From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 10 20:07:15 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 113BD16A417 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:07:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@ridecharge.com) Received: from exhub015-1.exch015.msoutlookonline.net (exhub015-1.exch015.msoutlookonline.net [207.5.72.93]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E07D413C465 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:07:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@ridecharge.com) Received: from philip.hq.rws (74.93.213.161) by smtpx15.msoutlookonline.net (207.5.72.103) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.0.730.1; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:07:14 -0700 Message-ID: <470D30EC.7080501@ridecharge.com> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:07:08 -0400 From: "Philip M. Gollucci" Organization: Rideray Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070919) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20071010195759.GA3820@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20071010195759.GA3820@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: system admin question... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:07:15 -0000 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.