Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools

["Alexei Roudnev" <alex () relcom net>]

Syslog is a text protocol, so system developer can always write any message.
SNMPTRAP is '1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8 'something happen blablabla' type of messages.
They are the same in other properties, I do agree - that;s why we detect
everything we can by 'polling'.

There are many tools, converting  one to another, so take it easy -:).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Kuhtz" <christian.kuhtz () BELLSOUTH COM>
To: "Alexei Roudnev" <alex () relcom net>; "Michael Smith"
<mksmith () noanet net>; <nanog () merit edu>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools



What makes syslog so much more reliable in your opinion?  There's no ability
to find lost messages or have guaranteed delivery.  At least not on 514/udp.
If you can toss a trap, you can toss a syslog message.

That is, unless I've lost my mind this morning and need to go get more
coffee.

On 9/17/04 3:53 AM, "Alexei Roudnev" <alex () relcom net> wrote:

> I always tried to avoid any deal with SNMP TRAPS as most unreliable and
> unconvenient way of alerting (unfortunately, it can not be avoided
totally).
> We use 'syslog' (syslog-ng + home written syslog analyzers + copmmercial
> soft, sometimes) when possible.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Smith" <mksmith () noanet net>
> To: <nanog () merit edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:10 AM
> Subject: RE: Open-Source Network Management Tools
>
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> > I'm looking for open-source alternatives for network management,
> > such as Nagios or Big Brother. We are currently using WhatsUp Gold,
> > and would like to move to something more flexible (and not running
> > on a Windows platform). Something that has email/paging
> > capabilities, and can process SNMP traps would be a plus for us as
> > well.
> > >
> > Recommendations?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> I'd like to expand the question by asking, what Open-Source
> applications do people use for SNMP Trap collecting and alarming?
> We're very happy with Nagios for polling, but we have a lot of
> optical components that send information via Traps that then needs to
> be culled, trimmed and analyzed.
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> Thanks,
>
> Mike
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