Sun Monitoring

[Petersen, Mark]

While Sun might have a way to monitor server health, I use
check_logfiles
(http://www.nagiosexchange.org/Misc.54.0.html?&tx_netnagext_pi1%5Bp_view
%5D=538) to monitor the logs for errors more than anything.  I have
checks for power supplies, fans, SAN mounts, memory, cpu and SCSI
errors, etc. setup to monitor the server health.  I also use
check_disksuite (software RAID for Solaris,) and Check Veritas Volume
Manager for Veritas volumes.  

I use active server checks to monitor the services provided as well of
course, almost exclusively with check_by_ssh or check_http.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of andrew2 at one.net
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:09 PM
> To: 'nagios Users Mailinglist'
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Sun Monitoring
> 
> Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
> > Lars Stavholm wrote:
> >> Edwin Zoeller wrote:
> >>> We are monitoring ~75 Sun Servers via Nagios. What information
> >>> would you like to know.
> >>
> >> Top down...
> >> 1. method used (nsca, nrpe, snmp) and why?
> >> 2. what specific checks are you using?
> >
> > Servers in themselves are useless pieces of junk. What you care
about
> > are the services they provide. So that is what you need to monitor.
If
> > you think about it that way you can choose whatever method allows
you
> > to monitor these services reliably.
> 
> I'd suggest that you do also need to monitor the servers themselves.
> While
> they may just be useless pieces of junk on their own, you do still
need
> them
> to run your services.  Strictly monitoring the services they provide
will
> give you a good up/down view of things but you probably want to know
when
> things are starting to go sideways so you can take corrective action
> before
> you actually reach a down state.  I don't work with Sun hardware, but
I'm
> sure Sun provides some kind of framework for monitoring some of the
> physical
> components of the system, and I'd bet dollars to doughnuts there are
> Nagios
> plugins that can take advantage of that framework  Temperature, fans,
> HD/RAID status, power supply status, etc. etc. are a very good thing
to
> keep
> an eye on if you intend to catch problems early enough to resolve
before
> actually causing downtime.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
>
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