Zenoss Blog » Zenpacks http://blog.zenoss.com No Node Left Behind Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Announcing the Winners of the Zenoss Submit a ZenPack Contest http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/23/announcing-the-winners-of-the-zenoss-submit-a-zenpack-contest/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/23/announcing-the-winners-of-the-zenoss-submit-a-zenpack-contest/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:34:13 +0000 Matt Ray http://blog.zenoss.com/?p=421

Asus Eee PC

The results are in and it’s time to announce the winners of the Zenoss Submit a ZenPack Contest. There were a whole lot of exceptional entries over the past few weeks. We had a tremendous response and there were 25 entries, more than doubling the number of Zenoss Community ZenPacks available for download.

The winners have been chosen and they are Zenoss Community members Andrea Consadori and Fabio Paracchini.

SQL Server 2000/2005 Performance ZenPack http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/sql-server-performance

Contributed by Community member Fabio Paracchini, this ZenPack is for monitoring SQL Server Performance and works with SQL 2000 and SQL 2005. Highlights include graph the most significant counters for SQL Server:

  • Cache Hit Ratio
  • Transactions per second
  • Locks requests per second
  • Lock wait time
  • Full table scans per second


Asterisk Monitoring ZenPack http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/asterisk

Submitted by Community member Andrea ‘konsa79′ Consadori, this ZenPack is for monitoring Asterisk server and VOIP statistics via the Asterisk Monitoring Interface. It can be used for multiple Asterisk instances, and is under active use and improvement.Asterisk Graphs

For a complete list of all the entries from the contest:
http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/20/the-submit-a-zenpack-contest-entries/
For a list of all the available ZenPacks, check out the ZenPacks site: http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/

A great big thanks to Fabio, Andrea and all the other contributors!

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]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/23/announcing-the-winners-of-the-zenoss-submit-a-zenpack-contest/feed/ The Submit a ZenPack Contest Entries http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/20/the-submit-a-zenpack-contest-entries/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/20/the-submit-a-zenpack-contest-entries/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:56:54 +0000 Matt Ray http://blog.zenoss.com/?p=415

The Zenoss Submit a ZenPack Contest has concluded and first off, we would like to thank all the generous contributors to the contest! We had a tremendous response rate, more than doubling the number of Community ZenPacks that were available before the contest. There were a lot of really great entries, we’ll be announcing the winners shortly.

Here is a quick rundown of all the entries:

For a complete list of all the Community ZenPacks that are available, please visit:

http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/

Thanks again to everyone who contributed their ZenPacks to the Zenoss Community!

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]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/20/the-submit-a-zenpack-contest-entries/feed/ Submit a ZenPack contest in Final Week! http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/11/submit-a-zenpack-contest-in-final-week/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/11/submit-a-zenpack-contest-in-final-week/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:43:36 +0000 Matt Ray http://blog.zenoss.com/?p=407
The Zenoss Submit a ZenPack Contest is in its last week and we have gotten a tremendous Community response. We have had a total of 18 entries so far, and time is running out to get your entries in to win an Asus Eee PC laptop. Here are the last 5 entries since the last update.

NetApp Volume ZenPack
http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/netappvolume
Updated by Community member Eric Becker, this is a refresh to Nathaniel McCallum’s NetApp Volume ZenPack with improvements to scalability and large volumes.

Show Graph Portlet ZenPack
http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/graph-portlet
Submitted by Community member Anton Menshutin, this ZenPack adds a portlet called “Show Graph” which enables users to show any graph/multi graph reports on their dashboard. Several columns (as defined in report options) are supported.

Cisco Interfaces ZenPack
http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/cisco-interfaces
Community member Chris Krough has submitted this Cisco Interfaces ZenPack.
* Adds Products/CiscoInterfaces/modeler/plugins/CiscoInterfaceMap.py which recognizes the interface types for these templates
* On interfaces types which have a graph defined, most of the graph commands will be pulled from the Custom Graph Definition.

Cyclades Console Servers ZenPack
http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/cyclades-console-servers
Submitted by Community member Colin ‘chudler’ Hudler, this ZenPack is for Cyclades Console servers. It has been tested against Alterpath Cyclades (Avocent) ACS48 Devices, but should work against any Cyclades ACSxx device.

