Due to the ubiquity of the Net-SNMP agent, the Net-SNMP management packs can be used for a wide range of UNIX/Linux devices, and one of my primary intentions in creating these management packs was to extend them to Linux-based proprietary platforms such as Check Point Secure Platform and VMWare ESX. To that end, I am [...]
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HP provides great SCOM management packs for monitoring of Proliant servers, but only Windows agents are supported by these management packs. If you’re running ESX on Proliant servers, it takes a little bit more effort to implement monitoring of hardware status. Fortunately, HP also offers their Management Agents for ESX. Thus, all that is needed [...]
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Over the past few years, I’ve bounced between virtualization products in my home test lab, including MS Virtual PC and Virtual Server, as well as VMWare Server and Desktop. Given the option, I’d love to have a Windows 2008 Hyper-V server to run my home development environment, but given the hardware requirements, I don’t see [...]
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