[hobbit] Hobbit Monitor version 4.2 released

[ZanDAhaR]

Henrik Stoerner wrote:
> 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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>   
Excellent work as always Henrik. Many thanks to you and everyone that 
has testing this over the year and also all the new features that have 
sprung up.

Looking forward to the future of this excellent app.

Allan Spencer
Corporate Learning Systems
Melbourne, Australia