Re: {bb} Remote Monitor with Big Brother

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

> Folks,
>
> We are currently using Big Brother to monitor all of our internal
> network equipment and servers for any problems. The system is
> stable and working well. However, if the big brother system dies
> or the network is down, we have no way of getting alerts for
> problems (we don't want to use a modem to send out pages).
>
> Is there another organization out there (preferably using Big
> Brother also) who would be willing to monitor 4-5 systems on
> our network for us and have their system alert us if they go
> down. Basically, we would need our Internet router, internal
> router, mail server, web server, and big brother system
> monitored. If you are using Big Brother I can send you a
> sample hosts file and the changes needed in your bbwarnsetup
> and bbwarnrules files. You can setup a custom page on your
> system for us and configure the system to only send us alerts
> for our systems so you don't get bothered if something is down.
>
> We would be willing to monitor a few of your systems remotely also.
> It is alot cheaper than paying for a service :-)

I regret that I'm not in a position to accommodate you. I suspect
that, for a variety of reasons, many of the people who read this
list might also be unable to help. If you have not done so already,
it might be more fruitful to approach contacts at other academic
institutions to see if they are interested. Also, if you swap off-
site backup tapes with someone, they might be in a position to do
this.

I should also add that, if network outages are what you are trying
to catch, an off-site server will not be able to send you e-mail
alerts unless you use a modem to access an external account. Also,
if you are concerned about your BB server failing, you can get a
fair amount of resilience by configuring a "failover" server. This
could be a machine that is performing other functions since, under
normal circumstances, the "failover" BB server uses fewer resources
than the main one.

Cheers, Phil.



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