Zenoss Blog http://blog.zenoss.com No Node Left Behind Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en 622254http://www.feedburner.com Tip of the Month: Layer 3 Dependency Checker http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/26/tip-of-the-month-layer-3-dependency-checker/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/26/tip-of-the-month-layer-3-dependency-checker/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:31:19 +0000 Mark Hinkle http://blog.zenoss.com/?p=444 This tip has been adapted from Wouter ‘netdata’ D’Haeseleer’s post on Zenoss-Users:
http://community.zenoss.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=23030

Download this file and put it in $ZENHOME/bin
http://www.zenoss.com/Members/netdata/tracepath.py

or if your Zenoss server has direct access to the internet you could do this:
wget http://www.zenoss.com/Members/netdata/tracepath.py -O $ZENHOME/bin/tracepath.py
or
curl -O http://www.zenoss.com/Members/netdata/tracepath.py -o $ZENHOME/bin/tracepath.py

Set the permissions:
chmod +x tracepath.py

You can now run it against any device you want to see if Zenoss is able to build layer 3 dependencies for.

tracepath.py swiss11
Getting path from zenoss0101 to swiss11...
zenoss -> VGB-DC01-SW01 -> VG_Turnhout -> pbru223.controlnet.equant.net -> pkt47.controlnet.equant.net -> CHEL-ZO01-SW01 -> swiss11

This reveals the path from the Zenoss server to the device passed in.

When Zenoss is unable to trace the path it will throw an error:

tracepath.py pkt1401
Getting path from zenoss0101 to pkt1401...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/zenoss/bin/tracepath.py", line 30, in ?
    path = source.os.traceRoute(destination, [])
  File "/opt/zenoss/Products/ZenModel/OperatingSystem.py", line 121, in traceRoute
    return nextdev.traceRoute(target, ippath)
  File "/opt/zenoss/Products/ZenModel/Device.py", line 507, in traceRoute
    return self.os.traceRoute(target, ippath)
  File "/opt/zenoss/Products/ZenModel/OperatingSystem.py", line 121, in traceRoute
    return nextdev.traceRoute(target, ippath)
  File "/opt/zenoss/Products/ZenModel/Device.py", line 507, in traceRoute
    return self.os.traceRoute(target, ippath)
  File "/opt/zenoss/Products/ZenModel/OperatingSystem.py", line 121, in traceRoute
    return nextdev.traceRoute(target, ippath)
  File "/opt/zenoss/Products/ZenModel/Device.py", line 507, in traceRoute
    return self.os.traceRoute(target, ippath)
  File "/opt/zenoss/Products/ZenModel/OperatingSystem.py", line 122, in traceRoute
    raise TraceRouteGap("unable to trace to %s, gap at %s" % (target.id,
Products.ZenModel.Exceptions.TraceRouteGap: unable to trace to pkt1401, gap at pbr213.controlnet.equant.net

Zenoss throws an error that there is a gap at pbr213.controlnet.equant.net. This means the Zenoss server is unable to see the routes that will lead to pkt1401.

When you use this script without a correct device it will lead to this:

tracepath.py foobar
Getting path from zenoss0101 to foobar...
Invalid destination.
]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/26/tip-of-the-month-layer-3-dependency-checker/feed/ Zenoss IRC session Thursday August 28 at 11am EST http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/25/zenoss-irc-session-thursday-august-28-at-11am-est/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/25/zenoss-irc-session-thursday-august-28-at-11am-est/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:13:02 +0000 Matt Ray http://blog.zenoss.com/?p=441 Zenoss developers will be available for questions on Thursday, August 28 at 11am EST in the #zenoss IRC channel on irc.freenode.net (port 6667). Please drop in and bring your questions, answers, suggestions and feedback. Our JMX and Texas BBQ expert JP will be on hand to answer your questions. See you there!

We’ll log the session and repost them here if you can’t make it.

Don’t forget you can search for answers to common questions by visiting the Zenoss forums.

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]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/25/zenoss-irc-session-thursday-august-28-at-11am-est/feed/ 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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We’ll log the session and repost them here if you can’t make it.

Don’t forget you can search for answers to common questions by visiting the Zenoss forums.

UPDATE:
Here’s last Thursday’s IRC log
http://www.zenoss.com/community/discuss/irc/archives/dev-chat-08-14-2008
other logs are available here:
http://www.zenoss.com/community/discuss/irc

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]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/07/zenoss-development-on-irc-thursday-august-14/feed/ Infoworld Best of Open Source http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/04/best-open-source-network-monitorin/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/04/best-open-source-network-monitorin/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:30:18 +0000 Mark Hinkle http://blog.zenoss.com/?p=394 Best of Open Source Network MonitoringThanks to Infoworld who named Zenoss Core Best of Open Source for Network Monitoring.  Infoworld describes Zenoss as as a scalable and easy-to-use replacement for legacy management architecture.

InfoWorld’s annual BOSSIES recognize the best free and open source software the world has to offer to businesses, IT professionals, and productive individuals who rely on computers to get work done.

This is quite an honor. Thanks to everyone who has helped make Zenoss Core award-winning.

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]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/08/04/best-open-source-network-monitorin/feed/ Zenoss Newsletter - July 2008 http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/31/zenoss-newsletter-july-2008/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/31/zenoss-newsletter-july-2008/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:20:06 +0000 Mark Hinkle http://blog.zenoss.com/?p=387 Summer’s here at Zenoss Headquarters and it’s hot… and in our new Austin Engineering Center it’s sweltering. Luckily, that’s keeping us at our desks working on the next versions of Zenoss products.

