Needed: System Monitor App

What are some recommended (Linux/Unix) operating system monitoring
applications? Any useful resources (websites)?

I would prefer open-source, but inexpensive commercial apps are
considerable.

The basic requirements are typical: monitor certain production
processes, monitor file system usage, monitor other servers, provide
logging and notification (!).

Footnote: I'm beginning to use InfoWatcher, which is two Perl programs
that use the messages file interface, but I'm now having to debug and
patch the app for my needs. I'm familiar with Swatch.

Try snmp. Easy to configure and install. Then you can cron polling to the
system, script it, and email you anywhere.
Works great.




"Jeff Sheffel" <bogus@bogus.com> wrote in message
news:_IrSc.240409$%_6.210740@attbi_s01...
> What are some recommended (Linux/Unix) operating system monitoring
> applications? Any useful resources (websites)?
>
> I would prefer open-source, but inexpensive commercial apps are
> considerable.
>
> The basic requirements are typical: monitor certain production
> processes, monitor file system usage, monitor other servers, provide
> logging and notification (!).
>
> Footnote: I'm beginning to use InfoWatcher, which is two Perl programs
> that use the messages file interface, but I'm now having to debug and
> patch the app for my needs. I'm familiar with Swatch.
>

Try snmp. Easy to configure and install. Then you can cron polling to the
system, script it, and email you anywhere.
Works great.


"Jeff Sheffel" <bogus@bogus.com> wrote in message
news:_IrSc.240409$%_6.210740@attbi_s01...
> What are some recommended (Linux/Unix) operating system monitoring
> applications? Any useful resources (websites)?
>
> I would prefer open-source, but inexpensive commercial apps are
> considerable.
>
> The basic requirements are typical: monitor certain production
> processes, monitor file system usage, monitor other servers, provide
> logging and notification (!).
>
> Footnote: I'm beginning to use InfoWatcher, which is two Perl programs
> that use the messages file interface, but I'm now having to debug and
> patch the app for my needs. I'm familiar with Swatch.
>

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:41:34 +0000, Denis Lahaie wrote:

> Try snmp. Easy to configure and install. Then you can cron polling to the
> system, script it, and email you anywhere.
> Works great.
>

SNMP is a protocol, not an application. I don't have time to develop
an SNMP-based application.

Thanks for sharing your ideas; let me know if I'm missing the point.

>
> "Jeff Sheffel" <bogus@bogus.com> wrote in message
> news:_IrSc.240409$%_6.210740@attbi_s01...
>> What are some recommended (Linux/Unix) operating system monitoring
>> applications? Any useful resources (websites)?
>>
>> I would prefer open-source, but inexpensive commercial apps are
>> considerable.
>>
>> The basic requirements are typical: monitor certain production
>> processes, monitor file system usage, monitor other servers, provide
>> logging and notification (!).
>>
>> Footnote: I'm beginning to use InfoWatcher, which is two Perl programs
>> that use the messages file interface, but I'm now having to debug and
>> patch the app for my needs. I'm familiar with Swatch.
>>

"Jeff Sheffel" <bogus@bogus.com> writes:

> What are some recommended (Linux/Unix) operating system monitoring
> applications? Any useful resources (websites)?
>
> I would prefer open-source, but inexpensive commercial apps are
> considerable.
>
> The basic requirements are typical: monitor certain production
> processes, monitor file system usage, monitor other servers, provide
> logging and notification (!).
>
> Footnote: I'm beginning to use InfoWatcher, which is two Perl programs
> that use the messages file interface, but I'm now having to debug and
> patch the app for my needs. I'm familiar with Swatch.
>

http://www.nagios.org/

-jc
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(char-to-string 64) "joechung")))

In comp.unix.admin Jeff Sheffel <bogus@bogus.com> wrote:
> What are some recommended (Linux/Unix) operating system monitoring
> applications? Any useful resources (websites)?

> I would prefer open-source, but inexpensive commercial apps are
> considerable.

> The basic requirements are typical: monitor certain production
> processes, monitor file system usage, monitor other servers, provide
> logging and notification (!).

> Footnote: I'm beginning to use InfoWatcher, which is two Perl programs
> that use the messages file interface, but I'm now having to debug and
> patch the app for my needs. I'm familiar with Swatch.

I'd take a look at BB , it has numerous examples


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Jeff Sheffel wrote:

> What are some recommended (Linux/Unix) operating system monitoring
> applications? Any useful resources (websites)?
>
> I would prefer open-source, but inexpensive commercial apps are
> considerable.
>
> The basic requirements are typical: monitor certain production
> processes, monitor file system usage, monitor other servers, provide
> logging and notification (!).
>
> Footnote: I'm beginning to use InfoWatcher, which is two Perl programs
> that use the messages file interface, but I'm now having to debug and
> patch the app for my needs. I'm familiar with Swatch.
>