNSIT/DCS1-773-834-8477
