Also take a look at JFFNMS - http://jffnms.sourceforge.net/ It might be worth letting us know what your management requirements are before dismissing OpenView ;-)
ta, Matt. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Kinsella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eric Whitehill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 9:40 PM Subject: Re: HP Openview > > 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 > > >