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Zabbix Network Monitoring - Second Edition

By : Rihards Olups, Rihards Olups, Rihards Olups
Book Image

Zabbix Network Monitoring - Second Edition

By: Rihards Olups, Rihards Olups, Rihards Olups

Overview of this book

This book is a perfect starting point for monitoring with Zabbix. Even if you have never used a monitoring solution before, this book will get you up and running quickly, before guiding you into more sophisticated operations with ease. You'll soon feel in complete control of your network, ready to meet any challenges you might face. Beginning with installation, you'll learn the basics of data collection before diving deeper to get to grips with native Zabbix agents and SNMP devices. You will also explore Zabbix's integrated functionality for monitoring Java application servers and VMware. Beyond this, Zabbix Network Monitoring also covers notifications, permission management, system maintenance, and troubleshooting - so you can be confident that every potential challenge and task is under your control. If you're working with larger environments, you'll also be able to find out more about distributed data collection using Zabbix proxies. Once you're confident and ready to put these concepts into practice, you'll find out how to optimize and improve performance. Troubleshooting network issues is vital for anyone working with Zabbix, so the book is also on hand to help you work through any technical snags and glitches you might face. Network monitoring doesn't have to be a chore - learn the tricks of the Zabbix trade and make sure you're network is performing for everyone who depends upon it.
Table of Contents (32 chapters)
Zabbix Network Monitoring Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
6
Detecting Problems with Triggers
7
Acting upon Monitored Conditions
Index

Monitoring discrete sensors


The sensor list shows some sensors where the value is quite clear: temperatures, fan RPMs, and so on. Some of these can be a bit more tricky, though. For example, your sensor listing could have a sensor called Power Unit Stat or similar. These are discrete sensors. One might hopefully think that they could return 0 for an OK state and 1 for Failure, but they're usually more complicated. For example, the power unit sensor can actually return information about eight different states in one retrieved value. Let's try to monitor it and see what value we can get in Zabbix for such a system. Navigate to Configuration | Hosts, click on Items next to IPMI host, and click on Create item. Fill in the following:

  • Name: Enter Power Unit Stat (or, if your IPMI-capable device does not provide such a sensor, choose another useful sensor)

  • Type: IPMI agent

  • Key: Power_Unit_Stat

  • IPMI sensor: Power Unit Stat

When done, click on the Add button at the bottom.

Tip

If normal sensors work...