Powerware UPS Monitoring ZenPack
http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/powerware-ups
Provided by Community member Alexander Vorobiyov, this ZenPack provides voltages stats, load, ambient temperature, battery capacity and more for Powerware UPS products. UPS status is found through the the SNMP oids.

For this and other ZenPacks, check out the ZenPacks site:
http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/

Thanks Eric, Anton, Chris, Colin and Alexander!

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]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/11/submit-a-zenpack-contest-in-final-week/feed/ The ZenPacks Keep Coming http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/25/the-zenpacks-keep-coming/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/25/the-zenpacks-keep-coming/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:08:34 +0000 Matt Ray http://blog.zenoss.com/?p=371

Halfway through the Submit a ZenPack Contest and the floodgates have opened up. We have had 10 more entries since the the first ZenPack Contest update. Keep sending Zenoss your ZenPacks for a chance to win an Asus Eee PC laptop.

Brocade Switches graphing ZenPack
http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/brocade-switches
Submitted by Community member Vaibhav Narula. It provides a large number of graphs for Brocade switches, the PDF on the page has examples.

Andrea ‘konsa79′ Consadori’s ZenPacks
Andrea gets his own section, he submitted 3 new and 3 updated ZenPacks, bring his total to 7 entries to the contest so far.
Updated
Alvarion WiFi monitoring: http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/alvarion
Funkwerk router monitoring: http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/funkwerk
Netasq firewall monitoring: http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/netasq
New
Colubris wireless monitoring: http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/colubris
MRV wireless monitoring: http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/mrv
Raytalk monitoring: http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/raytalk

EMC Celerra NAS ZenPack
http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/celerra
Community member Randy Schneiderman has submitted this ZenPack that can be used to monitor EMC’s Celerra filesystem created through the EMC Celerra Network Server instead of the default OS filesystems.

SQL Server 2000/2005 Performance ZenPack
http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/sql-server-performance
Submitted by Community member Fabio Paracchini, this ZenPack is for monitoring SQL Server Performance and works and was tested with SQL 2000 and SQL 2005

BlueCoat Appliances ZenPack
http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/bluecoat
Community member Wouter ‘netdata‘ D’Haeseleer has submitted his ZenPack that monitors BlueCoat Proxy SG and AntiVirus appliances.

For this and other ZenPacks, check out the ZenPacks site: http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/

Thanks Vaibhav, Andrea, Randy, Fabio and Wouter!

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]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/25/the-zenpacks-keep-coming/feed/ The Submit a ZenPack Contest is rolling http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/16/the-submit-a-zenpack-contest-is-rolling/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/16/the-submit-a-zenpack-contest-is-rolling/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:54:43 +0000 Matt Ray http://blog.zenoss.com/?p=358

Just two weeks in and we’ve already got 4 great entries with more ZenPacks in the queue. Keep sending Zenoss your ZenPacks for a chance to win an Asus Eee PC laptop. Read up on the Submit a ZenPack Contest here: (http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/06/29/submit-a-zenpack-win-fabulous-prizes/)

ASSP Anti-Spam monitor ZenPack
(http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/assp-antispam), submitted by Community member Andrea ‘konsa79′ Consadori. With this ZenPack you can monitor your ASSP antispam information:
* SMTP Connection Accepted and Rejected
* Messages Passed and Rejected
* Message statistic (SPF Failure, RBL Failure)

MIB Browser ZenPack
(http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/mib-browser), submitted by Community member Kells ‘kpg123′ Kearney. This ZenPack is a graphical MIB navigator and OID browser with extended MIB functionality:
* Download and Install MIBs remotely
* MIB Navigator
* SNMP testing
* and much more

OpenLayers Map portlet ZenPack
(http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/open-layers-map), submitted by Community member Nikolai Georgiev. The OpenLayers Map portlet adds a new portlet to Zenoss Dashboard, similar to Google Maps portlet. It’s useful for locations with poor Google Maps coverage. You must use latitude and longitude in the address fields to get it to map.
OpenLayers Map portlet ZenPack on SourceForge

Improved Linux monitoring ZenPack
(http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/improved-linux-monitoring), submitted by Community member Randy Smith. The ImprovedLinux monitoring ZenPack provides more information for Linux hosts that take advantage of the mibs provided by net-snmpd.

