For the past 20 years, we've run our Xymon/Hobbit/Big Brother server on a host independent of the majority of our infrastructure. I'm now considering installing at least one of our servers (probably with CentOS) on vmWare ESX.
Has anyone experienced difficulty with this?
I'm currently wondering about the interaction of xymonnet with the virtual NIC.
-- Do things because you should, not just because you can.
John Thurston 907-465-8591 John.Thurston at alaska.gov Department of Administration State of Alaska
We run our Xymon server as a VM, and have for many years with no problems. It has the added bonus of doing Snapshots and full Vm backups when updates or changes need done.
Thanks, Kris Springer
-----Original Message----- From: John Thurston <john.thurston at alaska.gov> To: xymon at xymon.com Sent: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 5:48 PM Subject: [Xymon] Xymon server on vmWare?
For the past 20 years, we've run our Xymon/Hobbit/Big Brother server on a host independent of the majority of our infrastructure. I'm now considering installing at least one of our servers (probably with CentOS) on vmWare ESX.
Has anyone experienced difficulty with this?
I'm currently wondering about the interaction of xymonnet with the virtual NIC.
-- Do things because you should, not just because you can.
John Thurston 907-465-8591 John.Thurston at alaska.gov Department of Administration State of Alaska
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
I have seen packet drops towards the Xymon server when the Vmware host has been overloaded. The solution was to ensure that the Xymon server gets enough priority.
Mark
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On 28 September 2019, 01:00, kspringer at innovateteam.com wrote: We run our Xymon server as a VM, and have for many years with no problems. It has the added bonus of doing Snapshots and full Vm backups when updates or changes need done.
Thanks, Kris Springer
-----Original Message----- From: John Thurston <john.thurston at alaska.gov> To: xymon at xymon.com Sent: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 5:48 PM Subject: [Xymon] Xymon server on vmWare?
For the past 20 years, we've run our Xymon/Hobbit/Big Brother server on a host independent of the majority of our infrastructure. I'm now considering installing at least one of our servers (probably with CentOS) on vmWare ESX.
Has anyone experienced difficulty with this?
I'm currently wondering about the interaction of xymonnet with the virtual NIC.
-- ??? Do things because you should, not just because you can.
John Thurston??? 907-465-8591 John.Thurston at alaska.gov Department of Administration State of Alaska
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
CentOS 7 on ESXi for many years, I would guess 4+. I believe the CentOS 6 was also virtual but that's too far back to recall.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 2:35 AM Mark O. Stitson <mark at stitson.com> wrote:
I have seen packet drops towards the Xymon server when the Vmware host has been overloaded. The solution was to ensure that the Xymon server gets enough priority.
Mark
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On 28 September 2019, 01:00, kspringer at innovateteam.com wrote:
We run our Xymon server as a VM, and have for many years with no problems. It has the added bonus of doing Snapshots and full Vm backups when updates or changes need done.
Thanks, Kris Springer
-----Original Message----- From: John Thurston <john.thurston at alaska.gov> To: xymon at xymon.com Sent: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 5:48 PM Subject: [Xymon] Xymon server on vmWare?
For the past 20 years, we've run our Xymon/Hobbit/Big Brother server on a host independent of the majority of our infrastructure. I'm now considering installing at least one of our servers (probably with CentOS) on vmWare ESX.
Has anyone experienced difficulty with this?
I'm currently wondering about the interaction of xymonnet with the virtual NIC.
-- Do things because you should, not just because you can.
John Thurston 907-465-8591 <9074658591> John.Thurston at alaska.gov Department of Administration State of Alaska
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
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john.thurston＠alaska.gov
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josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com
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