The xSNMP Reports version 1.1.1 package is now available at manage-x.net. This suite of management pack adds value to the xSNMP suite by implementing OpsMgr reports for data collected by performance rules in the xSNMP management packs. Reporting management packs included are: xSNMP for APC Reports xSNMP for APC NetBotz Reports xSNMP for Brocade Reports [...]
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I have posted the 1.1.1 (Alpha) version of the xSNMP suite at manage-x.net. While the updates in this release are relatively minor in nature, I would still consider this to be an early test copy of this version and deploy in test environments before production. The abbreviated change log for this release is: New Management [...]
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While this blog has been a bit quiet lately, it has not been for lack of efforts. In the next two weeks, a minor update to the xSNMP suite should be ready with a few bug-fixes and feature improvements. This update will also include three new management packs: xSNMP for Juniper Networks xSNMP for SonicWALL [...]
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After weeks of pilot testing, the xSNMP Suite version 1.1.0 is ready for public beta release. In addition to some bug fixes and feature enhancements, this release includes four completely new management packs: xSNMP Juniper-NetScreen MP: Implements comprehensive monitoring of NetScreen firewall devices xSNMP NetApp MP: Implements comprehensive monitoring of NetApp storage devices xSNMP Sun Hardware MP: Implements [...]
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After many weeks of development efforts and testing, I have made the latest beta version of the xSNMP Management Packs available for download. Before getting into any more detail, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the invaluable help provided by some of the volunteers who tested these management packs through all stages of development. Many [...]
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Diagram view of an HP ProCurve device: Diagram view of a Data Domain Restorer: Health Explorer view for an APC UPS: Diagram View for an HP Proliant server: Performance View for a network interface: Diagram view for a Brocade Fibre Channel Switch:
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In this post, I intend to describe some of the challenges in scaling SNMP monitoring in an Operations Manager environment to a large number of monitored objects, as well as my experiences from testing and the approaches that I took to address these challenges with the xSNMP Management Packs. Background In spite of the market [...]
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Introduction Over the past several weeks, I’ve been hard at work on some new SNMP management packs for Operations Manager 2007 R2, to replace the Cisco SNMP MP and extend similar functionality to a wide range of SNMP-enabled devices. In the next few posts, I hope to describe some of the design and development considerations related [...]
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I have previously written about using the combination of an SnmpProbe and script probe in Operations Manager work flows to facilitate manipulation of numeric values. While this is currently the only way to perform numeric operations, there are some cases in which the only required manipulation of a numeric value is the calculation of a [...]
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One of the realities of working with SNMP monitoring is that more often than not, the monitoring data are presented in a raw form that requires some kind of manipulation in order to render meaningful output. For example, required data manipulation may be a simple arithmetic operation on two values to calculate a percentage, or [...]
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