How much is it worth ($$$) to your supervisor? SNMP runs over UDP. It is possible to write an SNMP agent that runs in the background as a TSR, but such a thing doesn't exist today. If somebody is willing to invest it can be done.
-Mike On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 12:30 PM Anton Gustafsson via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi Roderick! I agree, in this case it is mostly to satisfy my > supervisor's need to follow protocol. All machines in the network are > supposed monitored (load, mem, swap etc) using a software called Zabbix > which has the ability to use either their own agent, ICMP or SNMP. > > It is possible to use Zabbix without an agent, and for example only > check availability over ICMP pings. It is a slight workaround, since the > actual frontend on Zabbix shows hosts as unavailable when not using an > agent, though they it is possible to configure the system not to send > "host_down"-emails. There seem to be disagreements within the Zabbix > developer community whether this is a bug or a feature. > > Anyway it feels a bit redundant since these machines are custom hardware > controllers and are integrated in the rest of the process system, and > the control room interacts with these machines continuously. > > We happen to have a OS/2 machine in production as well, and it did not > have supervision either. If you are interested in monitoring, I found > this the last week: "IBM SystemView Agent v1.4.3 for OS/2". It is > available free on the internet. It is running well, however I haven't > had the time read up on configuration, so it is only in "default" mode, > showing that host is up. > > Anton > > > > On 2024-01-06 23:51, Roderick Klein via Freedos-user wrote: > > On 6-01-24 18:24, Anton Gustafsson via Freedos-user wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> We have a few network connected FreeDOS machines, running on an isolated > >> network using MSClient. I have been instructed that all our machines on > >> the network should be monitored, by either SNMP or a Zabbix agent, and > >> not ICMP ping only. > >> > >> I havn't been able to find anything on the internet. I guess that DOS > >> wasn't designed to run in such a way that more advanced monitoring was > >> necessary? Have any of you guys heard of an SNMP agent for DOS? > > > > Never really heard of it.... But even if you have an SNMP agent what > > should the SNMP agent report on DOS ? > > > > I am not expert what so ever. However the SNMP protocol is pretty > > generic. It can be used to monitor a UPS for servers or monitor a > > printer. But can use SNMTP. > > > > So even if you have SNMP client what should it monitor on thr FreeDOS > > system ? Disc space ? DOS programs being started ? > > > > Myself I use ArcaOS (OS/2 clone) and it does not have an SNMP client > > build in (not that I am aware of at least). > > > > Roderick > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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