RE: [ActiveDir] Way OT: DC & Server monitoring tools

[Peter Johnson]

Title: Way OT: DC & Server monitoring tools

Too true. Try getting some procurement processes to pay for good monitoring software though!!   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 January 2006 16:01 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Way OT: DC & Server monitoring tools   Freddy,   I would imagine an app such as MOM or Appman could meet most of these reqs.   As one activeDir poster says tho, you can only choose 2 from the following 3 options: cheap, secure and fast. [I would add "robust" to that list and offer 2 from 4!]   I would add that 'you get what you pay for' and would personally always expect to pay a premium for a serious monitoring solution, since it is of paramount importance to most orgs.   neil   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Freddy HARTONO Sent: 05 January 2006 13:50 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Way OT: DC & Server monitoring tools Hi Neil   Just standard system availability checks and alerting, simple sms or email would do.   Monitor things like   1)    Availability - ping test (packet latency) etc, port availability, ldap binding tests (how long it takes to makes ldap object query) 2)    Eventlog - eventlog searches and triggers (no need for consolidation - such as what Intrust is doing) 3)    Reporting - monthly or management type of reporting or trending, say disk space utilization over the past few months trends 4)    Performance counters - perfmon counters to monitor other things such as Exchange queue length etc 5)    Email Round trip test - sends smtp mails or mapi mails to a destination, opens it with pop3 or mapi and check if emails receives within x amount of minutes.   Things like that, am using Argent currently (cost a bomb) - was evaluating SiteScope (quite user friendly) but the pricing model of per points monitoring may be a disadvantage...     Thank you and have a splendid day! Kind Regards, Freddy Hartono Group Support Engineer InternationalSOS Pte Ltd mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (+65) 6330-9785     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:37 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Way OT: DC & Server monitoring tools What do you mean by "monitoring"?   I normally split this into several sub categories:   1. System 2. Security and Vulnerability 3. Audit and Compliance 4. Archival   A few suggestions below:   MOM (MS) [cat1]; App Manager [cat1], Vulnerability Manager [cat2] and Security Manager [cat2] (NetIQ); Intrust [cat 3&4] and Reporter [cat3] (Quest); SecurityManager [cat 2&3] (NetPro)   neil     ___________________________ Neil Ruston Global Technology Infrastructure Nomura International plc     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Freddy HARTONO Sent: 05 January 2006 02:55 To: activedir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Way OT: DC & Server monitoring tools Hi all Just looking for some advice on server monitoring tools, and for DC monitoring as well as exchange monitoring I'm currently using Argent but found it much of a hassle to setup and the predefined rules out of the box is very standard and is much more expensive than others as well. Tried installing MOM but the gui isnt easy (havent have time to play around much)... 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