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2010-04-21 Thread Martin Blackstone
Does PA Server Monitor use agents? Im looking for similar but would really prefer an agentless app. -Original Message- From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 12:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server monitoring solution

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2010-04-20 Thread Stringham, Steven
+1 Nagios - yes a bit to setup - but it just runs. +1 also for Cacti - if you want the historical graphs. Very nice. -Original Message- From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 6:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server monitoring solution

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2010-04-20 Thread kstephenson04
...@lrlaw.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? +1 Nagios - yes a bit to setup - but it just runs. +1 also for Cacti - if you want the historical graphs. Very nice. -Original Message- From: Michael Leone

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2010-04-20 Thread Kurt Buff
Issues Subject: RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? +1 Nagios - yes a bit to setup - but it just runs. +1 also for Cacti - if you want the historical graphs. Very nice. -Original Message- From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 6:07

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2010-04-20 Thread kstephenson04
Completely Understand - Yes; cost is still high. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server monitoring solution recommendations? Cost-effective? Not the last time I looked

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2010-04-20 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Subject: [SPAM] - RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? - Email has different SMTP TO: and MIME TO: fields in the email addresses Completely Understand - Yes; cost is still high. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 2:42 PM

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2010-04-20 Thread Neil Standley
[mailto:kstephenso...@thinkpath.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? Completely Understand - Yes; cost is still high. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday

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2010-04-19 Thread Joseph Heaton
Sorry for the late response, but I was on Furlough Friday on Friday, so didn't get a chance to respond. I saw only a brief mention of the company name, but we use Orion here, from Solarwinds. Great product, lots of in-depth reporting. One note, though... you're going to have setup times, and

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2010-04-16 Thread Cameron
Have a look at Nagios. www.nagios.org Sounds like it will do a lot of what you are looking for and the best parttis free! Cheers, Cameron On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Michael Leone oozerd...@gmail.com wrote: I'm investigating server monitoring solutions for my enterprise. What I'm

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2010-04-16 Thread James Rankin
System Center Operations Manager 2007 is what we use here - it has the capability to monitor ESX hosts and other .nix boxes as well as Windows servers (although getting the Unix stuff into the console is a bit of a fight, as I found out last week). It's only drawback from your point of view is

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2010-04-16 Thread Michael Leone
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:11 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: System Center Operations Manager 2007 is what we use here - it has the capability to monitor ESX hosts and other .nix boxes as well as Windows servers (although getting the Unix stuff into the console is a bit of a

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2010-04-16 Thread Michael Leone
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com wrote: Have a look at Nagios. www.nagios.org Sounds like it will do a lot of what you are looking for and the best parttis free! And very complicated, from what I was able to gather. :-) I also looked into the free version

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2010-04-16 Thread John Aldrich
:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server monitoring solution recommendations? On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com wrote: Have a look at Nagios. www.nagios.org Sounds like it will do a lot of what you are looking for and the best parttis free

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2010-04-16 Thread Mayo, Bill
+1 on WhatsUp. It handles the basic stuff well, and can do some advanced stuff with a little effort. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server monitoring solution

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2010-04-16 Thread Michael B. Smith
://TheEssentialExchange.com From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server monitoring solution recommendations? System Center Operations Manager 2007 is what we use here - it has the capability to monitor ESX hosts

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2010-04-16 Thread Jay Dale
the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? If you want free and easy and does 95% - look at Polymon

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2010-04-16 Thread John Aldrich
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? +1 on Nagios. I'm not a Linux person by any stretch, but there's a ton of references out there that helps with the setup of Nagios, and it's free. It took about a week to get everything the way I wanted

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2010-04-16 Thread Jay Dale
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? AFAIK, isn't there a Windows version of Nagios? Not that I'm a Linux doubter (I *run* Fedora at home on my personal machine! :)) but not everyone here is comfortable running Linux. :) [cid:image001.jpg

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2010-04-16 Thread John Aldrich
Ahh. my bad. I thought I'd read somewhere that there was a way to make it run in Windows. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 10:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? There's

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2010-04-16 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
16, 2010 9:12 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? AFAIK, isn’t there a Windows version of Nagios? Not that I’m a Linux doubter (I **run** Fedora at home on my personal machine! J) but not everyone here is comfortable running Linux. J

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2010-04-16 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
it run in Windows. [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] *From:* Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 16, 2010 10:13 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? There’s not a Windows version of Nagios, however

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2010-04-16 Thread Jacob
, April 16, 2010 6:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? You could look at What's Up and see how you like it. I used it at a couple different places. Not sure how well it handles virtual servers, but it's pretty good on monitoring interfaces, etc

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2010-04-16 Thread Brian Desmond
] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 8:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server monitoring solution recommendations? On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Cameron cameron.orl...@gmail.com wrote: Have a look at Nagios. www.nagios.org Sounds like it will do a lot of what you are looking

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2010-04-16 Thread Ken Schaefer
of the other tools is probably a better fit (in an enterprise scenario). Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Friday, 16 April 2010 11:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? +1 on nagios. Once you

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2010-04-16 Thread David Lum
: RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? +1 on Nagios. I'm not a Linux person by any stretch, but there's a ton of references out there that helps with the setup of Nagios, and it's free. It took about a week to get everything the way I wanted it, but it's working good now - email

