Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:07:08 -0400 From: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@ridecharge.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: system admin question... Message-ID: <470D30EC.7080501@ridecharge.com> In-Reply-To: <20071010195759.GA3820@thought.org> References: <20071010195759.GA3820@thought.org>
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Gary Kline wrote: > This is for the system admins out there; I brought up this question > last weekend, (re xsysstats, an *old* app), but got no answers, > so again: > > What are the best tools, graphical or otherwise, that I can use > on a dedicated Gnome [or CWTM, KDE, Whatever] workspace that > will help me track each of my four or five computers? > (((Is xosview broken? I have it running here on this pre xorg-7.2 > system.))) xsysstats seems reasonable; are there any others? > I'd like to be able to spot any overloads of file system snafus > before they go critical... . You should check out conky: /usr/ports/sysutils/conky If you install this + X client on the remote computers, you can then do xhost +server_ip ssh server_ip export DISPLAY=desktop_ip:0.0 conky & exit Its not the best way but hey its quick. You'll need to set own_window yes on the remote servers in ~/.conkyrc I tend to run it on my desktop and set it to on_windows no If you have a spotting network connection this blows. Also, checkout /usr/ports/sysutils/monit There's always the time honored snmp+mgrt combos Finally, checkout /usr/ports/net/nagios Ticketmaster uses this but on Redhat AS 3 boo! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip M. Gollucci (philip@ridecharge.com) c:323.219.4708 o:703.749.9295x206 Senior System Admin - Riderway, Inc. http://riderway.com / http://ridecharge.com 1024D/EC88A0BF 0DE5 C55C 6BF3 B235 2DAB B89E 1324 9B4F EC88 A0BF Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching.
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