Nagios Conference 2011 - Mike Guthrie - Exploring Nagios Visualization Tools
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The document discusses the importance of data visualization in transforming raw data into understandable information, particularly in technical environments. It highlights tools like Nagvis and Opservices Davinci for network mapping and visualization, as well as Nagios BPI for monitoring business processes. Real-world examples illustrate how these tools can effectively reveal issues and enhance communication between technical and non-technical users.
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Nagios Conference 2011 - Mike Guthrie - Exploring Nagios Visualization Tools
- 1. Exploring Visualization Tools With Nagios Mike Guthrie [email_address]
- 2. Data Visualization: Introduction Why use data visualization? Turns raw data into useful information
- 3. Can communicate complex ideas and information in an understandable format
- 4. Wider audience of understanding
- 5. Can present technical concepts to non-technical users
- 6. Can clearly reveal the source of problems
- 7. As environments get larger, data visualization becomes more important
- 8. Real World Example “ The cable company conversation” “ My internet connection is garbage between hours X and Y”
- 9. Rep: “I can ping you, looks fine to me. I can't see a problem”
- 10. Me: (Begin Nagios Monitoring...) A few days later... Me: “Here's a graph of packet loss to this IP for the last few days, does this look fine to you?”
- 11. Real World Example Result: A sudden flurry of activity and two days later, internet improves!
- 12. NagVis NagVis: a flexible visualization tool that allows status information to be overlayed on a map or diagram
- 13. NagVis Automap:
- 14. NagVis
- 15. NagVis
- 16. NagVis
- 17. NagVis
- 18. NagVis
- 19. OpServices DaVinci OpServices DaVinci
- 20. OpServices DaVinci Commercial Addon For Network Mapping and Diagrams: Commercial support
- 21. For Nagios Core or Nagios XI
- 22. Requires ndoutils, merlin, or mk_livestatus as a backend
- 23. Easy to install and get up and running
- 25. Flash based
- 26. Live status updates within maps and diagrams
- 30. Nagios BPI (Business Process Intelligence) Advanced grouping tool to display business processes and dependencies For Nagios Core or Nagios XI
- 31. Intended to display the “real” state of the network and business processes
- 32. Can be used to set up “smarter” alerts.
- 33. Developed by a really nice guy
- 34. Nagios BPI (Business Process Intelligence)
- 35. Nagios BPI (Business Process Intelligence)
- 36. Nagios BPI (Business Process Intelligence)
- 37. Nagios XI Components Nagios XI: Visualization Tools
- 38. Nagios XI: Graph Explorer Component Graph Explorer
- 39. Nagios XI: Graph Explorer Component Graph Explorer
- 40. Nagios XI: Graph Explorer Component Graph Explorer
- 41. Nagios XI: Graph Explorer Component Graph Explorer
- 42. Nagios XI: Graph Explorer Component Graph Explorer
- 43. Nagios XI: Google Map Component Google Maps Component
- 44. Nagios XI: Google Map Component Google Maps Component
- 45. Nagios XI: Hypermap and Network Replay Hypermap
- 46. Nagios XI Minemap Minemap
- 47. Nagios XI BBMap Minemap