Hi All,
I am currently building a new test system based on the 1.3 series code in preparation for the long awaited 1.4 release and have come across a little nicety which I feel should be added to the gui for maps, but first a brief explanation of how I have set up my maps.
I have many hosts being monitored over our corporate network and I have set up a series of maps to provide a visual grouping of sites, functions, and operating systems.
The top layer of the map "tree" is a geographical map of Australia, then each state has (just like the sample on the homepage) been linked to an underlying state map. Now I have then built each state map to point to a series of data centre site maps ( we have multiple installations per state), each site map has links further down the tree, but these don't need to be explained for this.
So, what I would like to do would be to place an icon in the top right corner of each map (except for the top level Australia map) to allow me to provide a link to a given location, in this case to go to the next map up the chain. An example is that the state map for New South Wales would have an element to link back to Australia, as would the map for: Queansland; Victoria; ACT; etc. The site maps would have this same link but back to the state map.
So how should this be implemented, well that's a good question, however, I have an idea for how it would work for me. Simply add a new map element type for a "Link" which would work the same as a host, except for the fact that there is no status to be brought forward. There would be no need to have different icons for the status' although changing the entry form would not be necessary.
Please note, I have already attempted to put in a cyclic link to the map above, and the software interlocking in Zabbix worked beautifully.
I hear some of you saying, why not use the IT Services to do this, and my answer is, yes, IT Services is more than capable for this, but managers are a strange bread, and they like pretty pictures over a whole bunch of text on the screen (well, atleast where I come from.).
I look forward to your ideas and suggestions on this matter.
Kind Regards,
Brian.
I am currently building a new test system based on the 1.3 series code in preparation for the long awaited 1.4 release and have come across a little nicety which I feel should be added to the gui for maps, but first a brief explanation of how I have set up my maps.
I have many hosts being monitored over our corporate network and I have set up a series of maps to provide a visual grouping of sites, functions, and operating systems.
The top layer of the map "tree" is a geographical map of Australia, then each state has (just like the sample on the homepage) been linked to an underlying state map. Now I have then built each state map to point to a series of data centre site maps ( we have multiple installations per state), each site map has links further down the tree, but these don't need to be explained for this.
So, what I would like to do would be to place an icon in the top right corner of each map (except for the top level Australia map) to allow me to provide a link to a given location, in this case to go to the next map up the chain. An example is that the state map for New South Wales would have an element to link back to Australia, as would the map for: Queansland; Victoria; ACT; etc. The site maps would have this same link but back to the state map.
So how should this be implemented, well that's a good question, however, I have an idea for how it would work for me. Simply add a new map element type for a "Link" which would work the same as a host, except for the fact that there is no status to be brought forward. There would be no need to have different icons for the status' although changing the entry form would not be necessary.
Please note, I have already attempted to put in a cyclic link to the map above, and the software interlocking in Zabbix worked beautifully.
I hear some of you saying, why not use the IT Services to do this, and my answer is, yes, IT Services is more than capable for this, but managers are a strange bread, and they like pretty pictures over a whole bunch of text on the screen (well, atleast where I come from.).
I look forward to your ideas and suggestions on this matter.
Kind Regards,
Brian.
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