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2010-04-16 Thread Jay Dale
[mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 11:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server monitoring solution recommendations? See...something taking a WEEK to set up is too damn long, unless by week you mean a couple hours a day for a week. Host Monitor (www.ks

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2010-04-16 Thread Michael Leone
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:54 PM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: We use Groundworks/Nagios here, and I know each time we’ve changed the person who manages administering it (add/changes tests, etc) they go through extended PITA moments. I'm trying out Groundworks/Nagios now, using a VM

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2010-04-16 Thread Kurt Buff
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:24, Michael Leone oozerd...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:54 PM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: We use Groundworks/Nagios here, and I know each time we’ve changed the person who manages administering it (add/changes tests, etc) they go through

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2009-06-05 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I love my SpiceWorks but where's my Nagios?! -- ME2 On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Andrew Greene agre...@cityofanderson.comwrote: I still love my Nagios + nsclient for this. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson *From:* paul chinnery

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2009-06-03 Thread Ralph Smith
Admin Issues Subject: RE: server monitoring yep, but lots of overhead on the running system is all I meant, not a simple thing like sAlive Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m

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2009-06-02 Thread David W. McSpadden
servers alive? - Original Message - From: paul chinnery To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:49 PM Subject: server monitoring I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors servers. I only need to run it on 6 servers, at

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2009-06-02 Thread Sean Rector
You might also look at SpiceWorks {it's free}. Sean Rector, MCSE From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: server monitoring I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors

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2009-06-02 Thread Andrew Greene
I still love my Nagios + nsclient for this. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: server monitoring I've been tasked to look into acquiring a

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2009-06-02 Thread Jeff Bunting
Check out Servers Alive from http://www.woodstone.nu. It used to be free for a limited number of checks (10?) Jeff On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:49 PM, paul chinnery pdw1...@hotmail.com wrote: I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors servers. I only need to run it

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2009-06-02 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Open Source Xymon: http://www.xymon.com/ Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _ From:

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2009-06-02 Thread Steven Peck
Haven't used it but maybe System Center Essentials http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/essentials/en/us/default.aspx On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Sean Rector sean.rec...@vaopera.org wrote: You might also look at SpiceWorks {it’s free}. Sean Rector, MCSE From: paul chinnery

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2009-06-02 Thread Ralph Smith
. From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: server monitoring Check out Servers Alive from http://www.woodstone.nu. It used to be free for a limited number of checks (10?) Jeff On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:49

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2009-06-02 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
+1 for Nagios. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Andrew Greene agre...@cityofanderson.comwrote: I still love my Nagios + nsclient for this. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson *From:* paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009

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2009-06-02 Thread RichardMcClary
We've been fairly happy with ServersAlive. Their free version is crippled only in that it will do a total of 10 processes. That is, it could do one process on 10 servers, 5 processes on 2 servers, etc. The paid version is nearly without limits. One caveat. Just because a monitor says a

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2009-06-02 Thread John Aldrich
System Admin Issues Subject: Re: server monitoring We've been fairly happy with ServersAlive. Their free version is crippled only in that it will do a total of 10 processes. That is, it could do one process on 10 servers, 5 processes on 2 servers, etc. The paid version is nearly without limits

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2009-06-02 Thread Sean Martin
][image: Tile-Tools] *From:* richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:08 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: server monitoring We've been fairly happy with ServersAlive. Their free version is crippled only in that it will do

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2009-06-02 Thread Neil Standley
PRTG7 by Paessler Demo here: https://prtg.paessler.com/index.htm Homepage: http://www.paessler.com/ The free version is available for home and commercial use and will monitor up to 10 sensors split however you like. I've used their older product IPCheck v5 for several years, PRTG7

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2009-06-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
haven't read ahead yet, but I'd be surprised if I'm the first one to recommend Servers Alive ( sAlive! ) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security _ From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

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2009-06-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Someone else mentioned it, but I'm using (more and more, but not exclusively) Polymon. It's pretty darned good. Especially for free! From: Erik Goldoff [egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server

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2009-06-02 Thread Jeremy Anderson
Anyone have any comments on Uptime? From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@owa.smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server monitoring Someone else mentioned it, but I'm using (more and more, but not exclusively

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2009-06-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
...@owa.smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server monitoring Someone else mentioned it, but I'm using (more and more, but not exclusively) Polymon. It's pretty darned good. Especially for free! _ From: Erik Goldoff [egold...@gmail.com] Sent

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2009-06-02 Thread Ralph Smith
, 2009 7:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server monitoring haven't heard of that before ... just looked it up, and free, but heavy duty requirement of SQL 2005, not a lightweight installation... think I'll look deeper at it tho Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks

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2009-06-02 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
I just deployed Servers Alive with the remote connector. On a LAN I wouldn't use anything else to be honest. On a WAN I was searching for something good for awhile and finally they made a wan connector which has been running well for me now. From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com]

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2009-06-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
Subject: RE: server monitoring SQL Express, also free. It is a little more involved to set up than some other products that use a single installer, but not too bad. They have instructions, even I managed to do it. _ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02

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2001-09-19 Thread Clark, Steve
Hey Rocky? Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax -Original Message- From: Tom Carbone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

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2001-09-19 Thread Rocky Stefano
Issues Subject: RE: Server Monitoring Software My point is that there are products that many people use that are advertised on lists by tech's who use them. I firmly believe in St. Bernard enough to put my company's name on the product and sell as part of my solution. If I had deployed