unfortunately that's just not possible. in many cases the branch belongs to a "subsidiary" and therefore, the communication of the monitoring data is done through a vpn.
therefore the monitoring is done with a server in the remote location, which monitors lan devices (ping, snmp, other data) and returns the data to the central office. therefor the method of allowing the central to monitor the devices directly is not possible, or would be badly broken by the high latency involved in the WAN transit via the vpn. some offices have very low bandwidth links, so it wouldn't even be possible at all. therefor the only solution that works is to use the appliance at the remote location and synchronize the data with the central office via ZenHUB. even what's listed as needing access to port 8080 on the remote appliances may not be possible in our environment. what if the WAN link goes down? the branch office data should be accessible from the central office - up to the point of the loss of communications. there are too many common scenarios that just cause issues in these areas. ------------------------ Dan Gahlinger -------------------- m2f -------------------- Read this topic online here: http://community.zenoss.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=10828#10828 -------------------- m2f -------------------- _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
