Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2011
I’m doing my second greenfield OpenNMS deployment, and so far it’s going a lot smoother than last time. This time it’s server-centric which is a whole new can of worms to figure out. I don’t yet know how feasible it will be to monitor services like Exchange or SQL Server. My last setup never really […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2011
I learned a hard lesson in PostgreSQL administration, in particular what happens when tables aren’t vacuumed. I come from a MySQL background and haven’t fully learned what it takes to keep Postgres humming along. I had recently moved the OpenNMS database to another host in an attempt to throw more spindles at a UI slowness […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 30th, 2010
OpenNMS has a sharp learning curve. While very useful in specific cases, the OpenNMS wiki lacks continuity and in some cases authoritative answers. It seems like every article is where somebody worked out the details of some specific problem and just dumped all the details into a wiki entry. The in-between bits aren’t clear and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2010
I got inspired this week to fiddle with OpenNMS. Reading the website makes me think it does * and has great potential. Looking at the modular design and the event system, it just “feels right”. It is Java-based with all XML-based configs, which really doesn’t bother me. I like the idea that it has built […]
