Urban legend. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Microsoft MOM
Funnily enough, I talked to a Microsoft technical person about this a few weeks ago and he suggested that initially NetIQ licensed the software from Microsoft, and Microsoft just took it back when they decided to develop their own monitoring solution. James R. Day National Parks Service - AD Core Team (202) 354-1464 Fax (202) 371-1549 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |---------+----------------------------------> | | "Steve Shaff" | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | | Sent by: | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | tivedir.org | | | | | | | | | 09/22/2003 09:50 PM MST| | | Please respond to | | | ActiveDir | |---------+----------------------------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------| | | | To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | cc: | | Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Microsoft MOM | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------| MOM v2 is going to be very graphical. Much better then v1 or even NetIQ. Yeah, Microsoft "boroughed" the functionality of NetIQ software and made it pretty. We are going to wait for v2 to come out, hopefully soon. Currently we are using Nagios (running Linux) on our Windows Servers. It free and does some basic monitoring. S -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Lefkovics Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 7:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Microsoft MOM 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/
