[Xymon] why do you use xymon?

[Josh Luthman]

It works.  It's cost effective.  It's lightweight.

It fits my needs and environment.

If you need the average user (not able to edit text files) then you'll
need to find a solution to that, Zenoss may be one option.  The other
would be to edit the bb-hosts (hosts.cfg) with the hobbitadmintools
(which may have been renamed to xymonadmintools at this point).  The
question is what problem is the co-worker trying to solve?

Josh Luthman
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On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Gore, David W (David)
<david.gore at verizon.com> wrote:
> 1)      Because we are a support group and we have no money
>
> 2)      Easy to configure external scripts custom scripts to monitor our
> applications, networks and operating systems, Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP,
> OpenVMS (Old BB client)
>
> 3)      Light weight, runs on 2 old PCs, slimline desktop PC’s, that are a
> thousand years old but can run Xymon
>
> 4)      Because it’s opensource easy to use freeware that we can afford
>
>
>
> If we needed to buy support or a consultant to install it.  It would not be
> the tool for us.  We want something free, fast, easy to install and quick to
> customize, in other words Xymon.
>
>
>
>
>
> ~David
>
>
>
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jones, Elizabeth
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 20:46
> To: Xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: [Xymon] why do you use xymon?
>
>
>
> Would any of you mind telling me why you use xymon? I have a co-worker who
> is pushing hard for zenoss, and his arguments include “gui discovery tool”,
> “no hand editing of config files”, “it is an enterprise level monitoring
> system and you can buy support and bring in a consultant to set it up for
> you”, and the ever popular “everyone is using zenoss now”.
>
>
>
> ----------
>
> Elizabeth Jones
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>
>
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