Issues with and Suggestions for OpManager 5.5
I have noticed several issues with OpManager 5.5, some of which have probably already been noted. Here goes:
PROBLEMS
1. After configuring SNMP community, it remains at "public" when adding devices
2. I cannot make WMI monitoring work at all. I remove the SNMP monitors and add the WMI monitors with no problems. The monitors say they are running fine, but no graphs are ever created and the cpu/memory/disk section simply says "no data available. If I remove the WMI monitors, re-add the SNMP monitors and do a re-discover, the graphs start working again.
3. Windows Event Log monitoring appears to only work on the machine I have OpManager installed on. I have all 2003 servers (including the one running OpManager) set to monitor for all application and system log failures. I have the same notification profile assigned to all the servers. When an error or warning event occurs on the machine OpManager is running on, I get an e-mail and it shows up in the main "dashboard" screen. For my other servers, nothing is trapped.
REQUESTS
1. When adding a device, user should be able to specify SNMP and/or WMI for use by monitoring agents. Presently, you can only add a device by filling out SNMP information. There should be entries for Windows username/password here and perhaps check boxes for enabling/disabling WMI/SNMP.
2. It would be nice to have a "traffic" tab on the main screen where you could have a one-stop page for viewing traffic. This page should be configurable, as to which traffic graphs to display. I think of MRTG, where you can have a single index page with all your graphs. Say you have 4 important interfaces, perhaps spread out among 4 different devices. The traffic page could be set up to show traffic graphs for those 4 interfaces.
3. A text file monitor, where you could configure text files to monitor and notify you on change, perhaps on matching words, etc.
PROBLEMS
1. After configuring SNMP community, it remains at "public" when adding devices
2. I cannot make WMI monitoring work at all. I remove the SNMP monitors and add the WMI monitors with no problems. The monitors say they are running fine, but no graphs are ever created and the cpu/memory/disk section simply says "no data available. If I remove the WMI monitors, re-add the SNMP monitors and do a re-discover, the graphs start working again.
3. Windows Event Log monitoring appears to only work on the machine I have OpManager installed on. I have all 2003 servers (including the one running OpManager) set to monitor for all application and system log failures. I have the same notification profile assigned to all the servers. When an error or warning event occurs on the machine OpManager is running on, I get an e-mail and it shows up in the main "dashboard" screen. For my other servers, nothing is trapped.
REQUESTS
1. When adding a device, user should be able to specify SNMP and/or WMI for use by monitoring agents. Presently, you can only add a device by filling out SNMP information. There should be entries for Windows username/password here and perhaps check boxes for enabling/disabling WMI/SNMP.
2. It would be nice to have a "traffic" tab on the main screen where you could have a one-stop page for viewing traffic. This page should be configurable, as to which traffic graphs to display. I think of MRTG, where you can have a single index page with all your graphs. Say you have 4 important interfaces, perhaps spread out among 4 different devices. The traffic page could be set up to show traffic graphs for those 4 interfaces.
3. A text file monitor, where you could configure text files to monitor and notify you on change, perhaps on matching words, etc.