That's exactly what I do. I have a medium sized environment with 200+ Windows servers to manage. I have NSclient++ on every windows host, using a CNAME "monitor" and have a NSC.ini already configured and dropped into place. Works like a charm. With this method, I can also have check_nt, and check_nrpe if needed. <br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Mathew Walker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lmw94002@hotmail.com">lmw94002@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div><div dir="ltr"> With NSClient++, you can easily copy the INI file around. for NRPE and NSClient++ config files I always put in 3 generic names as "allowed hosts" ... nagios1.domain.local, nagios2.domain.local, nagios3.domain.local. Those 3 are CNAMEs to my actual nagios systems so I don't have to worry about updating config files if I'm testing a new plugin on a test Nagios box, migrating, etc. Only downside is that it does require good DNS and you have the normally trivial overhead of that DNS lookup. <br> <br>-- <br>Mat W. <br><br><div>> From: <a href="mailto:mark.elsen@gmail.com" target="_blank">mark.elsen@gmail.com</a><br>> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 07:48:11 +0200<br>> To: <a href="mailto:mrsbonus1@yahoo.com" target="_blank">mrsbonus1@yahoo.com</a>; <a href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a><div class="im"> <br>> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] What the best way to monitor Windows?<br>> <br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> > Ok, so it sounds like there might be 3 "best" ways to monitor Windows in<br> > > general.<br>> > I will have to check them out in detail before deciding which way to go. I<br>> > do note that the following though from reading about them -<br>> ><br>> > 1. Checkwmiplus<br> > ><br>> ><br>> <br>> - I switched from NSclient++ to checkwmiplus, because agent less<br>> monitoring gives me a more<br>> flexible nagios environment : - not needing a remote agent makes<br>> migration NAGIOS to another server easier, because<br> > usually because of security reasons, you will be configuring the agent<br>> to allow connections from a particular (NAGIOS)<br>> server only.<br>> - an agent needs to be extra<br> > installed on the windows server; that may seem 'easy' ; but it<br>> isn't if you are in a large IT group where people carry different<br>> heads, and things like 'convincing debates' and 'overal installation<br> > procedures' come into place.<br>> <br>> - there are disadvantages<br>> too : checkwmiplus has increased the cpu load on my nagios server<br>> dramatically because of the combined use of wmic and the perl-based<br> > checkwmiplus script. And multiple instances are running<br>> all the time for a large number of servers. I think I will have to<br>> migrate to a speedier nagios server in the future<br>> <br>> - checkwmiplus is still under<br> > very active development which has pros and cons; pros because of the<br>> active interest of the developer, cons because active installation<br>> components are still being changed, making upgrading and followup<br> > on versions a little bit more cumbersome and time intensive , then for<br>> nsclient++ , which ,already, much more stabilized.<br>> <br>> M.<br>> <br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> > BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA<br>> The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. <br>> Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies.<br> > Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. 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