I use polymon extensively. Unlike Servers Alive, it works just fine on Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2. It also allows you to use PowerShell scripts for your probes, which is darned useful.
Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 1:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Nagios For a free Windows alternative check out Polymon available on the codeplex site - http://www.codeplex.com/polymon (Not polymonRT) It kind of compares to servers alive - maybe not quite as fully featured. Ralph Smith Gateway Community Industries 845-331-1261 x234 ________________________________ From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 12:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Nagios Ohh well not really doing *nIx in house, so probably look for another free (or relatively) free monitoring solution which has a nice GUI... Z Edward Ziots MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I,CCA,Security+ Network+ Network Engineer Lifespan Organization 401-639-3505 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 12:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Nagios Installed on *nix, but can monitor windows, *nix, etc etc. Once installed, it is a web interface for configuration. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Is Nagios available for Windows? Or is this a *nix only type of monitoring software? Interested myself on learning about this one, Z Edward Ziots MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I,CCA,Security+ Network+ Network Engineer Lifespan Organization 401-639-3505 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Nagios We actually have 2 Nagios servers setup, one in our server room, and one at our colo facility. We have each of them monitoring things on the other end so that we know about web-site outages, mail connectivity etc. 2010/3/3 Miguel González Castaños <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On 03/03/2010 04:21, Shawn Everett wrote: For those of you that use Nagios, I'd be interested to learn what you monitor and to some degree how you do it. Personally we monitor: - Server Room Temperature - Hardware health on our HP Servers via SNMP - Basic Windows metrics: drive space, CPU load, RAM etc. - ntbackup and backup exec backup job statuses - service availability: http, dns, smtp etc - Oracle database health on our Linux servers - The same sorts of metrics as above on Linux we do service and machine availability. Backups are monitored and reported by netbackup Java client and you can build your own reports. Miguel ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke Confidentiality Notice: ****************** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
