[CUWiN-Dev] Existing CUWiN monitoring tools and proposed work for monitoring tools

[Ross Musselman]

Just to fill in the gap for those who want more context.... 

This work is part of the CRI grant that we are working on with Jennifer 
Hou of UIUC. The link for the CRI RFP is here: 
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04588/nsf04588.htm
The idea is to create a suite of monitoring and administration tools 
that can be used on a CUWiN network, and there is a particular emphasis 
on the management of a test bed, since that is one of the big 
deliverables on the grant.

Dan, I don't think it's fair to say that there are no tools. It is 
better to say that there are no integrated tools. What our suite needs 
to do is integrate the tools to provide better monitoring and 
administration, right. The proposal will need to flesh out the idea that 
the suite is significantly better than the sum of its parts.

As far as the actual functions of the suite, your list looks good to me 
(but what do I know).

Ross

dan blah wrote:
> i have to have this *formalized* by tomorrow.  any additions,
> subtractions, edits let me know.
>
> existing tools...
> none <insert tool here>
>
> proposed work...
> monitoring of network service status (inetd, zebra, hslsd, dhcpselect,
> wdogctl, etc)
> monitoring of node recourses (processor load, disk and memory usage,
> running processes, network load)
> monitoring of environmental factors such as node temperature
> monitoring of system state changes (network interface changes,
> configuration file add/delete/changes, file/drive permission changes)
> list of node clients with basic client information
> web interface for viewing current network status, problem history, log
> file (/var/log/daemon, /var/log/messages), application and kernel
> routes
> web interface visible nodes (parsing of /var/db/linkstates, routeviz)
> web interface authorization
> ability to define event handler to be run during service of host
> events for proactive problem resolution and self healing nodes
> contact notification when service of host problems occur and get
> resolved via email
> local node engine viewable from local httpd or console with the
> ability to be queried from a remote management engine
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