For the past few years Nagios has been the most important tool for monitoring
my network and Linux servers. I now have 'buy in' from the department handling
the Windows Servers to at least show them how Nagios can help them to stay on
top of issues, without all of the false positive alerts that they get from
current tools, which can cause people to want to ignore most issues.
So, my question is, what is the best option for monitoring Windows Servers and
why?
An important factor to consider is that I will probably not have Administrative
access to any of the Windows Servers that I will be monitoring.
I'm currently considering three options for the reasons shown below (in order
of preference):
1) WMI checks
Pros
-Complete control of NRPE service on 'my' Windows Server
(Can this be distributed over two boxes?)
-Complete control of check commands on Nagios Server
Cons
-NRPE service must be run from an account with access to all Windows
Servers.
2) Agent checks - NRPE-NT or some other current Windows Agent
Pros
-???
Cons
-Requires an agent setup and running on every Windows Server
-No direct control of agents/check commands
3) SNMP based checks
Pros
-Complete control over check commands on Nagios Server
Cons
-No direct control of SNMP Community Strings/ACL allowing access from
Nagios
-No direct control of SNMP service
How do you do it? Are there any other Pros & Cons that I might be missing? Do
you think I should consider a process/utility not listed?
I'm open to suggestions on which agent is best, but I can probably determine
this from list archives and testing. At this time I'm more interested in which
high-level option would be the best fit.
Perhaps there is a good reason to use more than one of the above options, and
I'm just not aware of it yet.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Garry W. Cook, CCNA
Network Systems Specialist
ARCADIS U.S., Inc.
NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are the property of
ARCADIS U.S., Inc. and its affiliates. All rights, including without limitation
copyright, are reserved. The proprietary information contained in this e-mail
message, and any files transmitted with it, is intended for the use of the
recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this e-mail in error
and that any review, distribution or copying of this e-mail or any files
transmitted with it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in
error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original message and
any files transmitted. The unauthorized use of this e-mail or any files
transmitted with it is prohibited and disclaimed by ARCADIS U.S., Inc. and its
affiliates.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace.
It's the best place to buy or sell services for
just about anything Open Source.
http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace
_______________________________________________
Nagios-users mailing list
Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users
::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting
any issue.
::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
