Remote Monitoring software

shinobSS · n00b Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Posts: 62 Location: Dallas, TX

Hiya

I was wondering if anyone knew of any windows based remote server monitoring software. I'd prefer a Gkrellm approach, where I can see proc, memory, fs, and net info, but I might be asking too much for a Windows app

My server is headless, or else I'd run Gkrellm from there. Any ideas?

Thanks!

dioxmat · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2002 1:19 pm Post subject:

what about ssh + display exporting ? of course that requires you to have an x server on the machine where you want to see the app... :)

klieber · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2002 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: Remote Monitoring software

shinobSS · n00b Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Posts: 62 Location: Dallas, TX

xming · Guru Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 441

short howto

remote: remote system which you want to control
local: your workstation when you want thing to be displayed

on remote you need X libs and all libs needed, so if it's gnome app you need all gnome stuffs and if it's a kde app you need all the kde libs. And of course sshd

on local you need a X server and xfonts (or connect to a font server) and ssh client

In case on local net (no firewall)

ssh from local to remote, login, then type

davoid · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2002 1:17 am Post subject:

One word. bb4.com
it looks very nice IMHO
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pilla · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2002 1:56 am Post subject:

I think gkrellm has also a daemon mode. I don't know exactly how it works, but I think is something like a daemon running in a computer which sends information to connected clients....

arkane · l33t Joined: 30 Apr 2002 Posts: 918 Location: Phoenix, AZ

well snmp is cross-platform, and I'm sure there are quite a few utilities out there for Windows that can monitor snmp transactions.

shinobSS · n00b Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Posts: 62 Location: Dallas, TX

Alright =)

First, I wasnt able to get the remote X to work...it wanted a mouse to be there when I started the Xserver, and I dont have a mouse hooked up to it (no spare ones either =()

Going on the Gkrellm suggestion, I found a Gkrellm for Windows port here. Also, in Gkrellm 2.0, (source) it has a dir for the server build..I built that, ran it as a daemon, then configured the Windows Gkrellm to monitor the nix box with gkrellm.exe -s (address). Works like a charm! Though I did notice that my memory is different in both Top and the Gkrellm..by alot.

Thanks for all the help =)