SNMP ssCPUIdle Incorrect on CentOS 5.2

Mark Berry July 8, 2011

I use SNMP to monitor ssCPUIdle on CentOS 5.2. Today, after 248 days of uptime, it started returning 0% idle:

$snmpwalk -v 1 localhost –c public .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.11
UCD-SNMP-MIB::ssCpuIdle.0 = INTEGER: 0

SNMPUtil on Server 2008 R2

Mark Berry July 8, 2011

Yes, SNMPUtil from the Server 2000 Resource Kit, available here, works on Server 2008 R2. The package also includes the handy SNMPUtilG with a graphical interface.

Monitor Dell DRAC 5 Using SNMP

Mark Berry March 2, 2011

I want to use the SNMP checks in GFI MAX Remote Management to monitor my Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC), version 5. The Dell™ OpenManage™ Server Administrator Version 6.2 SNMP Reference Guide (PDF) is the main reference on Dell SNMP.

Monitoring CentOS Linux with Kaseya

Mark Berry April 15, 2009

I’m doing a trial of Kaseya 2008 hosted by the good folks at Virtual Administrator. I want to monitor my PBX in a Flash (PiaF) server, which runs under CentOS 5.2.

Although Kaseya doesn’t yet have a native Linux agent, it does allow monitoring of Linux boxes via SNMP. This article documents my first attempt at setting up basic Linux monitoring in Kaseya. This is new stuff for me so follow the example at your own risk!