Re: OT: what enterprise NMS-es you find useful?

Thanks Kambiz for sharing your insights on HP OpenView.

I was told that unless my budget is in 6 digits (hw+sw+consultant
fee), I should forget about HP OpenView solution. Is it a fair
statement?

After all these years, is HPOV still the latest and greatest tool to
manage cisco-based environment?

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Kambiz Agahian
<kagahian_at_ccbootcamp.com> wrote:
> Hi Dale,
>
> Probably the most important reason that many large enterprise networks
> consider the HP software is that it's like an umbrella covering a huge
> range of applications/services. From Microsoft Exchange to SAP, Citrix,
> VMWare, Oracle, Blackberry or IBM DB2 they're all supported using HP
> smart plug ins. Lots of performance agents and Storage
> management/monitoring tools make it easy to manage an enterprise network
> (usually!).
>
> AFAIK they do offer various licensing options.
>
> My recommendation? Call your local HP office (or your AM) and ask for a
> Presentation; they're usually more than happy to come by and present
> what they have to offer. You can also seek some help in tailoring the
> best possible package for your network.
>
> Training? The software is not very easy to navigate and manage but they
> do offer some training and the good news is you usually don't have to do
> lots of config stuff after installation.
>
> HTH
>
> PS. You might wish to take a look at this (some links are a bit outdated
> though)
> http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=hp+openview+site%3Acisco.com&aq
> =f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=c78e48b898b2787e
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Shaw [mailto:dale.shaw_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 11:36 PM
> To: Kambiz Agahian
> Cc: Green Packets; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: OT: what enterprise NMS-es you find useful?
>
> Hi Kambiz,
>
> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Kambiz Agahian
> <kagahian_at_ccbootcamp.com> wrote:
>>
>> For an organization with a
>> decent budget certainly Openview is a nice solution
>
> Could you please elaborate?
>
> Based on your own first hand experience with OpenView, what do you
> consider are its best, 'nicest' features?
>
> Genuinely curious,
> Dale

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