chet wrote: > On 5/2/07, dschrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On both of my installs, the configuration file examples, in > > $ZENOSSHOME/etc/, are identical to the real .conf files, which, for the > > most part, are empty. > > > > Are there real examples anywhere that show all of the possible options that > > can be included in the conf files? > > > > Based on the conf file names, it appears that some of the minor issues i'm > > having could possibly be resolved with the correct conf option. > > > > For instance- > > zenmib.conf - is there an option to load the mibs from net-snmp so I don't > > have to create standard trap events myself? Right now, many traps show up > > as /Unknown and I really don't want to create an event for every possible > > trap we may receive... i'd rather not recreate the wheel when the traps are > > already defined in the mib file. > > > > zenping.conf - can this be setup similar to zenperfsnmp.conf to move the > > ping process to the remote monitor instead of the master? Running the ping > > from the Chicago datacenter to a Phoenix customer is not as useful as > > running the ping from the Phoenix datacenter to a Phoenix customer. There > > is too much in between to skew the result and give a false failure- carrier > > issues, vpn issues, etc. > > > > A list of options for each file would really help out, as it could reveal > > functionality that isn't well documented elsewhere > > > > Daniel, > > It's easy to see all of the options you can put in the conf files. If > you wanted to see what options zenping.conf supported, you'd run > "zenping run --help" All of the long-form options can be specified in > the conf file. > > With zenmib you should copy all the MIBs (and dependencies) into > $ZENHOME/share/mibs/site then run "zenmib run" It will try to import > all mibs in that site directory. > > You can setup zenping to run on a remote monitor. You'll have to setup > a remote status monitor instead of remote performance monitor since > that's what it is. Due to this you'll also need to run zenstatus on > the remote monitor too, since it is the other part of a full status > monitor. The most important config option to set in zenping.conf for > this setup is "configpath > Monitors/StatusMonitors/nameOfYourStatusMonitor" so that it knows > which devices it is responsible for. > > Hope this answers your questions. > > -- > Chet Luther > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > zenoss-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
Thanks, Chet! This helps immensely... now i just have to find some time to work on this project again. ------------------------ Daniel Schrock -------------------- m2f -------------------- Read this topic online here: http://community.zenoss.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7843#7843 -------------------- m2f -------------------- _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
