You might check out a "semi" white paper on the velocity software website,
"http://velocitysoftware.com/whylps.html";. it goes thru the selection criteria that i
hear the most.
Klaus Johansen wrote:
Hi all,
I’m writing my master’s thesis about server consolidation using z/VM and
Linux on zSeries (learning VM as I go along). A part of my work concerns
monitoring. I’m supposed to find the best suited monitoring
product/program for the zPenguins where I am…
We are running z9 EC, z/VM 5.2, SLES9 with Oracle 10 and a proprietary
software suite (a mix of C, C++, Java programs), which depends on ftp,
ssh, print services etc.
Among the things we need to monitor are:
- CPU usage (I believe the Linux view will do for now)
- Memory consumption (unexpected swapping)
- Network availability
- Disk space
- Logs files sizes (not Linux logs)
- Service availability: ftp, ssh, oracle (listener)
We need to send alerts/acknowledgments, when thresholds are exceeded and
shen values are normalized. The alert format has to be customizable
(alerts has to propagate into a larger monitoring setup using a specific
format).
Until now I have stumbled on the following programs names:
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring
- IBM Tivoli Omegamon XE for Linux on zSeries
- Nagios
- Velocity Software ESALPS
- BMC Mainview
- CA VM:Monitor
Some of these probably can’t do what I’m looking for but I intent to
investigate into that…
But if any of you could direct my attention to other products/programs,
or rule out any of the above before I start, maybe even give some advice
and recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it.
Best,
Klaus Johansen
Lyngby, Denmark
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