Just curious, what kind of commercial/opensource software do you use for syslog analysis and alerting?
I also run syslog-ng and have some filters written to ignore some of the more mundane syslog messages. Also have swatch half implemented and semi working, but I'm looking for a cleaner, and more manageable tool for syslog based alerting. On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 03:53, Alexei Roudnev wrote: > I always tried to avoid any deal with SNMP TRAPS as most unreliable and > unconvenient way of alerting (unfortunately, it can not be avoided totally). > We use 'syslog' (syslog-ng + home written syslog analyzers + copmmercial > soft, sometimes) when possible. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:10 AM > Subject: RE: Open-Source Network Management Tools > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I'm looking for open-source alternatives for network management, > > such as Nagios or Big Brother. We are currently using WhatsUp Gold, > > and would like to move to something more flexible (and not running > > on a Windows platform). Something that has email/paging > > capabilities, and can process SNMP traps would be a plus for us as > > well. > > > > > Recommendations? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > I'd like to expand the question by asking, what Open-Source > applications do people use for SNMP Trap collecting and alarming? > We're very happy with Nagios for polling, but we have a lot of > optical components that send information via Traps that then needs to > be culled, trimmed and analyzed. > > Thanks, > > Mike > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 8.0.3 > > iQA/AwUBQUhq+Zzgx7Y34AxGEQJP6gCgh1KW5vvq2fRh4WBSik1Q7Ay31okAoIAh > ZKUgPFi9PZhDpOGIAXXOIY9W > =oD9A > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
