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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ok, maybe I have spent too much time looking at too many different man
pages for too many different products. Whatever the case may be, I could
really use a cold slap in the face.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I want to monitor anything and everything I can on 100+ servers (numbers
growing monthly) all over the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Some are HP-UX, some are Linux, some are Windows. I am focused on HP-UX
and Linux for now. I would like to use bb-central so that I do not have
to deploy clients across my enterprise, but I won’t be so stubborn that I
won’t use bb-clients, as I really need to have a hand full of remote
servers monitored (cpu, disk space, etc) by next Thursday. I am trying to
fend off a “wannabe” administrator who is pushing Nagios, which I
do not want to deploy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ok, here are the questions (please forgive my ignorance)…..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>It looks like I need to install
Hobbit and BB-Client to monitor the OS level on the Hobbit server. True?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Can I “hobbit” enable
my applications to report status from remote servers without any middleware
(bb-client)?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>I
would think this could be a “one liner” in my apps (20-30 of them)
to report their internal status.????<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Where can I see the message format
for sending my own messages to the display server, if that is possible?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>It looks like if I want to use bb-central:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Do
I need both bb-server and bb client on the display server?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Should
I modify bb-central to not use BB or maybe just rewrite that functionality to
fit hobbit?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Any advice, comments, suggestion welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tim Rotunda</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I.T. & Systems Integration Manager<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Opus Healthcare Solutions, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Austin</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">78759</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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