Remote Network Monitoring Software
Hi all, this is more targetting at those of you on list that work for consultancy firms, as opposed to in house folks. I am surfing around looking at various network monitoring tools, but the key things that I am looking for are ones that allow a consultancy firm to remotely monitor several networks simulteneously, and securely. The idea being we can have a dashboard in our office showing our various client's networks and alerting us to any issues. So this obviously mean mutilple domains, subnets, SNMP communities and the like. What are folks using, and how happy are you with it? Thanks Clayton ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Remote Network Monitoring Software
How much money do you want to spend, and how much work do you want to do rolling your own and how much equipment will you have at the remote end? Nagios, MRTG, etc. are all free and given site-to-site VPNs can be secure. But you'll have a significant roll-your-own investment to customize it. Servers Alive is inexpensive and can generate traps to only specific IP addresses for security. You'll have some roll-your-own going on here too. Altiris, OpsMgr, OpenView are all enterprise solutions, but you'll need to put a server on the customer site to be able to get it all. Configuration isn't for the weak at heart, but once configured should run smoothly. They all provide secure connections. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Remote Network Monitoring Software Hi all, this is more targetting at those of you on list that work for consultancy firms, as opposed to in house folks. I am surfing around looking at various network monitoring tools, but the key things that I am looking for are ones that allow a consultancy firm to remotely monitor several networks simulteneously, and securely. The idea being we can have a dashboard in our office showing our various client's networks and alerting us to any issues. So this obviously mean mutilple domains, subnets, SNMP communities and the like. What are folks using, and how happy are you with it? Thanks Clayton ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Remote Network Monitoring Software
check out http://zenithinfotech.com/ - Original Message From: Clayton Doige [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:22:18 PM Subject: Remote Network Monitoring Software Hi all, this is more targetting at those of you on list that work for consultancy firms, as opposed to in house folks. I am surfing around looking at various network monitoring tools, but the key things that I am looking for are ones that allow a consultancy firm to remotely monitor several networks simulteneously, and securely. The idea being we can have a dashboard in our office showing our various client's networks and alerting us to any issues. So this obviously mean mutilple domains, subnets, SNMP communities and the like. What are folks using, and how happy are you with it? Thanks Clayton ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Remote Network Monitoring Software
sAlive is *still* a great choice for very little $$$ I found it easier to install locally at the smaller client sites on the ONLY machine setup to allow me to VPN in and control (at my advice), the more robust sites can handle a permanent tunnel where I can *also* monitor from a local installation at my site. _ From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Remote Network Monitoring Software Hi all, this is more targetting at those of you on list that work for consultancy firms, as opposed to in house folks. I am surfing around looking at various network monitoring tools, but the key things that I am looking for are ones that allow a consultancy firm to remotely monitor several networks simulteneously, and securely. The idea being we can have a dashboard in our office showing our various client's networks and alerting us to any issues. So this obviously mean mutilple domains, subnets, SNMP communities and the like. What are folks using, and how happy are you with it? Thanks Clayton No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1577 - Release Date: 7/28/2008 6:55 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
