Going the Extra Mile in Network Monitoring & Management - Greg Kattawar, Spiceworks
- 1. Going The Extra Mile With Spiceworks Presented By Greg & Tabrez October 21 , 2010
- 2. Going The Extra Mile • Performance • Scanning • Checking for Scanning Errors • Spiceworks Extensions • Microsoft License Manager • Intel Power Manager • Intel Maintenance Manager • Windows Performance Monitor • Intel KVM • Device Uptime
- 3. Going The Extra Mile • Performance – Choose a fast browser – Machine -> Dual Core or better; 4 Gig memory – Help Desk Email polling interval – AV setup… – Widgets on Dashboard(s) – Plugins • Scanning – Primary Scan -> long schedule = network + device data + software + alerts – Health Check -> short schedule = network data + exchange data – Widgets & App -> realtime = network data + widget data • Credentials (Scanning & Network Backup) • Network Data & Backup -> SSH, Telnet, Enable • Windows -> WMI & SNMP • LINUX/OS-X -> SSH, SNMP • Printers -> SNMP & JetDirect
- 4. • Page load time for • Dashboard • People View • Purchasing View • Help Desk • 180 devices + 3000 tickets • Windows XP SP3, AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual, 2.19 GHz, 1.75 GB RAM Details
- 5. • Spiceworks Logging – Production.log -> General Application Log – Finder_child.log -> Scheduled Scanning Log – Finder_re.log -> Rescan Specific Device Log – Finder _watch.log -> Health check.log Sample: search finder_child.log for “rb:” Check time vs action 1 2 Check AV blocking; Firewall blocking
- 6. • Spiceworks Logging – Production.log -> General Application Log – Finder_child.log -> Scheduled Scanning Log – Finder_re.log -> Rescan Specific Device Log – Finder _watch.log -> Health check.log Sample: search finder_child.log for “rb:” Check time vs action 1 2 Check AV blocking; Firewall blocking