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Exploring Visualization

Tools With Nagios

Mike Guthrie

[email protected]


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Data Visualization: Introduction

Why use data visualization?

Turns raw data into useful information

Can communicate complex ideas andinformation in an understandable format

Wider audience of understanding

Can present technical concepts to non-technical users

Can clearly reveal the source of problems

As environments get larger, datavisualization becomes more important


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Real World Example

The cable company conversation

My internet connection is garbage betweenhours X and Y

Rep: I can ping you, looks fine to me. I

can't see a problemMe: (Begin Nagios Monitoring...)

A few days later...

Me: Here's a graph of packet loss to this IPfor the last few days, does this look fine toyou?


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Real World Example

Result: A sudden flurry of activity and two dayslater, internet improves!


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NagVis

NagVis: a flexible visualization tool that allows status

information to be overlayed on a map or diagram

NagVis Automap:


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NagVis


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NagVis


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NagVis


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NagVis


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NagVis


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OpServices DaVinci

OpServices DaVinci


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OpServices DaVinci

Commercial Addon For Network Mapping and

Diagrams:Commercial supportFor Nagios Core or Nagios XIRequires ndoutils, merlin, or mk_livestatus

as a backendEasy to install and get up and runningIntuitive user interfaceFlash based

Live status updates within maps anddiagrams


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OpServices DaVinci

DaVinci


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OpServices DaVinci

DaVinci


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OpServices DaVinci

DaVinci


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Nagios BPI (Business Process Intelligence)

Advanced grouping tool to display business

processes and dependenciesFor Nagios Core or Nagios XIIntended to display the real state of thenetwork and business processes

Can be used to set up smarter alerts.Developed by a really nice guy


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BP (B P )


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N i XI C t


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Nagios XI Components

Nagios XI: Visualization Tools

N i XI G h E l C t


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Nagios XI: Graph Explorer Component

Graph Explorer

N i XI G h E l C t


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Graph Explorer

Nagios XI Graph E plorer Component


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Graph Explorer



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Graph Explorer



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Graph Explorer

Nagios XI: Google Map Component


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Google Maps Component



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Google Maps Component

Nagios XI: Hypermap and Network Replay


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Nagios XI: Hypermap and Network Replay

Hypermap

Nagios XI Minemap


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Nagios XI Minemap

Minemap

Nagios XI BBMap


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Nagios XI BBMap

Minemap

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