RE: Compaq Insight Managment Agents

["Stamper, Steve" <Steve_Stamper@foremost.com>]

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We use CIM agents and have NetView collect statistics and trigger thresholds 
from them.  Much more complete than the Micro$oft MIBs.  Works great.  

Loading the MIBs is a bit tricky (very order dependent), but once done, you can 
browse to your hearts content.  I'm having a bit of a struggle with trap2mib on 
the Compaq MIBs - they don't extract without some 'dinking' around.  

Go fireup a Compaq server, have the server guys load ALL the insight agents, 
load your MIBs, check the community strings, and start browsing.  You'll be 
surprised just how much you will find!


Thanks² - Steve Stamper
Grand Rapids, MI


-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Pobst [mailto:epobst@mediaone.net]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:12 AM
To: nv-l@tkg.com
Subject: [NV-L] Compaq Insight Managment Agents


I was wondering if anyone has any insight (play on words) on the necessity
of compaq insight management agents.  We are currenly in the planning stage
of rolling about 250 citrix boxes (compaq hardware - Terminal Server 4 Svc.
Pk 5) into the Netview monitoring realm.  All the research I have found, to
get access to the compaq proprietary mibs, requires the various agents
(Foundation, Storage, Nic ....).  A co-worker insists that to do extensive
hardware monitoring (disk status, memory, fan....), Microsofts SNMP service
would suffice as stand alone.  Unfortunately, we haven't acquired a test
box, but the process must begin soon in order to get the Microsoft SNMP
service installed as well as the agents (if necessary) given the time it
takes to get this done.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Eric Pobst

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We use CIM agents and have NetView collect statistics and trigger thresholds from them.  Much more complete than the Micro$oft MIBs.  Works great. 

Loading the MIBs is a bit tricky (very order dependent), but once done, you can browse to your hearts content.  I'm having a bit of a struggle with trap2mib on the Compaq MIBs - they don't extract without some 'dinking' around. 

Go fireup a Compaq server, have the server guys load ALL the insight agents, load your MIBs, check the community strings, and start browsing.  You'll be surprised just how much you will find!

Thanks² - Steve Stamper
Grand Rapids, MI

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Pobst [mailto:epobst@mediaone.net]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:12 AM
To: nv-l@tkg.com
Subject: [NV-L] Compaq Insight Managment Agents

I was wondering if anyone has any insight (play on words) on the necessity
of compaq insight management agents.  We are currenly in the planning stage
of rolling about 250 citrix boxes (compaq hardware - Terminal Server 4 Svc.
Pk 5) into the Netview monitoring realm.  All the research I have found, to
get access to the compaq proprietary mibs, requires the various agents
(Foundation, Storage, Nic ....).  A co-worker insists that to do extensive
hardware monitoring (disk status, memory, fan....), Microsofts SNMP service
would suffice as stand alone.  Unfortunately, we haven't acquired a test
box, but the process must begin soon in order to get the Microsoft SNMP
service installed as well as the agents (if necessary) given the time it
takes to get this done.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Eric Pobst

_________________________________________________________________________
NV-L List information and Archives: http://www.tkg.com/nv-l