Might want to take a peek at OpenNMS...http://www.opennms.org I'm not sure it'll be everything you dream of, but hey it's a hell of a lot cheaper...
John On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 04:34:26PM -0400, Eric Whitehill wrote: > > NANOG: > > I am curious if anyone has been working with HP Openview as an NMS. I've > been looking at it (Specifically the service call portion) and so far, > have not been impressed - I'm just not seeing the feature set I would > expect. Am I just being stubborn and not seeing the advantages of this? > >From my understanding the full HP Openview is in beta, but I'm not sure. > > I've done some researching on HP's website, and I can't seem to really > find any relevant data. One of the large sticking points is I am trying > to find a *nix based client, specifically one I can get working on > Solaris, and so far, I'm having a difficut time tracking one down. > > Am I wasteing my time with HP Openview? If you are using it, are you > pleased? Should I accept fate and life and eat chicken for supper > tonight? > > Any advise and suggestions are welcomed. > > -Eric >