The Hobbit network services monitor (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/hobbitmon) is also available and runs on Linux for System z. A few people on the list are using it. There are clients available for z/VM and z/VSE and there is a z/OS client in development.
Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2008 - Chattanooga, TN ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, August 16, 2007 10:35 pm Subject: Re: Monitoring zPenguins - with?? To: [email protected] > Hey Klaus, > > I've had a great deal of success with Nagios on a couple of > different Linux > on z/VM systems. It is a simple monitoring tool that is really > only limited > by your creativity with scripting. > > One of the benefits for z/VM is the fact that it uses a relatively > smallfoot print and doesn't require any agents sucking up CPU > cycles. However > the management of Nagios can get a little tricky with 100s of > servers that > are coming and going rapidly. > > Without a doubt Nagios can check all of the items you have > mentioned, but > some will require a little scripting on your part. > > I've also seen the IBM Tivoli Monitoring framework in action and it > is a > very impressive tool that can also do what you need (and 10000000% > more).It really depends on the level of complexity you are looking > for and if you > want to push the Linux tools on Linux approach or you are willing > to go with > proprietary solutions. > > Then again, freshmen students can run ping, df and free right? ;-) > > Good luck! > > -Chris Young > > On 8/15/07, Klaus Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm writing my master's thesis about server consolidation using > z/VM and > > Linux on zSeries (learning VM as I go along). A part of my work > concerns> monitoring. I'm supposed to find the best suited monitoring > > product/program for the zPenguins where I am… > > > > We are running z9 EC, z/VM 5.2, SLES9 with Oracle 10 and a > proprietary> software suite (a mix of C, C++, Java programs), which > depends on ftp, > > ssh, print services etc. > > > > Among the things we need to monitor are: > > - CPU usage (I believe the Linux view will do for now) > > - Memory consumption (unexpected swapping) > > - Network availability > > - Disk space > > - Logs files sizes (not Linux logs) > > - Service availability: ftp, ssh, oracle (listener) > > > > We need to send alerts/acknowledgments, when thresholds are > exceeded and > > shen values are normalized. The alert format has to be customizable > > (alerts has to propagate into a larger monitoring setup using a > specific> format). > > > > Until now I have stumbled on the following programs names: > > - IBM Tivoli Monitoring > > - IBM Tivoli Omegamon XE for Linux on zSeries > > - Nagios > > - Velocity Software ESALPS > > - BMC Mainview > > - CA VM:Monitor > > > > Some of these probably can't do what I'm looking for but I intent to > > investigate into that… > > > > But if any of you could direct my attention to other > products/programs,> or rule out any of the above before I start, > maybe even give some advice > > and recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it. > > > > Best, > > Klaus Johansen > > > > Lyngby, Denmark > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX- > 390 or > > visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX- > 390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
