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.
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