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Re: Yeah - new syslog server
From: "Larry Pitcher" <pitcherl () bakerboyer com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:49:54 -0700
You could set up a system like Nagios that would regularly ping a host on the other end of the tunnel and keep track of up / down time. Larry Pitcher Internet Product Manager Baker Boyer Bank Walla Walla, WA 509.526.1429 pitcherl () bakerboyer com ________________________________ From: firewall-wizards-bounces () listserv icsalabs com [mailto:firewall-wizards-bounces () listserv icsalabs com] On Behalf Of Brian Loe Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:39 AM To: firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com Subject: [fw-wiz] Yeah - new syslog server So, my company is getting nailed for not meeting its SLA agreements for uptime. Because of this my manager has asked me for a way to monitor VPN uptimes (for one). Now, and if someone here knows something different PLEASE tell, all of our site-to-site VPN endpoints are either a Cisco router (older 2600s I believe) or a PIX (515s I think). I haven't found a way to monitor the tunnels on those devices because there isn't a "interface-like" OID. The system I use to monitor everything else can gather data from SNMP polls or scripts and a host of other things - but I haven't found anything for these tunnels on these devices. After explaining that to my boss I stated that I'm pretty sure I could monitor *downtime* with a syslog server. He said good, spec one and we'll get it ordered. We've placed an order for an IBM 510 with a usable 1.2TB RAID array. This SHOULD be plenty for doing this, and complying with any future requirements we might have (DITSCAP, for one) allowing 11 months of archived data, 1 month of live data (all raw) and the various "break-out" log files. I've got a few scripts from others on this list that I'll be using for everything - just wondering if anyone here has experience with the tunnel monitoring part? _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () listserv icsalabs com https://listserv.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Yeah - new syslog server Brian Loe (Jun 15)
- Re: Yeah - new syslog server Kevin (Jun 15)
- Re: Yeah - new syslog server William (Jun 16)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Yeah - new syslog server Larry Pitcher (Jun 15)
- Re: Yeah - new syslog server Brian Loe (Jun 15)
- Re: Yeah - new syslog server Ken Fox (Jun 15)
- Re: Yeah - new syslog server Brian Loe (Jun 15)
- Re: Yeah - new syslog server Crissup, John (MBNAP it) (Jun 15)