Re: Needed: System Monitor App

From: Denis Lahaie (lahaiedenis_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:50:38 -0400

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

"Dave Hinz" <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:2nv0p7F52abfU1@uni-berlin.de...
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:22:18 GMT, Jeff Sheffel <bogus@bogus.com> wrote:
> > What are some recommended (Linux/Unix) operating system monitoring
> > applications? Any useful resources (websites)?
>
> Check out http://bb4.org/ which sounds like what you're looking for.
> Free for most users.
>
> > The basic requirements are typical: monitor certain production
> > processes, monitor file system usage, monitor other servers, provide
> > logging and notification (!).
>
> Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes, in that order.
>
> > 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.
>
> With BigBrother, you can add external scripts for pretty much anything
> you want, the interface into bb is very straightfoward. www.deadcat.net
> is full of stuff people have already written for it.
>
> Take a look, play with the demo. If you have a reasonbly intact
> environment, you can be up and running with a basic setup in half a day.
>
> Dave Hinz
>