New to list: Newb questions

[Sand Philipp]

> I have recently installed the framework successfully and have 
> the config file layouts the way I want.  I am in a mostly 
> Windows environment running HP/Compaq for my backend servers.
Depends on what you want to monitor, we're using nsclient and
check_win_eventlog for all
Our Windows Servers + the Management Agents provided by the
manufacturer.
If you want to Monitor very specific thinks maybe you should have a look
at nrpe_nt.



> Questions:
> 
> 1) What is the best way to monitor windows servers?  NSClient 
> seems to be buggy/leaky from what I have read.
Don't think so...works fine here.

> 2) Is there ANY resource/examples/list out there of what 
> checks/commands are available use to access MIB's/WMI's?
> 	- I understand check_nt can be used, I just have found 
> nothing on HOW or WHAT checks are available.  What other 
> checks are out there like USEDDISKSPACE?
> 	- When I try to use check_nt to check disk space 
> (command_line $USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 1248 -v 
> USEDDISKSPACE -l $ARG1$ -w $ARG2$ -c $ARG3$)  I get a "Host 
> Refused Connection).  I am sure this is because I do not have 
> port 1248 available to connect on.  PROBLEM: I have found 
> nowhere to find out how to get these things talking.
You can simply edit the registry keys of nsclient to change this port.
We had to do that, because Microsoft Exchange likes to take a lot of
Ports for itself, sometimes including 1248, too...


> 3) For the Compaq servers, I keep getting SNMPWALK: TIMOUT 
> errors.  Are there any resources out there that show HOW to 
> do it and WHAT to monitor?
We're planing just to let the Compaq/HP Insight Manager do the
monitoring of the compaq/hp
Hardware, and then grab the data from the CIM Database, and let nagios
display if the overall cim status is ok.


Have Fun,
Philipp


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