You could do something as simple as mrtg templates and a few simple scripts to auto-gen the mrtg configs with thresholds that email you. You also get graphs of the trends to boot. We have several tools running but I tend to use mrtg more than the others. I have some code if you're interested, php with a mysql backend, its hacked together but it works.
Gregori Parker wrote: > To clarify, I'm not looking for an all-in-one ciscoworks-class solution > that rivals the cost of my car, I'm just curious how everyone here > handles device fault management. > > The DFM module in Ciscoworks does a good job of alerting me about things > like broadcast rate, queue thresholds and BGP events, but I'm not > finding it to be reliable or worth the cost. So, before I spend the > next month leveraging perl and net-snmp to get the information I want, I > thought I'd ask to see what people are using. I have absolutely no need > for server/application monitoring - just something that actively polls > devices and handles snmp traps, knows the difference between a switch > and a firewall, and lets me know when there's cause for concern. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gaurav Sabharwal > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:59 AM > To: Rubens Kuhl Jr. > Cc: Cisco-nsp > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] best fault management solutions? > > Cisco Works will definitely be cheaper than SMARTS solution. > > Another option to look at is EM7 from ScienceLogic > http://www.sciencelogic.com/ There appliances have a start price of $ > 25K. > > - Gaurav > on 08/22/2008 05:08 AM Rubens Kuhl Jr. said the following: >> Smarts is what used to be BMC Patrol or something else ? >> >> How it compares price-wise to Cisco Works ? >> >> >> Rubens >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:39 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Then you want a see this: >>> http://www.emc.com/products/family/smarts-family.htm >>> >>> Smart is a monitoring tools with corolation engine. If you router > crashes, you will know about, and you will also know what's behind that > router that you just lost and then gives you the impact. It can go up to > servers. >>> - dan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gregori Parker >>> Sent: August 21, 2008 1:29 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [c-nsp] best fault management solutions? >>> >>> I've had it with Ciscoworks. >>> >>> I'm not new to getting LMS working properly, I'm just tired of > lowering my expectations. Device discovery is hit and miss, new > versions seem progressively worse, and the whole product is about as > ergonomic as a pile of broken glass. I've stripped it down to just > common services and DFM, but there just isn't enough value there > relative to resources. >>> So, I'm looking for DFM-like replacement recommendations - I > currently have configuration and performance management covered by > rancid, cacti, syslog-ng and a few other open source tools; and I have > netflow taken care of - I'm just having trouble finding a good solution > for device fault management (i.e. temp, fan, interface errors, queues, > broadcast rate, bgp neighbor state changes, etc) for a mostly-Cisco > environment. >>> I need something with a little bit of intelligence, not just a simple > trap forwarder. Have already evaluated Orion, but it has too many > extras that I don't need (i.e. netflow, traffic graphs, configs, et al > are already handled) and not enough of what I do need (device awareness, > alerting). Not concerned with cost and platform, thanks in advance. >>> - Gregori > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
