Screens

[Neo]

I have managed to get Zabbix server installed and setup up one client on a Sun machine in my network. I've also managed to get a graph showing memory usage etc.
The thing I don't understand is screens. What are they and what are they used for? What do they do and how do I set then up?
Do they allow you to remotely watch the other persons (clients) screen and see what they are doing there?

[Nate Bell]

Screens allow you to display several sources of data (map, graph, simple graph, or data straight from an item in plain text). It's basically a way to have a single page with lots of varied information. I set up a screen that guests are set to when they log in that gives an otherview of our network's current status.

To set up a screen, you have to define one via Configuration -> Screens by giving it a name, and deciding how many items you are going to show. Each item has a box where you can put in a source of data (those mentioned above). Newer versions of Zabbix allow column spanning, so an item can take up several boxes in a row.

Once you've defined your screen, you can see it via View -> Screens and choosing your screen from the pulldown bar.

Nate

[Neo]

Oh! wouldn't it have been better if they were named something else other than screens.
I mean the term is very misleading.
Thanks for the info though, I managed to configure a "screen" now.

[Alexei]

Oh! wouldn't it have been better if they were named something else other than screens.
I mean the term is very misleading. Any suggestions? :)