Wouter D'Haeseleer

zendmd Tips and Tricks — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-03-19 07:22

Do you already know what the zendmd is? This is far the most advanced part of zenoss. Let me give you some tips to enhance zenoss.

Show the % usage in a filesytem threshold? — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-03-19 07:54

Ever needed the need to see the %usage of a filesystem threshold event?

Generate an event for unmounted filesystems — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-03-19 08:05

When a filesystem gets unmounted you can get an event generated.

Create a HighAvailable zenoss — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-03-19 11:09

This howto explains how to create a zenoss cluster using Opensource tools.

Zenoss HA setup — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-03-19 08:39

This shows my HA setup

Create a device dependency — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-03-19 10:37

e.g: do not generate events of an application server when the database server is down.

What is the data_source_type_id in the cacti XML — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-03-20 13:28

If you are converting cacti XML files into zenoss datasources, you would need to understand the datasource type.

use a zendmd script as standalone program — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-03-19 11:00

Wouldn't it be cool to run a python script directly without using the zendmd program?

Create rotating daily backups — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-03-20 14:37

By default zenoss creates daily backups in the $ZENHOME/backup dir. Here is how to change that and create a rotating system.

How to clean your events database — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-03-31 14:18

My events database was growing a lot although I already had used the cleanupscripts of zenoss. Here is how to clean more.

Create manual device dependencies — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-04-23 11:26

Here is how you could create manual device dependencies

Zenoss Logfiles are to big — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-04-10 11:47

Especially when you use zenjmx your log files can be to big. Here is how you could solve this.

tracepath.py — by Wouter DHaeseleer — last modified 2008-07-24 11:31

This script can trace the layer3 deps in zenoss