By Datapro Computer Systems TrueSight vs Nagios & Foglight.

By Datapro Computer Systems

TrueSightvs

Nagios & Foglight

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

TrueSight Features

Nagios Feature

Nagios is subset of TrueSight

TrueSight vs Nagios

System Monitoring System Monitoring

Service Model

No Service Model

TrueSight Impact Manager

PatrolNagios Core

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

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 Yes No

Monitoring Console

Not so friendly

Not so friendly

Friendly GUI

Dynamic Threshold

No No Yes

Service Model No No Yes

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

ProactiveNet Library (msend)

Service Models

TrueSight & Nagios Integration

Your IT EstateNagios Agents

Your IT EstatePatrol Agents

UserTrueSight Console

ADDM ApplianceProactiveNet

Server

ADDM ApplianceNagios 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

SNMP Traps

Patrol Agent

3rd Party Monitoring Tools

Data Sources

ProactiveNet Event

Adaptor

Event Management

Event ManagementDash Board

Data are collected from various data sources and BMC Event Management Module presents them on the dashboard

TrueSight Impact Management

SNMP Traps

Patrol Agent

3rd Party Monitoring Tools

Data Sources

ProactiveNet Event

Adaptor

Service Impact

Management

Service Model

Service Impact Dash Board

If service model is configured, it can be presented in the viewpoint of Business Service Model

TrueSight Service Model

TrueSight Probable Cause Analysis

Time correlationThe 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

Technical approach

Probable Cause Analysis approach

Service Model No No Yes

Single Console for all monitored systems

No No Yes

Integrate with other tools

- - Nagios, HPOV, …

What are our needs?

System Monitoring?

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”)