About a month ago, I wrote a detailed how-to on implementing email based event acknowledgment, in Zenoss. This feature is sorely missing from a lot of “Enterprise Grade” network monitoring systems. I decided to extend Zenoss and write my own. Have a look at my detailed how-to.
There was a recent post on the Zenoss Users forum about updating Min/Max thresholds via SNMP. A user wanted to update a temperature threshold from a value obtained via SNMP. What’s the point in making the change in two spots, when you can just update it on your device and have Zenoss automatically catch the [...]
I’ve written a how-to on the Zenoss Community Site for converting MyISAM tables to InnoDB, in MySQL. When I initially installed Zenoss, my MySQL installation did not support the InnoDB engine. This guide shows you what you need to do to convert. Check it out, here.
I’ve been implementing Zenoss at my company for about six months now. It has been a very successful project for the business and myself. I’ve learned a ton about the product, especially with regards to Python. I was a Perl guy, but now I’ve been reformed! I’ve also had the chance to become part of [...]
Check out my review on the new book, Zenoss Core Network and System Monitoring, by Michael Badger (Packt Publishing).
