[Nagios-users] Nagios, Zabbix, OpenNMS?

[Carsten Philipp]

Hello,

i work at a german research institute.
We are searching for a good monitoring tool, which can control many PCs
with Debian Linux and some with Windows.
We already have a Nagios with many selfmade scripts here, but my boss
also wants statistics with nice graphs like rrdtool. ;-)
The nagiosgrapher isn`t running yet, because of some problems with cpan
and perl.

Does anybody have some experiences with Zabbix, OpenNMS or Cacti? I read
something about nagios scripts support in the latest opennms version?

We also need "special" scripts for swapping, cpu, printers (SNMP),
bacula (backup), SMART, ...
So what can you recommend?


Regards,
Carsten Philipp

[Lars Stavholm]

Post by Carsten Philipp
Hello,
i work at a german research institute.
We are searching for a good monitoring tool, which can control many PCs
with Debian Linux and some with Windows.
We already have a Nagios with many selfmade scripts here, but my boss
also wants statistics with nice graphs like rrdtool. ;-)
The nagiosgrapher isn`t running yet, because of some problems with cpan
and perl.

We use NagiosGrapher, it's brilliant.
/L

Post by Carsten Philipp
Does anybody have some experiences with Zabbix, OpenNMS or Cacti? I read
something about nagios scripts support in the latest opennms version?
We also need "special" scripts for swapping, cpu, printers (SNMP),
bacula (backup), SMART, ...
So what can you recommend?
Regards,
Carsten Philipp
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[Jim Avery]

Post by Carsten Philipp
Hello,
i work at a german research institute.
We are searching for a good monitoring tool, which can control many PCs
with Debian Linux and some with Windows.
We already have a Nagios with many selfmade scripts here, but my boss
also wants statistics with nice graphs like rrdtool. ;-)
The nagiosgrapher isn`t running yet, because of some problems with cpan
and perl.
Does anybody have some experiences with Zabbix, OpenNMS or Cacti? I read
something about nagios scripts support in the latest opennms version?
We also need "special" scripts for swapping, cpu, printers (SNMP),
bacula (backup), SMART, ...
So what can you recommend?

I haven't tried NagiosGrapher. I'd also recommend PNP for nice graphs.

http://www.ederdrom.de/doku.php/nagios/pnp (in German)
http://www.ederdrom.de/doku.php/nagios/pnp_en (in English)

If you have problems with Perl, you might need to resolve them to get
PNP working. A common problem is that your nagios binary might have
been compiled with the embedded perl option enabled.

As for special scripts, it's quite easy to find some in (for example)
http//www.nagiosexchange.org or to write your own.

I hope this helps,

Cheers,

Jim

[Elijah Savage]

I have never used Nagiosgrapher but cacti is very easy to setup, maintain, operate and is very scalable.

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Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios, Zabbix, OpenNMS?

Hello,

i work at a german research institute.
We are searching for a good monitoring tool, which can control many PCs
with Debian Linux and some with Windows.
We already have a Nagios with many selfmade scripts here, but my boss
also wants statistics with nice graphs like rrdtool. ;-)
The nagiosgrapher isn`t running yet, because of some problems with cpan
and perl.

Does anybody have some experiences with Zabbix, OpenNMS or Cacti? I read
something about nagios scripts support in the latest opennms version?

We also need "special" scripts for swapping, cpu, printers (SNMP),
bacula (backup), SMART, ...
So what can you recommend?


Regards,
Carsten Philipp


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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">We like Cacti and use it a
lot, but right now, mostly outside of Nagios.<br>
Anyone have procedures for using Cacti with Nagios collected RRDs?<br>
I've heard it's not difficult, but I haven't tried it yet.<br>
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Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios, Zabbix, OpenNMS?

Hello,

i work at a german research institute.
We are searching for a good monitoring tool, which can control many PCs
with Debian Linux and some with Windows.
We already have a Nagios with many selfmade scripts here, but my boss
also wants statistics with nice graphs like rrdtool. ;-)
The nagiosgrapher isn`t running yet, because of some problems with cpan
and perl.

Does anybody have some experiences with Zabbix, OpenNMS or Cacti? I read
something about nagios scripts support in the latest opennms version?

We also need "special" scripts for swapping, cpu, printers (SNMP),
bacula (backup), SMART, ...
So what can you recommend?


Regards,
Carsten Philipp


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[Bill Jacqmein]

The biggest problem I have with OpenNMS and Zabbix is the reliance on
SNMP. Most of the checks I do arent SNMP checks. What would be best is
if the plugins for Nagios could be used on OpenNMS or Zabbix or
another network monitor.

Post by Carsten Philipp
Hello,
i work at a german research institute.
We are searching for a good monitoring tool, which can control many PCs
with Debian Linux and some with Windows.
We already have a Nagios with many selfmade scripts here, but my boss
also wants statistics with nice graphs like rrdtool. ;-)
The nagiosgrapher isn`t running yet, because of some problems with cpan
and perl.
Does anybody have some experiences with Zabbix, OpenNMS or Cacti? I read
something about nagios scripts support in the latest opennms version?
We also need "special" scripts for swapping, cpu, printers (SNMP),
bacula (backup), SMART, ...
So what can you recommend?
Regards,
Carsten Philipp
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[James]

Post by Bill Jacqmein
The biggest problem I have with OpenNMS and Zabbix is the reliance on
SNMP. Most of the checks I do arent SNMP checks. What would be best is
if the plugins for Nagios could be used on OpenNMS or Zabbix or
another network monitor.

