Pre-requisites We need to install an open source WMI Client, as previous versions (Ubuntu packaged .deb versions of WMI-Client, for example) do not work with newer versions of Windows (2008, 7, etc). We also need to install the check_wmi_plus.pl...

We can use the standard Opsview agent to monitor a plethora of Microsoft Exchange 07/10 services “out of the box”; using the built in Windows performance monitors and service statuses. Pre-requisites This article assumes that the Opsview agent has...

In order to monitor VMware ESX and VM’s running on ESX, we will need to download and install a few items of software listed below, namely the VMware vSphere SDK for Perl and a Nagios plugin for checking ESX....

Using the “check_nrpe” plugin we can use Opsview to monitor Microsoft “Performance counters”, which are part of most Microsoft software. In our example, we are going to monitor performance counters built into Microsoft Exchange 2010. To do this, we...

This blog post takes a deep-dive into monitoring Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with Opsview V4. In order to monitor MS SQL 2008 (known hereon as SQL2K8), we will have to leverage Opsview’s ability to support Nagios plugins which can be...

Opsview V4 can be used to monitor any service that is installed on an already configured Windows host. By service, we mean anything listed in the MMC of “services.msc”. Opsview can monitor the status, and confirm whether it is in...

Business process monitoring enables you to get a complete picture of the performance of services and systems that are key to the running of your organisation. This blog post will tell you how to create a business process dashboard -...

This blog post will get you started with creating service checks on your hosts. To register a new client into Opsview, you need to have fulfilled the opsview-agent prerequesties. This completed, you will need to use the GUI to register...

We’re really excited about the changes being introduced with Opsview V4 and thought some more detail might be helpful to our customers and community members. Opsview Enterprise Our flagship monitoring product comes with loads of exciting new features that will...

Opsview V4 is the culmination of 12 months intensive research and development work by the Opsview team. Its elegant new user interface and configurable dashboards enable you to present and analyze information they way you want it and will...