Bringing Nagios XI Into Your Business

By Nathan BroderickAI Vector, LLC

nagios@AI Vector.com

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AI Vector Background

AI Vector is a technology companyFounded in 2008MonitoringProgrammingSystems Administration

Creative solutions to difficult problemsKnowledgeable staffSystems tuning

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Specializing in monitoring and programming

Focused on mid to large companies looking to enhance their monitoring needsAssist in systems architecture and implementationPerformance tuning and ongoing monitoring

Issue:

If your customers know about your problems before

you do, it’s time to get better monitoring

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Why Monitoring?

What is the Cost?

Monitoring is essential for any company that wants to survive

Monitoring helps companies create a professional image

Toys R Us website went down temporarily in key Christmas time frame.

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What is the Cost?

Are your current monitoring solutions meeting your needs?

What matters most to your business?

Productivity LossLabor CostsPotential Lost SalesLoss of Confidence in your

Business

Where to start

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Where to Start

Does your company use your current monitoring system?Nagios makes monitoring simpleSystems analysis of current MonitoringWhat processes are necessary

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Nagios XI Features

Intuitive GUI

Easily view problems

Little training required

Performance Graphs

Dashboards and Reports

Configuration Wizards

Expandability

24/7 Monitoring

Multiple User Support

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Where to Start

How many systems do you have?How many services run on those systems?What are your critical business processes?Who will be running the system once it is set up?

Plan what type of reporting will be needed and who will see it

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Planning

Establish roles and responsibilities

Determine who will run the system

Plan out the host groups and service groups

Establish good SLA times

Create the audience of the alerts

Determine what management will need to see

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Planning

Plan to monitor regional areas of the companyDo a cost analysis of implementationDevelop a project plan for the implementationPlan out the monitor hierarchy

Evaluating Monitoring Systems

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Where to Start with Nagios

Evaluate the structure of the Nagios system

Structure for performanceScalingRedundancy

Establish standards

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Why Nagios XI ?

What sets Nagios apart from its competitor?

Nagios adapts to your environment no matter how complex

Easy to use interface

Reliable, scalable monitoring

Why does AI Vector like working in the Nagios System?

Getting Started with Nagios

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Monitoring Wizard in Nagios

Easily set up monitors using wizardsLittle training needed to set up monitorsBetter for large environments

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Dashboards

Customized views for each member of the teamEasy to share dashboards with coworkers Easy to find views

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Performance Graphs

Good performance graphs

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Expandability

Useful components like AD integrationAPI BackendSharable dashboardsAuto discovery componentsGraph Explorer Component

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Graph Explorer Component

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Advanced Monitoring

Nagios XI goes where no other monitors have gone before

AI VECTOR AND YOU

AI Vector has specialized in monitoring for several yearsNagios XI is the most cost effective solution we have foundNagios XI scales and adapts to big environments when other systems failNagios XI interfaces with most systems

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Nagios Implementation

Establish basic monitorsInternal politics play a roll in monitoring, trust the Nagios monitorsConfigure the host groups and service groups

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Nagios Implementation

Add SLA monitorsBusiness workflow monitorsFine tune the systemAdd additional checksSet up dashboards and reporting

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Nagios Implementation

Finalize dashboards for managementCreate meaningful reportsVisual MapsRoot Cause MonitoringDocumentationTends to be an iterative process

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Selenium Integration

Selenium Demo

Gotchas

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Nagios Summary

Internal Politics

Justifying the cost

Long term administration

Lack of standard processes

Fine tune monitors

Expensive monitoring tools

Resistance to new monitoring tools

Initial setup is crucial

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Nagios Summary

Nagios is the best system out there

Proactively solve business problems - Don't wait for your customers to tell you

Quickly identify the root of a problem - no more finger pointing

Monitoring saves your company money

Build customer and IT confidence through transparency

Nagios will solve your business monitoring needs

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Advanced Monitoring with AI Vector

Fine tuningSNMP solutionsComplex business monitoring• Reliable, scalable

monitoring• Multi-site support• Component

customization

Questions?

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