Sysmon

Testform:

only network services

Tests:

ping, telnet, http, dns, ftp, smtp, nntp (may be others, you can specify ports in the conffile)

Documentation:

nearly none

Compile:

easy to compile

Install:

easy to install

Config:

configuration is a bit harder due to the lack of documentation

Changes:

configuration changes during runtime require sending a signal to the daemon

Groups:

groups of machines are support, but only for the testing, that means if a central router is down, the machines behind that router are unreachable. In this case Sysmon does not monitor them, until the router is up. Group views are not available, neither are groups in the config.

Priorities:

none

Paging:

only by mail

Paging-Criteria:

a counter specifies, how often the same state has to be reported, until paged.

Fault-History:

not available