Monitoring Windows Server 2008 R2 with SNMP
March 14th, 2012 by Youzhny
So you have a new Windows Server 2008 R2 installed and now you’d like to start gathering statistics about how it’s performing. The SNMP protocol is a great way to get started. In this tutorial I will install the SNMP agent service on a Windows server and configure it to allow queries from a SNMP based management server. On the management server I will use a tool named Cacti that can collect this...
Sendmail smtp relay gmail google apps
February 15th, 2012 by Youzhny
Configure sendmail to use gmail/google apps as the external smtp server and have it authenticate properly.
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Install and Configure Cacti Network Graphing Tool on CentOS
January 12th, 2012 by Youzhny
Cacti is a network graphing tool similar to MRTG. How do I install and configure common options to collect SNMP data and various other data (such as system load, network link status, hard disk space, logged in users etc) into an RRD? (more…)