On Thursday February 19 2009 02:30:29 pm Deborah Martin wrote: > Hi, > > I've never used SLES10 + Nagios 3.x as a VM Ware box and I wondered if any > of you had come > across any issues that I should be aware of. (A new environment is being > built in this way to replace > an old PC running nagios) > > Basically, the nagios 3.x setup is very simple. We use it to monitor > database activity such as > RAM or disk usage amongst others using plugins that I wrote. > > Nagios monitors a few other nodes using ping or ssh but other than that > it's not a complicated setup. > > Any feedback / advice on running Nagios within VM Ware would be really > useful. > > thanks, > deborah Hi, we've used an vmware image for testing our config and new nagios packages and everything went fine. We now changed to xen guests because I prefer xen ;)
I see no problems with running nagios in a virtual machine. Do you use the official packages from SLES or the ones from buildservice? Or do you install nagios from sources? Greetings, Christian > > > > *************************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > > Any unauthorised distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. > Whilst Kognitio Limited takes steps to prevent the transmission of viruses > via e-mail, we can not guarantee that any email or attachment is free from > computer viruses and you are strongly advised to undertake your own > anti-virus precautions. > > Kognitio grants no warranties regarding performance, use or quality of any > e-mail or attachment and undertakes no liability for loss or damage, > howsoever caused. > > Kognitio Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Registered > number 0212 7833. Registered Office: 3a Waterside Park, Cookham Road, > Bracknell, Berks, RG12 1RB. VAT number 864 4378 92. > > Kognitio Inc, a company incorporated in Delaware, principal office 180 > North Stetson, Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60601, USA > *************************************************************************** > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San > Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing > the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open > source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with > the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Christian Schneemann ------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D - 90409 Nürnberg Phone: +49 (0)911 - 740 53 0 e-mail: cschneem...@suse.de ------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ 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