Les Mikesell wrote: > Seann Clark wrote: > >>>> Since this list deals the closest with what I am after, I am >>>> asking here, not for specific net-snmp support, but more for options >>>> that are out there. I am after an NMS that works like Spectrum, or HP >>>> Openview to be able to manage a medium LAN/WAN infrastructure using >>>> primarily SNMP. I have played with Nagios, Zabbix, BigSister, a >>>> little with Hobbit, and while they aren't bad, they are overly >>>> Dependant on agent software being installed, instead of true SNMP >>>> primary based management. Agents on my local systems aren't bad, but >>>> my WAN locations aren't my systems, and I only have R/O on them to be >>>> able to ensure that services are up and direct communication to the >>>> owners that there is a problem with service connections into, and out >>>> of my network segment. >>>> >>>> >>> OpenNMS (http://www.opennms.org) does about everything you could want >>> in terms of monitoring, recording, and notifications. >>> >>> >>> >> openNMS looks like a good bet.... if I knew Java, it would be better, >> instead I am stuck with Java errors as it tries to start... time to >> change to their support list... >> >> >> Outside of that it sounds like a great choice for my NMS solution. >> > > The best bet is to use a linux platform that matches their packaged > versions. I use Centos5 and using yum to install from their 'unstable' > repository works fine - and includes the otherwise missing Sun Java that > it needs. Regardless of how you install (or update) you do need to run > their install script that creates or updates the postgresql database, > though. > > I did the Yum install, after finding it on their site (and one for Fedora 9) and went through all the steps. I am getting an error with Java dealing with CAPS now though.
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