About:
BixData is a cluster management tool that includes monitoring and system administration features. It monitors services (HTTP, ping, POP3, SMTP), performance, and processes. It has a management console for VMWare and Xen that supports multiple virtual machine hosts and guests. It can create critical notifications and send email alerts for any system event (HTTP, ping, CPU, memory, SMART diagnostics, VM stats). A graphical desktop supports real-time dynamic graphs. The runtime agents and server components are lightweight and easy to set up and run.

Author:
Kobus Jooste [contact developer]

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8.23/10.00 (4 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.bixdata.com/
Tar/GZ:
http://www.bixdata.com/downloads
Changelog:
http://www.bixdata.com/changelog
Demo site:
http://www.bixdata.com/demos

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		X11 Applications
[Intended Audience]		System Administrators
[License]		Free To Use But Restricted, Freely Distributable, Freeware
[Operating System]		MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows, OS Independent, POSIX :: BSD, POSIX :: Linux
[Topic]		System :: Benchmark, System :: Clustering/Distributed Networks, System :: Monitoring, System :: Networking :: Monitoring, System :: Software Distribution, System :: Systems Administration

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Stable	2.7	10-Jan-2007	Free To Use But Restricted
Development	2.6b2	05-Oct-2006	Freely Distributable

 Comments

[»] Monitoring MySQL, SNMP and Custom Services
by Kobus Jooste - Jan 30th 2007 18:54:21

With BixData you can monitor your servers as well as VMware and Xen. BixData includes pre-built plugins for things like CPU, Memory, Disk, etc. but any good monitoring tool needs to be customizable. BixData includes the basic ability to run scripts and record their exit values, similar to Nagios Plugins. BixData 2.7 adds support for importing data in more complex formats. This allows you to monitor almost anything. I'll go through the steps showing you how to monitor MySQL locally where an agent is installed and then the steps to monitor a device remotely through SNMP. The advantage of BixData is that any data available through a BixAgent works with the standard tools such as the situation room, scoreboards, notifications and the reporting system. All data are stored in standard SQL tables and are easily accessible.

Custom Monitoring MySQL and SNMP with BixData

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[»] VMWare and Xen HowTo
by Kobus Jooste - Nov 1st 2006 12:59:04

Someone posted a complete howto article on howtoforge to get up and running for VMWare and Xen.
Its pretty complete and includes instructions for Linux distros Fedora and Ubuntu.
Manage VMWare and Xen with BixData
http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_xen_management_bixdata

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