Post by Carsten Philipp
Hello,
i work at a german research institute.
We are searching for a good monitoring tool, which can control many PCs
with Debian Linux and some with Windows.
We already have a Nagios with many selfmade scripts here, but my boss
also wants statistics with nice graphs like rrdtool. ;-)
The nagiosgrapher isn`t running yet, because of some problems with cpan
and perl.
Does anybody have some experiences with Zabbix, OpenNMS or Cacti? I read
something about nagios scripts support in the latest opennms version?
We also need "special" scripts for swapping, cpu, printers (SNMP),
bacula (backup), SMART, ...
So what can you recommend?

I personally use Oreon for Debian. www.oreon-project.org. It's probably the best substitute for groundwork for debian.

[Russell Adams]

Oddly enough I'm a big advocate of using SNMP with Nagios. It
leverages existing tools, and then plugins can suppliment the
functionality. Also, managing NRPE etc in a large environment means
additional software overhead. It is only suitable for LAN environments
though.

Just my $0.02.

Post by Bill Jacqmein
The biggest problem I have with OpenNMS and Zabbix is the reliance on
SNMP. Most of the checks I do arent SNMP checks. What would be best is
if the plugins for Nagios could be used on OpenNMS or Zabbix or
another network monitor.

Post by Carsten Philipp
Hello,
i work at a german research institute.
We are searching for a good monitoring tool, which can control many PCs
with Debian Linux and some with Windows.
We already have a Nagios with many selfmade scripts here, but my boss
also wants statistics with nice graphs like rrdtool. ;-)
The nagiosgrapher isn`t running yet, because of some problems with cpan
and perl.
Does anybody have some experiences with Zabbix, OpenNMS or Cacti? I read
something about nagios scripts support in the latest opennms version?
We also need "special" scripts for swapping, cpu, printers (SNMP),
bacula (backup), SMART, ...
So what can you recommend?
Regards,
Carsten Philipp
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[Marco Ramos]

Hi,

Post by Russell Adams
Oddly enough I'm a big advocate of using SNMP with Nagios. It
leverages existing tools, and then plugins can suppliment the
functionality. Also, managing NRPE etc in a large environment means
additional software overhead. It is only suitable for LAN environments
though.

I totaly agree with you. And using SNMP has other major advantage: you
can easily combine it with rrdtool. Btw, I use Cacti as a frontend to
rrdtool.

Best regards,
Marco Ramos

Post by Russell Adams
Just my $0.02.

Post by Bill Jacqmein
The biggest problem I have with OpenNMS and Zabbix is the reliance on
SNMP. Most of the checks I do arent SNMP checks. What would be best is
if the plugins for Nagios could be used on OpenNMS or Zabbix or
another network monitor.

Post by Carsten Philipp
Hello,
i work at a german research institute.
We are searching for a good monitoring tool, which can control many PCs
with Debian Linux and some with Windows.
We already have a Nagios with many selfmade scripts here, but my boss
also wants statistics with nice graphs like rrdtool. ;-)
The nagiosgrapher isn`t running yet, because of some problems with cpan
and perl.
Does anybody have some experiences with Zabbix, OpenNMS or Cacti? I read
something about nagios scripts support in the latest opennms version?
We also need "special" scripts for swapping, cpu, printers (SNMP),
bacula (backup), SMART, ...
So what can you recommend?
Regards,
Carsten Philipp
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In OpenNMS you should be able to use Nagios scripts as OpenNMS custom
pollers.<br>
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Bill Jacqmein wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The biggest problem I have with OpenNMS and Zabbix is the reliance on
SNMP. Most of the checks I do arent SNMP checks. What would be best is
if the plugins for Nagios could be used on OpenNMS or Zabbix or
another network monitor.

On 4/23/07, Carsten Philipp <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:***@gmx.de">&lt;***@gmx.de&gt;</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hello,

i work at a german research institute.
We are searching for a good monitoring tool, which can control many PCs
with Debian Linux and some with Windows.
We already have a Nagios with many selfmade scripts here, but my boss
also wants statistics with nice graphs like rrdtool. ;-)
The nagiosgrapher isn`t running yet, because of some problems with cpan
and perl.

Does anybody have some experiences with Zabbix, OpenNMS or Cacti? I read
something about nagios scripts support in the latest opennms version?

We also need "special" scripts for swapping, cpu, printers (SNMP),
bacula (backup), SMART, ...
So what can you recommend?


Regards,
Carsten Philipp


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Post by Bill Jacqmein
The biggest problem I have with OpenNMS and Zabbix is the reliance on
SNMP. Most of the checks I do arent SNMP checks. What would be best is
if the plugins for Nagios could be used on OpenNMS or Zabbix or
another network monitor.

Hi,

You can use "exec" directive to have Nagios Plugins to be executed by
Net-SNMP and retrieve output and return code by walking extTable[1]
(extOutput and extResult, respectively).

Regards,

[1]: http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/docs/mibs/ucdavis.html#extTable