I've been able to get several devices added. Once i figured out that "SNMP Community" is what i was referring to as the "password" in /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf and that "Device Name" is the IP or FQDN.
Not thrilled with the documentation so far. I think im going to have to buy the book to really understand this monitoring system. chrislouden wrote: > I'm looking for some best practices/how to info. Yes, I have the admin guide. > Yes, I have been searching the mailing list/forum archive. I just need a > little helping hand getting going. Trying to optimize my effort. > > I have setup Zenoss, 2.2.4 on a Debian box, outside of my network. I have > managed to get logged, change the password, created additional users, and add > my locations so far. I am not interested in auto discovery. > > I want to monitor several services as well as hardware statistics on servers > at the corp offices. I've downloaded the Zenpacks I need for that. Installing > them next. > > I want to monitor a few different services on the linux servers at each job > site as well the verify the VPN tunnel to the corp network is connected. My > VPN appliances (WatchGuard) does not do snmp, just syslog apparently. > > I really wish the default install of Zenoss came with some bogus config data. > Make it a lot easier to get going with some examples. > > Currently I am using Nagios but I am also looking at OpenNMS, Hyperic, and > Groundwork. I'm leaning towards Zenoss due to the Google Maps interface. > Specifically because it is an easy to understand interface for the Senior VP, > Pres/CEO to use. > > Any advise for someone new? -------------------- m2f -------------------- Read this topic online here: http://forums.zenoss.com/viewtopic.php?p=26479#26479 -------------------- m2f -------------------- _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
