Oddly enough I'm a big advocate of using SNMP with Nagios. It leverages existing tools, and then plugins can suppliment the functionality. Also, managing NRPE etc in a large environment means additional software overhead. It is only suitable for LAN environments though.
Just my $0.02. On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 11:13:10AM -0400, Bill Jacqmein wrote: > The biggest problem I have with OpenNMS and Zabbix is the reliance on > SNMP. Most of the checks I do arent SNMP checks. What would be best is > if the plugins for Nagios could be used on OpenNMS or Zabbix or > another network monitor. > > On 4/23/07, Carsten Philipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > i work at a german research institute. > > We are searching for a good monitoring tool, which can control many PCs > > with Debian Linux and some with Windows. > > We already have a Nagios with many selfmade scripts here, but my boss > > also wants statistics with nice graphs like rrdtool. ;-) > > The nagiosgrapher isn`t running yet, because of some problems with cpan > > and perl. > > > > Does anybody have some experiences with Zabbix, OpenNMS or Cacti? I read > > something about nagios scripts support in the latest opennms version? > > > > We also need "special" scripts for swapping, cpu, printers (SNMP), > > bacula (backup), SMART, ... > > So what can you recommend? > > > > > > Regards, > > Carsten Philipp > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Nagios-users mailing list > > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > > reporting any issue. > > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting > any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
