You can monitor memory usage of remote machines (UNIX and Linux) using Icinga. As the default plug-in in Icinga does not support monitoring of memory usage, follow the instructions below to add a new plug-in to avail this service. Configuration on remote host Download the plug-in perl script from this link wget https://github.com/justintime/nagios-plugins/tree/master/check_mem Copy the [...]
Configuring Icinga Server for monitoring VMware ESXi Server Using Icinga and its plugins, you can view/monitor VMware ESXi server for the following: Hardware details, and Private services like CPU usage Memory Usage Swap Usage Net Usage VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) main storage Follow the instructions given below to configure Icinga to monitor your ESXi [...]
Provisioning IT infrastructure to meet your organization needs can be a lengthy process. It can drain your resources and consume time especially if the requirements are ad hoc. IT departments have to determine system requirements, work on solutions and identify resources that are already available and needed for provisioning. Using HP Matrix Operating Environment (Matrix [...]
Simplify Oracle migration from your old generation servers (RISC/UNIX) to new x86-Linux by using a disaster recovery (DR) server. Additionally, you also get to minimize downtime, protect data and maintain application availability even during the live migration process. Here’s the approach: 1. Create a “physical” standby server using RMAN and Data Guard from a backup [...]
Did you know you can create a simple high available solution for your mission critical enterprise data without expensive Oracle clustering? Many organizations have a backup server in their data center that is simply a spare server capable of loading the latest backup tape. Hardly many know this backup server can be used as a [...]