[Xymon] Is this thing on?

Mon Aug 14 20:51:54 CEST 2023

I too have worked with Hobbit/BigBrother/Xymon for decades. We too have
been looking at Xymon alternatives.  We were looking at Zabbix but with
Solarwinds embedded everywhere, we will probably go with it fully to
replace Xymon.

On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 10:32 AM Ralph M <ralphmitchell at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been using Xymon at several different employers since it was
> BigBrother owned by a couple of guys in Canada.  My current Senior VP wants
> Xymon to go away.  He hasn't actually told me that directly, but I've heard
> it via another channel.  We have SolarWinds on some machines, but I've
> never even seen the GUI for that.  We're also distributing Oracle
> Enterprise Manager (OEM) to a bunch of machines.  I don't know for sure,
> but I suspect a contracting company is whispering in my SVP's ear to sell
> support for OEM.  In the meantime, my Xymon server has 878 days uptime and
> they're still trying to figure out how to install and configure the OEM
> agents.  It's going to be tons of fun watching them try to replace all the
> little scripts I've written with OEM equivalents.
>
> @Cristoph - I don't know if I can use stunnel.  It's a military-related
> company and there are all kinds of restrictions that sometimes even make
> sense.
>
> Ralph Mitchell
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 9:41 AM Scot Kreienkamp <
> Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com> wrote:
>
>> No new release since 2019, no activity on the mailing list, I think it’s
>> safe to say it’s flatlined.  Sad to see it fade, I’ve been using it for a
>> decade or more.
>>
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>> *From:* Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> *On Behalf Of *Neil Simmonds
>> *Sent:* Monday, August 14, 2023 5:29 AM
>> *To:* xymon >> xymon at xymon.com <xymon at xymon.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Is this thing on?
>>
>>
>>
>> Is Xymon dying? No new release since 2019, There was a roadmap in 2015
>> that mention Versions 4.4 up to 5 but nothing seems to have moved on that.
>>
>>
>>
>> It feels like Xymon has become a static project that’s going to fade
>> away. That would be a shame as I for one think it’s a great tool.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> *On Behalf Of *Galen Johnson
>> *Sent:* Sunday, August 13, 2023 3:01 AM
>> *To:* xymon >> xymon at xymon.com <xymon at xymon.com>
>> *Subject:* [Xymon] Is this thing on?
>>
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