Zabbix and Avaya

[Sparky]

Hi guys

Just a quick question, has anyone had any success monitoring any Avaya equipment using Zabbix?

If so, please would you post a quick description on what is being monitored and how successful it is?

Thanks

[richlv]

that pretty much depends on what exactly the equipment exposes. some devices from avaya have snmp interfaces, maybe others have something else.

[Sparky]

Well, I have successfully setup SNMP, and it seems to be working correctly. I have attempted to install Zabbix Agent, but it seems there are a few required packages missing from the Avaya installation. Is there a list of required packages for the agent?

[richlv]

erm, what's "Avaya installation" ?
as far as i know, avaya is involved in manufacturing/branding lots of different solutions.

[Sparky]

Aahh... You are correct, I should have been more specific. I am referring to the Avaya Communication Manager product. In short, it is a call processing application running on a very stripped down version of Red Hat. I have attempted to install the agent on a test system, but it seems it is missing some required packages. Unfortunately, the one thing I cannot do is connect the system to the internet, so I will need to download and install all requirements separately. Unless there is a quicker solution?

[richlv]

try compiling zabbix agent statically on same version redhat (or centos) as the avaya one has, then copy it over and see whether that helps.

[Sparky]

Hi Guys

Ok, I'm going to give this setup another bash now that I have some time on my hands.

I want to try with the pre-compiled binaries, but, I don't really understand which files to copy where, or what permissions to give them? There are 4 files in the zip, 2x in the "bin" folder and 2x in the "sbin" folder. Should I copy these straight onto the machine in the root "bin" and "sbin" folders? Then where do I put the conf file?

OS is Redhat

Apologies for all the questions, I know just enough about Linux to get me around, lol, never really fiddled like this.

[Sparky]

*bump*

No one have any ideas?

[richlv]

it really depends on what package you are talking about and what the files included in there are.
most likely you need only zabbix_agentd and its config file, but it is hard to be sure with the info you provided