[Nagios-users] status map config

[Brian Loe]

Just FYI: I finally got another perl based GUI status map editor to
run (http://www.nagiosexchange.org/Configuration.20.0.html?&tx_netnagext_pi1%5bp_view%5d=593)
- but not without some errors (illegal divisions by zero and such).
Hopefully I'll be able to use this for the "quick" method of layout I
need.

Of course I blew away my completely finished hostextinfo.cfg file and
will need to recreate it...fun! If you know of a quick and easy way to
do that, let me know! I'm thinking I can just combine my several host
files, search and replace the field names, etc..

[Brian Loe]

On Jan 17, 2008 6:08 AM, Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX)

How about just pulling it from the last full backup that I know you have
of the Nagios box... :)
Stephen Valdinger

That'd be cool...if only. :)

No, its not a production box yet, so there aren't any backups. And it
was a STUPID user (me) error that destroyed it.

[Luis Fernando Lacayo]

Good Day to all,

I finally got my NAGIOS setup pretty much the way that I like it. I am
monitoring over 1000 devices, and I have 2 questions.

1. When displaying the host group summary is there a way to group /sub
group the display. For example at the moment I have 6 different type of
Microsoft 2003 Servers. I have a group for exchange, a group for AD,
Ishare, etc. A group of Linux boxes, HPUX, SUN and AIX. What I would
like to do is to have a summary that would only give me the servers by
type, then a summary of the functions. Has anyone done this or some
thing similar.

2. The Status Map, for the number of devices that I am monitoring when I
click on the status map, I get a "BLOB", icons on top of icons, etc.
Any way to clean this up?

Thanks for all your responses in advance.

Luis

[Marc Powell]

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 8:47 AM
To: Nagios Users
Subject: [Nagios-users] Mapping options.
Good Day to all,
I finally got my NAGIOS setup pretty much the way that I like it. I

am

monitoring over 1000 devices, and I have 2 questions.
1. When displaying the host group summary is there a way to group /sub
group the display. For example at the moment I have 6 different type

of

Microsoft 2003 Servers. I have a group for exchange, a group for AD,
Ishare, etc. A group of Linux boxes, HPUX, SUN and AIX. What I would
like to do is to have a summary that would only give me the servers by
type, then a summary of the functions. Has anyone done this or some
thing similar.

Sounds like hostgroups{} to group by type of box and servicegroups{} to
group by services provided. There is no 'nesting' capability. Am I
mis-interpreting?

2. The Status Map, for the number of devices that I am monitoring when

I

click on the status map, I get a "BLOB", icons on top of icons, etc.
Any way to clean this up?

Change the layout type or use a custom cords per object (hostextinfo{}).
With that many hosts though, you'll be challenged. Setting proper
parent's relationships will help. We have about 3000 devices and there
just isn't enough useful information in those maps to make that process
worthwhile for us so I don't have a whole lot of experience with it.

--
Marc

[Luis Fernando Lacayo]

Actually,

I was thinking of hostgroups that have hostgroups.


Luis

Post by Marc Powell

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 8:47 AM
To: Nagios Users
Subject: [Nagios-users] Mapping options.
Good Day to all,
I finally got my NAGIOS setup pretty much the way that I like it. I

am

monitoring over 1000 devices, and I have 2 questions.
1. When displaying the host group summary is there a way to group /sub
group the display. For example at the moment I have 6 different type

of

Microsoft 2003 Servers. I have a group for exchange, a group for AD,
Ishare, etc. A group of Linux boxes, HPUX, SUN and AIX. What I would
like to do is to have a summary that would only give me the servers by
type, then a summary of the functions. Has anyone done this or some
thing similar.

Sounds like hostgroups{} to group by type of box and servicegroups{} to
group by services provided. There is no 'nesting' capability. Am I
mis-interpreting?

2. The Status Map, for the number of devices that I am monitoring when

I

click on the status map, I get a "BLOB", icons on top of icons, etc.
Any way to clean this up?

Change the layout type or use a custom cords per object (hostextinfo{}).
With that many hosts though, you'll be challenged. Setting proper
parent's relationships will help. We have about 3000 devices and there
just isn't enough useful information in those maps to make that process
worthwhile for us so I don't have a whole lot of experience with it.
--
Marc
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[Duncan Ferguson]

Post by Luis Fernando Lacayo
Actually,
I was thinking of hostgroups that have hostgroups.

Luis,

It is currently not possible to set up a hierarchy in this way purely
within Nagios. If you need this sort of functionality you have to use
3rd party software such as Opsview (http';//www.opsview.org/)

Duncs
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[Marc Powell]

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:39 AM
To: Marc Powell
Cc: Nagios Users
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Mapping options.
Actually,
I was thinking of hostgroups that have hostgroups.

Yes, I know. That's why I said there was no nesting capability and
offered alternatives that I know of.

--
Marc

[Brian Loe]

Post by Marc Powell

To: Marc Powell
Cc: Nagios Users
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Mapping options.
Actually,
I was thinking of hostgroups that have hostgroups.

Yes, I know. That's why I said there was no nesting capability and
offered alternatives that I know of.

Can't a single host belong to more than one hostgroup? It doesn't
allow you to "drill down" but it would still provide another drop-down
option.