Rudolf
29-12-2004, 14:11
Hi Forum. I want to discuss some questions here.
1. Let’s say my zabbix server is in a local network, IP 192.168.1.100 for example. It should be possible to monitor a friends computer. I want to use (the recommended) polling method. All I have to know is his public IP. My friend needs to install the zabbix agent (zabbix_agentd for Linux, ZabbixW32.exe if he has a Windows computer). In zabbix_agentd.conf he writes the IP of my zabbix server. And as a last step, my friend needs to open his firewall for my server. That’s all, and I am able to monitor his computer. Correct?
2. Why is the Server Polling Method better then the listen method?
3. Can a agent be configured to accept 2 or more zabbix server? (Important question)
4. Let’s say I run zabbix for 2 months. Now I just set up a new Linux computer, with all packages zabbix need. I download zabbix and compile and install it on the new server. I copy the zabbix_*.conf files from the old server to the new one. Will it work if I backup the whole zabbix MySQL database and restore it on the new server? I want to keep my old configurations of users, hosts, items, triggers, maps, graphs, screens. Can I choose if I also want to copy all the restored data from the zabbix clients or just the configurations, by specifying what tables to copy?
5. If I want to compile and install the newest Alpha version, can I just compile it and overwrite the old files? Or is it recommended to delete all old files, including the Zabbix MySQL database, and compile/install it again completely? Oh, I just read something about Upgrading in the documentation.
Sorry if I ask maybe questions that are discussed in the documentation or in other forum threads.
Greetings
Rudolf
1. Let’s say my zabbix server is in a local network, IP 192.168.1.100 for example. It should be possible to monitor a friends computer. I want to use (the recommended) polling method. All I have to know is his public IP. My friend needs to install the zabbix agent (zabbix_agentd for Linux, ZabbixW32.exe if he has a Windows computer). In zabbix_agentd.conf he writes the IP of my zabbix server. And as a last step, my friend needs to open his firewall for my server. That’s all, and I am able to monitor his computer. Correct?
2. Why is the Server Polling Method better then the listen method?
3. Can a agent be configured to accept 2 or more zabbix server? (Important question)
4. Let’s say I run zabbix for 2 months. Now I just set up a new Linux computer, with all packages zabbix need. I download zabbix and compile and install it on the new server. I copy the zabbix_*.conf files from the old server to the new one. Will it work if I backup the whole zabbix MySQL database and restore it on the new server? I want to keep my old configurations of users, hosts, items, triggers, maps, graphs, screens. Can I choose if I also want to copy all the restored data from the zabbix clients or just the configurations, by specifying what tables to copy?
5. If I want to compile and install the newest Alpha version, can I just compile it and overwrite the old files? Or is it recommended to delete all old files, including the Zabbix MySQL database, and compile/install it again completely? Oh, I just read something about Upgrading in the documentation.
Sorry if I ask maybe questions that are discussed in the documentation or in other forum threads.
Greetings
Rudolf