For this and other ZenPacks, check out the ZenPacks site (http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/).

Thanks Andrea, Kells, Nikolai and Randy!

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]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/16/the-submit-a-zenpack-contest-is-rolling/feed/ Submit a ZenPack, Win Fabulous Prizes! http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/06/29/submit-a-zenpack-win-fabulous-prizes/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/06/29/submit-a-zenpack-win-fabulous-prizes/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:21:28 +0000 Matt Ray http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/06/29/submit-a-zenpack-win-fabulous-prizes/

Asus EeeThere have been a lot of new submissions of Community ZenPacks to coincide with the recent Zenoss 2.2 Release. We’ve seen recent ZenPacks for a variety of things like Alvarion Wifi access points, Cisco IPSLA, Juniper Netscreens and Microsoft Routing and Remote Access. In the Zenoss forums there are a wide variety of ZenPacks being discussed and tested, but we wanted to really kickstart the process. So we’re announcing a “Submit a ZenPack Contest” with not 1, but 2 great prizes!

What is the Submit a ZenPack Contest?

Community contributed ZenPacks have typically consisted of new monitoring solutions, but did you know that ZenPacks can do even more than that? We’re looking for as many useful submissions as possible, monitoring something not yet covered, improvements to existing ZenPacks or extending Zenoss to provide new functionality. It doesn’t have to be overly complex, but don’t let that stop you from going wild. You can also submit detailed instructions on using Community ZenPacks if the existing documentation is not up to snuff. There are a lot of ZenPacks that are being tested or have yet to been submitted to Zenoss for hosting, so this contest is your chance to show off your chops and possibly win a great prize.

The Rules:

  1. Contributed ZenPacks should be Zenoss 2.2-style .eggs.
  2. So that we would be able to potentially include the ZenPack in a future release of Zenoss, please consider filling out our contribution form. If you’ve previously filled it out, you do not need to do so again.
  3. Send an email to community@zenoss.com with the title “Submit a ZenPack Contest” with your name, the attached ZenPack and any instructions or descriptions you would like to include.
  4. Submissions for the Zenoss Submit a ZenPack Contest are open until August 15th at which time we will draw randomly from all entries.
  5. Multiple entries are allowed and encouraged. You will get one entry for each tip submitted.
  6. Special Bonus: If you have a blog and you post your Zenoss ZenPack with a link back to the ZenPacks page we will enter your tip in the drawing twice (Please be sure to include the comment in your email submission and include the trackback link for this post in your blog entry).
  7. The contest will be open until August 15th at which time we will draw 1 entry randomly from all entries and the judges will select another. We will announce the winners shortly thereafter.

    8. Getting Started:

    The Prizes:
    We figured why just give 1 lucky winner an Asus Eee Ultra-Compact Linux Laptop when we can give away 2? So we will be selecting 1 winner at random and 1 by our judges from the submissions and giving them their choice of Galaxy Black or Pearl White Eee PC 2G Surf Linux Laptops.

    Get the power of a full-sized laptop in the ultra-compact ASUS Eee PC 2G Surf, which offers a full QWERTY keyboard, 7-inch screen, and preinstalled Linux operating system. (This laptop is also compatible with the Microsoft Windows XP operating system.) You’ll be able to stay connected to email and the Internet easily thanks to the Wi-Fi LAN (802.11b/g), and communicate via video chat and VoIP with the Webcam integrated into the display’s bezel. Because it uses flash memory instead of a hard drive (with 2 GB of storage), the Eee PC is optimal for weathering rough handling and sharing space in overstuffed bags.

    For the professional, the Eee PC comes with a powerful selection of software to maximize personal productivity–over 40 built-in applications. The Open Office suite of software enables the user to open, edit and create documents, presentations, spreadsheets and databases that are compatible with Microsoft Office. For journalists, photographers and other professionals who need to use a computer in the field to create, to communicate and to collaborate with other colleagues, the Eee PC’s combination of power, extreme portability and rugged build makes it the ideal computing solution.It’s also a great choice for young students, with a built-in Dictionary that’s great for homework, and it includes two modes of intuitive graphic user interface design to accommodate both experienced and inexperienced PC users. The Eee PC also handles your digital images, movies, and music as well as Internet radio.

