[hobbit] Hobbit Monitor version 4.2 released

[Marco Avvisano]

Great work Enrick!!!

Marco


> I am pleased to announce the release of Hobbit version 4.2.0.
> 
> This release comes after a full year of development since the
> previous release, and 2 months of dilligent testing by lots 
> of dedicated people on the Hobbit mailing list. It is safe to
> say that this is the best tested release of Hobbit ever done.
> 
> This release is very much focused on Hobbit clients. The highlights 
> of this release are:
> 
> * Full client support. The Hobbit clients now support monitoring
>  of cpu-, disk- and memory-utilisation, as well as system logfiles,
>  network ports and traffic, processes, file- and directory sizes,
>  system clock synchronization, and much more. When a problem is
>  detected on a host, the client data is automatically saved so
>  it is available for later troubleshooting - even if the host
>  has completely crashed.
> 
> * Pull-style data collection for DMZ hosts. Clients normally
>  connect to the Hobbit server to deliver their data. For
>  DMZ hosts this is often not possible due to firewall restric-
>  tions. For such hosts, Hobbit 4.2 supports server-pulling
>  of the data.
> 
> * Automatic updates of Hobbit client installations. Client
>  installations of Hobbit 4.2 can be updated automatically
>  without having to physically access the client hosts.
>  Updates can be rolled out automatically from the Hobbit
>  server, to individual clients or all of your monitored systems.
> 
> * A new "Acknowledgment" webpage lets administrators acknowledge
>  alerts easily, without having to know the ack-code required
>  in previous releases.
> 
> * A new "Critical systems" webpage allows detailed configuration
>  of critical systems for large-scale operations. A web-based
>  configuration tool enables the monitoring operations staff to
>  easily configure individual hosts and/or services to appear
>  on the Critical Systems view, and allows them to focus on
>  the most important events at any given time.
> 
> * A new "Metrics report" webpage allows for comparison of trend
>  data across hosts, e.g. to view the effect of loadbalancing
>  a service across multiple hosts.
> 
> * Several independent projects have sprung up, including a
>  BBWin (a client for MS-Windows based systems); DevMon
>  (a data collection tool for SNMP-enabled devices); and
>  The Shire (a repository for Hobbit add-ons, sample 
>  configurations, and other interesting things). Links to 
>  these can be found in the "About Hobbit" on-line help.
> 
> Plus performance improvements, lots of other small enhancements
> and bugfixes.
> 
> Hobbit 4.2.0 is available from the Hobbit project page on 
> SourceForge.net: 
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&package_id=
> 140220
> 
> If you are upgrading from a previous version of Hobbit, please refer
> to the RELEASENOTES file shipped with Hobbit 4.2.0 for instructions
> on updating.
> 
> 
> I hope You will enjoy it.
> 
> Regards,
> Henrik
> 
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