It does need a little mothering, yes, and it is probably overkill for a smaller firm. Isn't MOM an offspring of NetIQ?
And I work with the Exchange Management Pack mostly. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Kingslan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 6:39 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Microsoft MOM > MOM has lots of promise - but it's like any other tool of this type. It > takes much care, quite a bit of skill, and a lot of commitment. We have one > person who is all but dedicated to running MOM. > > As to the pieces of MOM that come in the AD Management Pack - well, they're > not bad. But - they aren't great either. There are a lot of holes, but as > mentioned - it takes tuning. I suspect the holes are the pieces of our > installation that need to be tuned to collect the right data to fill in. > Given enough data, MOM can be a great tool. I suspect, given this depth > and breadth of a tool - you're going to need 12 - 18 mos. Of historical data > built up before it becomes a PREDICTIVE tool - and not just a monitoring > station. > > If all you want is monitoring, Dell Open Manage or HP/Compaq Insight Manager > is going to do that for you - and the cost is, well, let's just say a lot > less. :o) > > MOM is a great tool. It just needs LOTS of care and feeding. > > Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT > Microsoft MVP - Active Directory > Associate Expert > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > > > This message may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are > not the intended recipient of this message, you may not make any use of, or > rely in any way on, this information, and you should destroy this message > and notify the sender by reply email. Any opinions or advice contained in > this email are subject to the terms and conditions in any applicable client > engagement letter or service agreement. > > .org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