    Compact and highly portable at just 32 ounces, the Eee PC 2G Surf has a 7-inch wide color TFT LCD with an 800 x 480-pixel resolution (WXGA). Under the hood is a 800 MHz Intel Mobile CPU with integrated Intel graphics processor, 512 MB of RAM (not expandable), and 2 GB of solid-state flash memory. With the dependable solid-state disk, you get unparalleled shock-protection and reliability. In addition to its wireless LAN, it also offers wired Fast Ethernet connectivity and a 56K modem. The Eee PC includes software for Web browsing (Firefox), email, OpenOffice 2.0 for creating and editing word processing documents and spreadsheets, and a suite of other productivity software to help keep you on track.

    You get three USB 2.0 ports, a VGA output for connecting to external monitors, headphone and microphone jacks, and a Secure Digital (SD) memory card slot. The Eee PC measures 8.9 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches, and it weighs 32 ounces. The 4-cell, 5200 mAh battery provides up to 3.5 hours of battery life.

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]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/06/29/submit-a-zenpack-win-fabulous-prizes/feed/ New ZenPacks from the Zenoss Community http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/06/03/new-zenpacks-from-the-zenoss-community/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/06/03/new-zenpacks-from-the-zenoss-community/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:01:09 +0000 Matt Ray http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/06/03/new-zenpacks-from-the-zenoss-community/

There are new ZenPacks submitted by Zenoss Community members Andrea ‘konsa79′ Consadori and Patrick ‘pat2man’ Tescher.

  • Alvarion WiFi monitor (http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/alvarion) For monitoring connections, signal strength and dropped frames for Alvarion WiFi access points.
  • Routing and Remote Access monitor (http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/routingandremoteaccess) For monitoring connections and throughput for VPN connections with Microsoft’s Routing and Remote Access.

Andrea has also updated his Funkwerks and Netasq ZenPacks with additional modeling.

For this and other ZenPacks, check out the ZenPacks site (http://www.zenoss.com/community/projects/zenpacks/).

Thanks Andrea and Patrick!

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The new Zenoss 2.2 Core ZenPacks are now available for download and we’ve added a few new ones:

You can go to the ZenPack Project Site to see all the Community and Core ZenPacks currently available. If you prefer you can download the Core ZenPack Bundle for all the available Core ZenPacks.

Keep these things in mind for a happier ZenPack install or upgrade experience:

  • New ZenPacks are distributed as Python .egg files, you may install them the same way you previously installed the .zip ZenPacks.
  • If you installed Zenoss via a native rpm and want to use the ZenPacks RPM make sure you have read the instructions here: http://www.zenoss.com/community/docs/install-guides/zenoss-upgrade-instructions/
  • Zenoss must be running when you attempt to install an individual ZenPack or the ZenPacks rpm. (Don’t attempt to install the Core RPM and the ZenPacks RPM at the same time!)
  • If installing the individual ZenPacks remember to run zenpack –install as the zenoss user.
  • If you are using a source-based installer for Zenoss make sure you have run zenmigrate since upgrading to 2.2 before installing ZenPacks.
  • zenpack –list (as the zenoss user) will give you a list of installed ZenPacks and inform you if any are broken.
  • If something goes awry, it may help to run zenmigrate manually (as the zenoss user.)
  • Restart Zenoss after you have installed ZenPacks. (The ZenPacks rpm should restart Zenoss automatically.)
  • If you have any problems or questions please post on the Zenoss ZenPacks forum and remember to detail in your post the platform you are installing on, which installation method you are using and whether you are performing a clean install or an upgrade.
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]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/05/21/new-core-zenpacks-are-available/feed/ Zenpack: Funkwerk Brand Routers http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/03/02/zenpack-funkwerk-brand-routers/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/03/02/zenpack-funkwerk-brand-routers/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:07:45 +0000 Mark Hinkle http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/03/02/zenpack-funkwerk-brand-routers/

Thanks to Andrea Consadori who contributed this Zenpack to monitor Funkwerk brand routers.

The Zenpack monitors performance of the of the following router attributes:

  • CPU
  • Memory
  • ATM Interface (Noise Margin / Output PWR / Attenuation)

Here’s some performance graphs of the Zenpack

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