Linking host to screens

[norms]

Is there a way in zabbix to link a host name to a screen which would have graphs specific to that host. Example: I have a trigger notification which appears for a host, if i click on the hostname in the trigger it should bring up selected data/graphs for that host, not the latest data screen which you have to search through.

[theflo]

hi norms!

You can combine multiple graphs by doing screens. Those items are allowing you to put a link on the dashboard of your server, which redirect you on a screen with multiple graphs of your choice.

So you can name it as your host and put in there all the graph of it.

Hope it helped!

[safpsr]

I agree with norms.

When I am on the triggers screen or in the triggers window of the dashboard screen, it could be a good thing when we click on a hostname to have the possibility to access some customer defined screens or graph.

Yes, it is possible to select a screen from the dashboard but after that you should select group and host. It could be better to access it directly from the "links" sub menu.

Maybe, it's already possible but I didn't find where.

[tchjts1]

Best way to approach this is to use a screen, as has been mentioned.

I will further mention that if you take a few minutes and plan a well thought-out layout and then make each graph to use dynamic items... you can then use that one screen to view data from any server of that platform/OS type.

For instance, I generally make a screen with 2 columns and 20 rows for my Windows servers. If you look at the screenshot, you can see my layout. For the graphs that I put 2 in a row I make them 500x100 sized graphs. I pick one of our reliable and stable servers and use items from that server only. As you can see for some graphs, they are ones that I have built at the template level and contain multiple items. As I select the graph for in the layout, you have to be sure to put a checkmark in the box for "Dynamic item". That is what will make the screens/graphs available to any other hosts.

I also try to logically build the screen so that graphs are grouped to provide information in a logical order. Host information at the top contains the Server name and OS build information. To the right of that is information about the Zabbix agent version on the server. The top right graph is host up time, then starts the graphs regarding CPU usage, memory usage, swap space usage, paging statistics, disk read/writes, disk space usage and finally information on what NICs are in the server. There are some other graphs in there that I didn't mention. Just giving you a basic layout idea. The screenshot I have below is only a portion of the total screen for my Windows servers.

There certainly is some time and effort that you have to invest into the initial building of the graphs and screens, but it pays off big in the long run. From that one screen that I built for Windows servers, I can now use to look at data for over 600 Windows servers in our enterprise. Instead of going to "Latest data" and looking at one graph for a server, I can go to my dynamic screen and see 24 graphs for any given server for any given time period and immediately know the state of health the server is in.

Dynamic screens are the way to go. Even as we add servers on a regular basis, I have not had to build a new screen in probably close to a year.

[norms]

tshjts1, thats a good idea, however, it still does not provide an option for sending you to this screen where ever the host name is clicked on.