Server Monitoring
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@RojoLoco said in Server Monitoring:
@scottalanmiller said in Server Monitoring:
@wrx7m said in Server Monitoring:
I am looking into PDQ Inventory to replace SW inventory.
Free, or paid?
Even the free one far surpasses the SW inventory thing. No ticketing, but lots of info on your systems.
Even before you said this, I had it deploying so that I could play with it. Pretty sure I've used it in the past, but not sure when. Trying it out to see how it is.
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@scottalanmiller said in Server Monitoring:
@RojoLoco said in Server Monitoring:
@scottalanmiller said in Server Monitoring:
@wrx7m said in Server Monitoring:
I am looking into PDQ Inventory to replace SW inventory.
Free, or paid?
Even the free one far surpasses the SW inventory thing. No ticketing, but lots of info on your systems.
Even before you said this, I had it deploying so that I could play with it. Pretty sure I've used it in the past, but not sure when. Trying it out to see how it is.
I'm a fan. After you scan, go in and "edit columns". Lots of categories available, like BIOS version, serial number (gets dell service tags), uptime, etc.
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@scottalanmiller Enterprise
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@jmoore said in Server Monitoring:
@wrx7m I dont use Inventory but I do use Deploy for some of our things here. That product works great so I would think Inventory would be great also if your looking at them.
I am also using PDQ Deploy for tons of stuff. I use it every day. That is one reason I want the Inventory product. At $500 a year (per admin), it is a bargain.
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@wrx7m said in Server Monitoring:
That is one reason I want the Inventory product. At $500 a year (per admin), it is a bargain.
I should know this, but, how many end points are you collecting with that?
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@scottalanmiller said in Server Monitoring:
@wrx7m said in Server Monitoring:
That is one reason I want the Inventory product. At $500 a year (per admin), it is a bargain.
I should know this, but, how many end points are you collecting with that?
I have about 120 clients, 3 ESXi hosts and about 25 VMs. Plus voice, network devices, printers, etc.
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The free version isn't doing anything for me. It scans the machine it is on, but nothing else. Hmmm....
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@scottalanmiller did you click "add computers" and then do that?
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@RojoLoco said in Server Monitoring:
@scottalanmiller did you click "add computers" and then do that?
Oh sure, it sounds obvious when YOU say it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Server Monitoring:
@RojoLoco said in Server Monitoring:
@scottalanmiller did you click "add computers" and then do that?
Oh sure, it sounds obvious when YOU say it.
The process is quite convoluted....
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Nice tool, but Windows only. Good for a lot of things, but not as inclusive as SW was. Getting Windows, Mac, Linux, networking all in one is really nice. Even if it doesn't get much info on them, tracking even just that something is a phone can be enough.
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@scottalanmiller said in Server Monitoring:
Nice tool, but Windows only. Good for a lot of things, but not as inclusive as SW was. Getting Windows, Mac, Linux, networking all in one is really nice. Even if it doesn't get much info on them, tracking even just that something is a phone can be enough.
Yeah, I have a few Macs and Linux systems.
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@wrx7m said in Server Monitoring:
@scottalanmiller said in Server Monitoring:
Nice tool, but Windows only. Good for a lot of things, but not as inclusive as SW was. Getting Windows, Mac, Linux, networking all in one is really nice. Even if it doesn't get much info on them, tracking even just that something is a phone can be enough.
Yeah, I have a few Macs and Linux systems.
Just scan those with BASH
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@scottalanmiller said in Server Monitoring:
@wrx7m said in Server Monitoring:
@scottalanmiller said in Server Monitoring:
Nice tool, but Windows only. Good for a lot of things, but not as inclusive as SW was. Getting Windows, Mac, Linux, networking all in one is really nice. Even if it doesn't get much info on them, tracking even just that something is a phone can be enough.
Yeah, I have a few Macs and Linux systems.
Just scan those with BASH
I need more info on that, please
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Seeing as how we've strayed from the initial monitoring topic, I'll throw my standard vote of GLPI+FusionInventory as a SW alternative. Inventory, deployment, ticketing, financials, reporting.... we don't use most of what it can do since certain people don't find it "pretty" enough, but I've got it pulling inventory for something like 600+ endpoints, a fleet of Xerox MFPs and most of our networking gear. They've added a whole datacenter / server room / Rack management module in the last couple of versions that looks like I might be able to move away from Digital Ocean's Netbox system for our datacenter / switch closet documentation.... anyways, I'll stop evangelising now....
On the monitoring topic, has anyone gotten Zabbix to work reliably without installing an agent? google turns up some results for WMI integration, just wondering how well it works
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@notverypunny said in Server Monitoring:
On the monitoring topic, has anyone gotten Zabbix to work reliably without installing an agent?
Why would you try? Having an agent is part of the benefit. Agent means easier to manager, and more reliable.
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@scottalanmiller said in Server Monitoring:
@notverypunny said in Server Monitoring:
On the monitoring topic, has anyone gotten Zabbix to work reliably without installing an agent?
Why would you try? Having an agent is part of the benefit. Agent means easier to manager, and more reliable.
Was thinking a test deployment might be easier if it's just a matter of setting up a service account and pushing permissions via GPO
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@notverypunny said in Server Monitoring:
@scottalanmiller said in Server Monitoring:
@notverypunny said in Server Monitoring:
On the monitoring topic, has anyone gotten Zabbix to work reliably without installing an agent?
Why would you try? Having an agent is part of the benefit. Agent means easier to manager, and more reliable.
Was thinking a test deployment might be easier if it's just a matter of setting up a service account and pushing permissions via GPO
If you were pushing permissions via, you could have a software install GPO for the agent.
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@notverypunny said in Server Monitoring:
@scottalanmiller said in Server Monitoring:
@notverypunny said in Server Monitoring:
On the monitoring topic, has anyone gotten Zabbix to work reliably without installing an agent?
Why would you try? Having an agent is part of the benefit. Agent means easier to manager, and more reliable.
Was thinking a test deployment might be easier if it's just a matter of setting up a service account and pushing permissions via GPO
Equal or harder i think. Agents are so easy.
