TrueSight vs Nagios & Foglight By Datapro Computer Systems

TrueSight – Nagios – Foglight The features of these 3 softwares are different: Nagios feature is subset of TrueSight Operation Management features Only few features of Foglight are in the same area as TrueSight

TrueSight vs Nagios Nagios is subset of TrueSight TrueSight Features Nagios Feature

TrueSight vs Nagios Patrol Nagios Core System Monitoring Service Model No Service Model TrueSight Impact Manager

Nagios Core (Freeware) Have to edit configuration file to change the threshold Have to edit configuration file to add hosts to be monitored

Nagios XI (Licensed version) Have to understand Nagios Syntax to change the configuration

TrueSight with Patrol Agent Define threshold and configure monitoring behavior through GUI

TrueSight Dynamic Threshold Self-Learning Analytics - Eliminate 90% of Unnecessary Events & Tickets

What can we monitor? For Nagios, it’s not easy to configure each add-on to monitor all of these

Nagios - Patrol Comparison Nagios Core (Freeware) Nagios XI (License) TrueSight with Patrol Agent Add-on Monitoring Modules No Yes: OS,DB,Web Server, …etc Modifying the configuration & threshold Edit config files GUI with command line GUI Need to restart after modifying the config Yes Monitoring Console Not so friendly Friendly GUI Dynamic Threshold Service Model

TrueSight with Nagios? TrueSight is “Monitoring Tool” with “Service Model” Patrol Agent ProactiveNet Server Service Model (TrueSight Impact Management) Patrol  Nagios TrueSight can work with other monitoring tools Nagios Agent (NSCLient /NRPE add-on) Nagios Core  send data to  ProactiveNet Server Service Model

TrueSight & Nagios Integration Patrol Agents Service Models ProactiveNet Server Nagios Agents TrueSight Console ProactiveNet Library (msend) Nagios Core Server

TrueSight-Nagios Integration Write Nagios Macro, Write ProactiveNet msend script

TrueSight-Nagios Integration Alarm event is forwarded to TrueSight

TrueSight-Nagios Integration When it’s back to normal state, TrueSight will turn it to normal state also

TrueSight vs Foglight They focus on different things

Foglight for Database Focus on Database Diagnostic & Performance Tuning A Lot of technical details, Suitable for DBA & Technical guy

Foglight APM Focus on Web Application Diag / Trace / Performance Tuning A Lot of technical details for Application guy, System N/W Admin

Foglight Monitoring Console Separated console for each products

TrueSight - Single Console Single console for all monitored systems/apps Event consolidation from other vendor’s tools Present in the form of Event Console or Business Service Model

Event Management Console Event Grouping can be customized and categorized

TrueSight Event Management Data are collected from various data sources and BMC Event Management Module presents them on the dashboard Event Management Dash Board SNMP Traps ProactiveNet Event Adaptor Event Management Patrol Agent Data Sources 3rd Party Monitoring Tools

TrueSight Impact Management Service Model Service Impact Dash Board SNMP Traps ProactiveNet Event Adaptor Service Impact Management Patrol Agent If service model is configured, it can be presented in the viewpoint of Business Service Model Data Sources 3rd Party Monitoring Tools

TrueSight Service Model

TrueSight Probable Cause Analysis Time correlation The event being analyzed as the probable cause occurred during a logical timeframe, which might make it the cause of the result event.

TrueSight Probable Cause Analysis User-defined filters Once the event has passed the time correlation filter Knowledge patterns If you have determined that a certain set of criteria usually results in the same probable cause event, then you can create a knowledge pattern Scoring based on a combination of factors computed by BMC ProactiveNet that determine the likelihood that the event is a probable cause event. Service Model Relationships The relationships between configuration items (CIs) identify potential probable cause events.

TrueSight vs Foglight Foglight DB,Storage Foglight APM TrueSight (Pnet) Main Purpose of the software Diag, Tuning, Monitoring Diag, Tracing, Monitoring Service Model - Event Mngt. & Monitoring Target system to be monitored Databases, Storage Web Applications OS ,Database , Web Apps, ERP Root cause analysis Technical approach Probable Cause Analysis approach Service Model No Yes Single Console for all monitored systems Integrate with other tools - Nagios, HPOV, …

What are our needs? System Monitoring? Service Model?  TrueSight OS: Windows, Unix, …  TrueSight-Patrol / Nagios DB: Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, …  TrueSight-Patrol / Nagios Application: Web Application Server, ERP, …  TrueSight-Patrol / Nagios Service Model?  TrueSight Database drill-down diag & monitoring  Foglight Application Performance Monitoring (User Experience Monitor)  Foglight (or “TureSight Visualization”)