Extended Monitoring Guide
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Table of Contents
- 1. ZenPacks
- I. Core ZenPacks
- 2. Apache Web Server
- 3. Dell Hardware
- 4. Distributed Name Server (DNS)
- 5. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- 6. HP PC Hardware
- 7. Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
- 8. Jabber Instant Messaging
- 9. Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2E)
- 1. About
- 2. Prerequisites
- 3. Example to Monitor a JMX Value
- 4. Monitor Values in TabularData and CompositeData Objects
- 5. Using JConsole to Query a JMX Agent
- 6. Daemons
- 10. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Response Time
- 11. MySQL Database
- 12. Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
- 13. Network Time Protocol (NTP)
- 14. ONC-style Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
- 15. SSH Monitoring Example
- 16. Web Page Response Time (HTTP)
- II. Enterprise ZenPacks
- 17. AIX
- 18. Apache Tomcat Application Server
- 19. BEA WebLogic Application Server
- 20. BIG-IP Network Devices
- 21. Brocade SAN Switches
- 22. CheckPoint Firewalls
- 23. Cisco Devices
- 24. Device Access Control Lists
- 25. Distributed Collector
- 26. Enterprise Linux
- 27. Enterprise Reports
- 28. JBoss Application Server
- 29. Juniper Devices
- 30. LDAP Authentication
- 31. Mail Transactions
- 32. MS Active Directory
- 33. MS Exchange
- 34. Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
- 35. Microsoft SQL Server
- 36. Multi-Realm IP Networks
- 37. NetApp Filers
- 38. NetScreen Devices
- 39. Nortel Devices
- 40. Oracle
- 41. Predictive Thresholding
- 42. RANCID Integration
- 43. Remedy Ticket Creation
- 44. SNMP Trap Forwarding
- 45. SQL Transactions
- 46. Sugar CRM
- 47. VMware Virtual Hosts
- 48. WebSphere Application Server
- 49. Web-based Synthetic Transactions
- 50. Windows Performance
- 1. About
- 2. Prerequisites
- 3. Enable Monitoring
- 4. Monitor Other Performance Counters
- 5. Testing Connections from Windows
- 6. Testing Connections from Zenoss
- 7. Modify Registry Settings for Firewalls in Secure Environments
- 8. Configuring a Standalone Windows Device for a Non-Administrative Account
- 9. Tuning Collector Daemon Performance
- 51. Xen Virtual Hosts
- 52. Zenoss Global Dashboard
- 53. ZenOperator Role
- A. twill Commands Reference
List of Figures
- 9.1. JMX Heap Graph
- 9.2. Memory MBean
- 9.3. Memory MBean Expanded
- 9.4. Operations Tab
- 20.1. BIG-IP zProperties Selections
- 25.1. Main collectors page
- 25.2. Main hub page
- 25.3. Add Collector Dialog
- 25.4. Add Device Page
- 25.5. Hubs Table menu
- 25.6. Add New Hub dialog
- 36.1. Example IP Realm
- 36.2. Adding an IP Realm
- 36.3. Adding a Distributed Collector with an IP Realm
- 36.4. Changing a Distributed Collector's IP Realm
- 36.5. Adding a Device with a Distributed Collector
- 36.6. Viewing Devices in Realms
- 47.1. VMware Events (Event Console)
- 47.2. VMware Events (Event Console) - View Details
- 47.3. Event Details (Fields Tab)
- 47.4. Event Details (Details Tab)
- 47.5. Add VMware Infrastructure
- 47.6. Add VMware Infrastructure Dialog
- 47.7. VMware Device Classes
- 47.8. Virtual Guest Devices
- 47.9. Virtual Guest Devices - Managed Device
- 47.10. Add Data Source
- 50.1. Windows XP Disable Simple File Sharing
- 50.2. Component Services COM Security Settings
- 50.3. WMI Control Properties
- 50.4. regedit and the winreg Key
List of Tables
- 2.1. Apache Prerequisites
- 2.2. Daemons
- 3.1. Dell Hardware Prerequisites
- 3.2. Daemons
- 4.1. DNS (DigMonitor) Prerequisites
- 4.2. DigMonitor Data Source Options
- 4.3. Daemons
- 5.1. FTP Prerequisites
- 5.2. FTPMonitor Basic Data Source Options
- 5.3. FTPMonitor Secure Data Source Options
- 5.4. FTPMonitor Tunables Data Source Options
- 5.5. Daemons
- 6.1. HP PC Hardware Prerequisites
- 6.2. Daemons
- 7.1. IRC Prerequisites
- 7.2. IRC Basic Data Source Options
- 7.3. Daemons
- 8.1. Jabber Prerequisites
- 8.2. Jabber Data Source Options
- 8.3. Daemons
- 9.1. J2EE Prerequisites
- 9.2. Memory Head Example ZenJMX Data Source Options
- 9.3. Daemons
- 10.1. LDAP Monitoring Prerequisites
- 10.2. LDAPServer zProperties
