In my tests, this works quite well, when ZenOSS is in the same LAN as the Windows Server to be monitored. But what if that server is remote behind a firewall? Does anybody know what ports needs to be opened on the firewall?
GeE cluther wrote: > If you're not already running the 1.9.7 VMware image, I'd suggest getting it > and starting with that. Starting with the 1.9 beta versions you can run the > Windows WMI monitoring (including event log) from the Linux system. Thus > negating the need for installing ZenWin on a separate Windows server. > > Installing the SNMP Informant MIB extension is still a good idea to get > performance data out of Windows servers, but you don't need the syslog_agent > because Zenoss polls event logs natively. > > Once you get 1.9.7 running, go to the zProperties for the > /Devices/Server/Windows device class and setup your zWinUsername and > zWinPassword. This accounts needs to have either local administrator or > domain administrator access. For a local account, preface it with ".\" like > ".\Administrator" for a domain account preface it with the domain name such > as "MYDOMAIN\My Domain Admin User" > > After about 10 minutes, zenwinmodeler will pickup your windows servers, and > the zeneventlog daemon will start bringing event logs into your Zenoss event > console. _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
