OpMonAgent vs NSClient++ (was Nagios 3.0 SLA Reporting)

[Dario B. Bestetti]

----- "Hari Sekhon" <hpsekhon at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Phil Costelloe wrote:
> >> I'm also looking forward to this. I'm a big fan of OpmonAgent as a
> >> replacement
> >> for Nsclient on Windows systems, it installs and runs without any
> fuss
> >> at
> >> all. I like things that Just Work. :)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Phil Costelloe
> >> Foundation IT, Hermitage Berkshire RG18 9SE
> >>     
> On this note, do you mean NSClient or the newer NSClient++?
> 
> I have found that NSClient++ is a doddle to deploy with a batch script
> 
> across all servers.
> 
> very briefly: copy over the binary, set the service, run.
> 
> This is only mildly more difficult than an msi installation, possibly
> 
> even easier to actively push out via batch in fact.
> 
> I'm not sure if I considered OpMonAgent but I'd really like to know if
> 
> it can beat NSClient++ which to my knowledge (or perhaps just 
> perception) seems to be the more popular Windows agent.
> 
> -h
> 
> -- 
> Hari Sekhon
> 

Just to make some observations about OpMon Agent for Nagios. When we decided to take over the development of the old NSClient, we were looking for some requirements regarding a Windows agent:

- A very small footprint
- Agent stability
- A lightweight piece of software
- No dependency on other softwares

[]s
Dario

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