To Program, or Not to Program
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Server Monitoring
eBrief
Wedgewise Ltd (www.wedgewise.com),
August,
2004
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Server Monitoring eBrief
Of the
vendors considered, BMC Patrol offers by far the most extensive
out-of-the-box add-ons, followed by HP OpenView Operations, NetIQ AppManager
and Mercury Interactive SiteScope, while IBM Tivoli Monitoring boasts easy
design of monitoring policies
Server Monitoring product features (summary), by
vendor,
as observed in July, 2004
|
|
IBM Tivoli
Monitoring |
HP OpenView
Operations |
CA Unicenter
Network and Systems Management |
BMC PATROL
Enterprise Manager |
NetIQ AppManager
Suite |
Altiris Monitor
Solution for Servers |
Quest Foglight
Manage-ment Server |
Mercury Interactive
SiteScope |
|
Summary |
Boasts easy design
of monitoring policies (Resource Model Technology), autonomic engine |
Includes many
out-of-the-box sub-modules as standard, extensive line of add-on
out-of-the-box sub-modules |
Bundled with
Network Management, integration with other vendors' monitoring
solutions |
Very extensive line
of add-on out-of-the-box sub-modules, both from BMC and third-party,
integration with other vendors' monitoring solutions, both from BMC
and third-party |
Extensive line of
add-on out-of-the-box sub-modules |
Usually bundled/
integrated with Server CCM modules |
Add-on
out-of-the-box sub-modules for many of the major applica-tions |
Boasts agentless
monitoring, bundled with Network Management, extensive line of add-on
out-of-the-box monitored systems, integration with other vendors'
monitoring solutions |
Source: Websites, as observed in July, 2004
 |
For computer monitoring, while all vendors’ Server Monitoring products
considered offer basic functionality, BMC PATROL also has an add-on with
functionality that is specific to the Compaq NonStop Himalaya Server, and
BMC PATROL, NetIQ and Altiris propose add-ons to integrate with selected
hardware vendor management systems
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Server Monitoring product features (detail), by
vendor,
as observed in July, 2004
|
Feature |
IBM Tivoli
Monitoring |
HP OpenView
Operations |
CA Unicenter
Network and Systems Management |
BMC PATROL
Enterprise Manager |
NetIQ AppManager
Suite |
Altiris Monitor
Solution for Servers |
Quest Foglight
Manage-ment Server |
Mercury Interactive
SiteScope |
|
Computer monitoring |
Y |
Y |
Y |
BMC PATROL Express
- Server add-on, Sentry Software Hardware Sentry Knowledge Module for
PATROL add-on |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y (points-based
pricing) |
|
Compaq NonStop
Himalaya Servers |
|
|
|
BMC PATROL for
Compaq NonStop Himalaya Servers add-on |
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Integration with
hardware vendor management systems |
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Compaq Insight
Manager |
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BMC PATROL for
Compaq Insight Manager add-on |
NetIQ AppManager
Insight Manager add-on |
Altiris Connector
for HP Systems Insight Manager add-on |
|
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|
Dell OpenManage |
|
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|
BMC PATROL for Dell
Open-
Manage add-on |
NetIQ AppManager
Dell OpenManage add-on |
|
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HP TopTools for
Server |
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NetIQ AppManager HP
TopTools for Server add-on |
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IBM Netfinity
Manager |
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NetIQ AppManager
IBM Netfinity Manager add-on |
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IBM Netfinity
Director |
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NetIQ AppManager
IBM Netfinity Director add-on |
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IBM iSeries
(AS/400) |
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|
BMC PATROL for
iSeries (AS/400) add-on, BMC PATROL for iSeries (AS/400) - Perceive
add-on, BMC PATROL for iSeries (AS/400) - Perform add-on, BMC PATROL
for iSeries (AS/400) - Predict add-on |
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Siemens ServerView |
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NetIQ AppManager
Siemens ServerView add-on |
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Load & Performance
Testing monitoring |
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Segue Software
SilkPerformer |
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Segue Software Silk
Performer Knowledge Module for PATROL add-on |
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Source: Websites, as observed in July, 2004
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For Storage device
monitoring, again only BMC PATROL boasts monitoring functionality tailored
to specific devices
|
Server Monitoring product features (detail), by
vendor,
as observed in July, 2004
|
Feature |
IBM Tivoli
Monitoring |
HP OpenView
Operations |
CA Unicenter
Network and Systems Management |
BMC PATROL
Enterprise Manager |
NetIQ AppManager
Suite |
Altiris Monitor
Solution for Servers |
Quest Foglight
Manage-ment Server |
Mercury Interactive
SiteScope |
|
Storage device
monitoring |
Y |
Y |
Y |
BMC PATROL Express
- Universal Device add-on |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y (points-based
pricing) |
|
Storage
Arrays |
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Celerra |
|
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BMC Patrol for
Storage Arrays add-on |
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CLARiiON |
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BMC Patrol for
Storage Arrays add-on |
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Hitachi Freedom Storage |
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BMC Patrol for
Storage Arrays add-on |
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HP SureStore Disk Array XP |
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BMC Patrol for
Storage Arrays add-on |
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IBM Enterprise Storage Server |
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BMC Patrol for
Storage Arrays add-on |
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LSI Logic Storage Systems |
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BMC Patrol for
Storage Arrays add-on |
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Network Appliance Filers |
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BMC Patrol for
Storage Arrays add-on |
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StorageWorks |
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BMC Patrol for
Storage Arrays add-on |
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Sun StorEdge T3 Array |
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BMC Patrol for
Storage Arrays add-on |
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Symmetrix |
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BMC Patrol for
Storage Arrays add-on |
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Source: Websites, as observed in July, 2004
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For storage volume
monitoring, only BMC PATROL offers (third-party) add-ons for Veritas volume
management products
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Server Monitoring product features (detail), by
vendor,
as observed in July, 2004
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