While we have been working the Zenoss community has been rocking. You have done an awesome job with new ZenPacks and helping other users in the forums. Thank you for your support in making Zenoss the best community driven network management solution ever. To help reward everyone’s contributions we decided to go a little contest crazy this month as a sign of our appreciation.

Latest Versions of Zenoss

We released Zenoss 2.2.3 on July 23rd which includes close to 100 bug fixes and feature enhancements. Zenoss Enterprise continues to improve as well. Take a look, request an evaluation today!

Submit a ZenPack Contest Rolls On

Last month we announced the “Submit a ZenPack Contest” with not one but two great prizes! We have received 15 ZenPacks including ones for Brocade Switches, EMC NAS and a new improved Linux ZenPack. Read the Zenoss blog to find out about some of how you can win an Asus Eee PC laptop.

Tip of the Month: Add Lots of Devices

We are going to give our Zenoss support guru Chet the month off and highlight some FAQs from community member Jim Shank on adding large numbers of devices to Zenoss:

Improve Zenoss, School the New Guy!

We recently hired Brandon Whichard to guide the development of our future Zenoss products. Here’s your chance to be heard by the Zenoss Product Manager on enhancements to Zenoss. Complete the survey and be entered to win an iPod touch.

Testify: Tell us your Story and Win

The best way for people to understand why Zenoss is a great network management solution is to have someone who uses Zenoss everyone explain the benefits. So here’s the deal, tell your Zenoss story, inspire other Zenoss users and win a cool Neuros Open Embedded Media Center.

In The News

See what people are saying about Zenoss this month.

OmniTraining: We Can Ditch Nagios Now

Free Software Magazine: Zenoss: A Great System Monitoring Program which tries to do everything right

SAGE News: Open Source Entperise Monitoring Review

Linux Journal: Zen and the Art of Monitoring

Best Regards,


Mark R. Hinkle
Vice President, Community
Zenoss Inc.

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]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/31/zenoss-newsletter-july-2008/feed/ Zenoss Testimonials: Win Prizes, Brag Up Your IT Chops http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/30/zenoss-testimonials-win-prizes-brag-up-your-it-chops/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/30/zenoss-testimonials-win-prizes-brag-up-your-it-chops/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:48:17 +0000 Mark Hinkle http://blog.zenoss.com/?p=379 The best way for people to understand why Zenoss is a great network management solution is to have someone who uses Zenoss everyone explain the benefits. So we want you to tell your Zenoss story, inspire other Zenoss users and win a Neuros Open Embedded Media Center.

The Rules

  1. Tell Us Your Zenoss Story. Where you use it, how long you have been using Zenoss, how many devices you monitor, what kinds of things you monitor, the more details the better.
  2. You can use video or written submissions. Just send your entry or a link to your entry to community@zenoss.com,
  3. We understand some organizations might have policies about disclosing details about their organization. If you can’t share your details publicly you can submit the details of your install without identifying your organization by using generic terms like a large electronics manufacturer or a federal government agency. You can also use a pseudonym if required by your employer. (Make sure to include your real name and contact information along with your entry so we can send you your prize if you win).
  4. The best three Zenoss success stories will be chosen by the judges (Matt and Mark, the community dudes and no we don’t accept bribes).
  5. By entering you agree to have your story posted on our websites and used in other public venues.
  6. We will start publishing all the Zenoss testimonials in September.

The Prize: Three Neuros OSDs

The three best user success stories will receive the very cool Neuros OSD. The Neuros OSD connects to your TV or home theater system and allows you to archive all of your DVD and video content. Plus the Neuros OSD has an open source component just like Zenoss and it is very hackable.

Plug the Neuros OSD into your TV, connect your DVD Player or VCR, and hit play. Your movie will be safely and legally transferred into a digital library! It works with home movies too. Just plug your video camera into the OSD, push play, and your memories are digitized.

With the Neuros OSD, you can store hundreds of hours of video in one location (like an external hard drive), get rid of those bulky cases, put an end to DVD damage, and instantly access any of your videos with the push of a button on a remote. You can even transfer your video content to a portable device (video iPod, PSP, mobile phone, etc.) to watch on the go, or email your home movies to friends and family.

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]]> http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/30/zenoss-testimonials-win-prizes-brag-up-your-it-chops/feed/ SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/26/sourceforgenet-community-choice-awards/ http://blog.zenoss.com/2008/07/26/sourceforgenet-community-choice-awards/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:17:10 +0000 Mark Hinkle http://blog.zenoss.com/?p=377 This week the winners of the SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards were announced at OSCON. I wanted to thank everyone who voted for us. We were nominated in three categories which was quite a feat. I think this is a testament to the enthusiasm of our users in a relatively small project  (when compared to the likes of Drupal, Linux and OpenOffice.org.

Information Week’s Sergar Yegulaip has coverage of the awards ceremony and a great quote from SourceForge’s Community Manager Ross Turk who has been extremely helpful in making the Zenoss Core project a success.

“One thing I was fairly certain of, since this had happened to me, was that some of Ross’ own favorite projects probably didn’t win anything. In my case, it was 7-Zip and PortableApps, but I was curious what Ross’ favorites were.

“We’d have to be Switzerland to not take sides, but if that wasn’t the case, I wanted Zenoss to win something. And I can say that because I myself have no control over the project!”

Here’s the list of the winners in the categories we were nominated in. I think given that the two projects that edged us out have millions of users and we have thousands makes it tough for us to win (though as fast as people are adopting Zenoss we are hopeful for the future). We would like to offer our congratulations to the following projects.

Thanks again to everyone that voted for Zenoss, and for your continuing support.

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