Hi all, We have written some snmp probes for Windows, but find that approach labor-intensive and we seem to have to tweak and have specific probes for specific systems. We have also used the Windows Service Probe, which works for monitoring Windows services, and only Windows services. Surprisingly I found nothing in the Dartware Contribs for Windows.
I contrast this with the Big Brother monitoring system. Once you load the Big Brother Windows Client on a Windows server, you can be setup to monitor event log, disk, ram, services, paging, etc. etc. within a couple minutes on any Windows system. The BB Windows Client has a nice GUI for configuring all this. I've also tested the hybrid -- setting the IM Probe Type to Big Prother Probe, and that works to an extent but you lose a lot of granularity. See a screen shot of it here: http://www.apecity.com/im-bbprobe.gif The Page File info doesn't display at all, and the Network Info should be in a fixed-width font or it doesn't display correctly. The granularity loss is that I can't graph any of the metrics. OK, you get the idea. Here is my summary: 1. Does anyone have a way of comprehensively monitoring Windows servers using Intermapper that they're really happy with? 2. Why are the built-in Dartware probes such as that for Big Brother un-editable and un-viewable? They don't cost extra, so making the probe code open wouldn't risk an income loss. How about opening them up? 3. I'm not trying to pit Big Brother against Intermapper. I just used the BB Win Client as an example of a probe I found very easy and effective. Thanks, Ted Fines Macalester College ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
