One of the things that often gets missed by new users is needing an understanding of what they mean by monitoring. What exactly do you want to know about your VMWare systems? Zenoss has zenpacks for free that do some VMWare monitoring as shown in the full list here: http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/ But they don't monitor ESXi, only full ESX. I'm actually not sure what tools are available that aren't from VMWare to monitor ESXi.
Paglo isn't really analogous to Zenoss or Splunk as it's not something you're running on your own server, it's a SaaS offering, with all that implies. I expect that would be easiest to get going if just that you aren't installing a server and doing configuration to monitor what you want. For the vast majority of users, as soon as they get started with Zenoss, they realize they want to customize or extend it beyond the initial default setup. So I would expect some time spent configuring it and getting it working for your environment. If you pay for Zenoss Enterprise, Zenoss Inc also offers set up services and training, so if you have the money, it's probably going to be easier if you have them do the hard work. I don't know your budget, your Linux knowledge or your desire to spend time doing configuration to potentially save money. I also don't know what your scale actually is or how much time you have to get this going, or what sorts of devices beyond VMWare you want to monitor. I also don't know if you need to keep your monitoring in house for security or privacy. So it's hard for me to make a pitch for Zenoss Core. I would expect that the least work would be Paglo, but it's also going to be the lease customizable, extendable and certainly will cost the subscription fee. If you do have the budget for Zenoss Enterprise, I'd also contact Zenoss Inc directly for quotes, evaluations and their pitch. -- James Pulver Information Technology Area Supervisor LEPP Computer Group Cornell University tlyczko wrote, On 8/5/2009 4:31 PM: > I have asked on the Splunk forum as well. > > I'm not a programmer, therefore I'm more interested in OOB features and ease > of use vs. doing extensions etc. > > VMware host/VM monitoring is important to me...and so are Exchange/SQL > monitoring. I don't hold out too much hope for SharePoint monitoring. :) > > I also just now realized I must also look at Paglo as well... > > Thank you for the wiki link. > > Thank you, Tom > > > > > -------------------- m2f -------------------- > > Read this topic online here: > http://forums.zenoss.com/viewtopic.php?p=37683#37683 > > -------------------- m2f -------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > zenoss-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