- 10.3. LDAPServer Basic Data Source Options
- 10.4. Daemons
- 11.1. MySQL Prerequisites
- 11.2. Daemons
- 12.1. NNTP Prerequisites
- 12.2. Daemons
- 13.1. NTP Prerequisites
- 13.2. Daemons
- 14.1. ONC RPC Prerequisites
- 14.2. Daemons
- 15.1. Linux SSH Monitoring Example Prerequisites
- 15.2. Linux zProperties
- 15.3. Adding Linux device information
- 15.4. zensql.py Database Types
- 15.5. Daemons
- 16.1. HTTP Prerequisites
- 16.2. HTTPMonitor Content Checking Data Source Options
- 16.3. HTTPMonitor Content Checking Data Source Options
- 16.4. HTTPMonitor Tunables Data Source Options
- 16.5. Daemons
- 17.1. AIX Prerequisites
- 17.2. Adding AIX device information
- 17.3. AIX zProperties
- 17.4. Concurrent SSH zProperties
- 17.5. SSH Timeout zProperties
- 17.6. Daemons
- 18.1. Tomcat Prerequisites
- 18.2. Tomcat zProperties
- 18.3. Tomcat Templates
- 18.4. Daemons
- 19.1. BEA WebLogic Prerequisites
- 19.2. WebLogic zProperties
- 19.3. WebLogic Templates
- 19.4. Daemons
- 20.1. BIG-IP Prerequisites
- 20.2. Daemons
- 21.1. Brocade Prerequisites
- 21.2. Brocade zProperties
- 21.3. Daemons
- 22.1. CheckPoint Prerequisites
- 22.2. CheckPoint zProperties
- 22.3. Daemons
- 23.1. Cisco Prerequisites
- 23.2. Cisco zProperties
- 23.3. Daemons
- 24.1. Device ACL Prerequisites
- 25.1. Distributed Collector Prerequisites
- 25.2. Add New Collector Dialog Fields
- 26.1. Enterprise Linux Prerequisites
- 26.2. Adding Linux device information
- 26.3. Linux zProperties
- 26.4. Concurrent SSH zProperties
- 26.5. SSH Timeout zProperties
- 26.6. Daemons
- 27.1. Enterprise Reports
- 27.2. Enterprise Reports Prerequisites
- 28.1. JBoss Prerequisites
- 28.2. JBoss zProperties
- 28.3. JBoss Templates
- 28.4. Daemons
- 29.1. Juniper Prerequisites
- 29.2. Juniper zProperties
- 29.3. Daemons
- 30.1. LDAP Authentication Prerequisites
- 30.2. Active Directory Multi Plugin Configuration
- 30.3. Active Directory Folder Customizations
- 30.4. Active Directory Schema Item Configuration
- 30.5. Active Directory Group to Role Configuration
- 30.6. LDAP Multi Plugin Configuration
- 31.1. Mail Transactions Prerequisites
- 31.2. Mail Transactions Basic Data Source Options
- 31.3. Daemons
- 32.1. Active Directory Monitoring Prerequisites
- 32.2. Active Directory zProperties
- 32.3. Daemons
- 33.1. MS Exchange Prerequisites
- 33.2. MS Exchange zProperties
- 33.3. Daemons
- 34.1. MS IIS Prerequisites
- 34.2. IIS zProperties
- 34.3. Daemons
- 35.1. Daemons
- 35.2. MS SQL Server Prerequisites
- 35.3. MS SQL Server zProperties
- 36.1. Multi-realm Prerequisites
- 37.1. NetApp Prerequisites
- 37.2. NetApp zProperties
- 37.3. Daemons
- 38.1. NetScreen Prerequisites
- 38.2. NetScreen zProperties
- 38.3. Daemons
- 39.1. Nortel Prerequisites
- 39.2. Nortel zProperties
- 39.3. Daemons
- 40.1. Oracle Prerequisites
- 40.2. Oracle zProperties
- 40.3. Adding Oracle SIDs with DNS Aliases
- 40.4. Oracle zProperties
- 40.5. Daemons
- 41.1. Trap Forwarding Prerequisites
- 41.2. Predictive Threshold Data Source Threshold Options
- 42.1. RANCID Prerequisites
- 42.2. RANCID zProperties
- 43.1. Remedy Ticket Creation Prerequisites
- 43.2. Daemons
- 44.1. Trap Forwarding Prerequisites
- 44.2. trapforwarder Configuration File Options
- 44.3. Daemons
- 45.1. SQL Transaction Prerequisites
- 45.2. MS SQL Server Transactions Data Source Options
- 45.3. MySQL Server Transactions Data Source Options
- 45.4. MySQL Server Transactions Data Source Options
- 45.5. Daemons
- 46.1. Sugar CRM Prerequisites
- 46.2. SugarCRM zProperties
- 46.3. Daemons
- 47.1. VMware Prerequisites
- 47.2. Daemons
- 48.1. WebSphere Prerequisites
- 48.2. WebSphere zProperties
- 48.3. Daemons
- 49.1. Web Transactions Prerequisites
- 49.2. WebTx Data Source Options
- 49.3. WebTx Script Settings
- 49.4. Daemons
- 50.1. Windows Monitoring Daemons
- 50.2. Windows Performance Monitoring Prerequisites
- 50.3. Windows Performance zProperties
- 50.4. Firewall and Registry Settings for DCOM
- 50.5. zenwinperf Daemon zProperties
- 51.1. Daemons
- 51.2. Xen Virtual Hosts Prerequisites
- 52.1. Zen Global Dashboard Prerequisites
- 52.2. Zen Global Dashboard Configuration Options
- 53.1. Zen Operator Role Prerequisites