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the newer openview you have the more alarms it generates... you need to spend a hell lot of time tuning alarm correlation etc. by the way did anyone see a nms that's capable of working in duplicate-ip environments like mpls vpns etc? e.g. one that'd use saa agents on cisco boxes (or vrf-aware remote commands) to poll the network... thanks -- Tomas Daniska systems engineer Tronet Computer Networks Plynarenska 5, 829 75 Bratislava, Slovakia tel: +421 2 58224111, fax: +421 2 58224199 A transistor protected by a fast-acting fuse will protect the fuse by blowing first. > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Duggan [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 10. j�la 2002 22:57 > To: John Kinsella; Eric Whitehill > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: HP Openview > > > > Also take a look at JFFNMS - http://jffnms.sourceforge.net/ > It might be worth letting us know what your management requirements > are before dismissing OpenView ;-) > > ta, > Matt. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Kinsella" <[email protected]> > To: "Eric Whitehill" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 9:40 PM > Subject: Re: HP Openview > > > > > > Might want to take a peek at > OpenNMS...http://www.opennms.org I'm not > > sure it'll be everything you dream of, but hey it's a hell of a lot > > cheaper... > > > > John > > > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 04:34:26PM -0400, Eric Whitehill wrote: > > > > > > NANOG: > > > > > > I am curious if anyone has been working with HP Openview > as an NMS. > I've > > > been looking at it (Specifically the service call > portion) and so far, > > > have not been impressed - I'm just not seeing the feature > set I would > > > expect. Am I just being stubborn and not seeing the > advantages of this? > > > >From my understanding the full HP Openview is in beta, > but I'm not > sure. > > > > > > I've done some researching on HP's website, and I can't > seem to really > > > find any relevant data. One of the large sticking points > is I am trying > > > to find a *nix based client, specifically one I can get working on > > > Solaris, and so far, I'm having a difficut time tracking one down. > > > > > > Am I wasteing my time with HP Openview? If you are using > it, are you > > > pleased? Should I accept fate and life and eat chicken for supper > > > tonight? > > > > > > Any advise and suggestions are welcomed. > > > > > > -Eric > > > > > > >
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