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Xymon server on vmWare?

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list John Thurston · Fri, 27 Sep 2019 15:47:52 -0800 ·
For the past 20 years, we've run our Xymon/Hobbit/Big Brother server on a host independent of the majority of our infrastructure. I'm now considering installing at least one of our servers (probably with CentOS) on vmWare ESX.

Has anyone experienced difficulty with this?

I'm currently wondering about the interaction of xymonnet with the virtual NIC.


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user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid
Department of Administration
State of Alaska
list Kris Springer · Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:00:10 -0600 ·
We run our Xymon server as a VM, and have for many years with no problems. It has the added bonus of doing Snapshots and full Vm backups when updates or changes need done. 
Thanks, Kris Springer 
quoted from John Thurston

-----Original Message-----
From: John Thurston <user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid>
To: xymon at xymon.com
Sent: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 5:48 PM
Subject: [Xymon] Xymon server on vmWare?

For the past 20 years, we've run our Xymon/Hobbit/Big Brother server on a host independent of the majority of our infrastructure. I'm now considering installing at least one of our servers (probably with CentOS) on vmWare ESX.

Has anyone experienced difficulty with this?

I'm currently wondering about the interaction of xymonnet with the virtual NIC.


-- 
    Do things because you should, not just because you can.

John Thurston    XXX-XXX-XXXX
user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid
Department of Administration
State of Alaska
list Mark O. Stitson · Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:25:14 +0100 (GMT+01:00) ·
I have seen packet drops towards the Xymon server when the Vmware host has been overloaded. The solution was to ensure that the Xymon server gets enough priority.

Mark

Sent by from my Android device.
quoted from Kris Springer


On 28 September 2019, 01:00, user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid wrote:
We run our Xymon server as a VM, and have for many years with no problems. It has the added bonus of doing Snapshots and full Vm backups when updates or changes need done. 
Thanks, Kris Springer 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Thurston <user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid>
To: xymon at xymon.com
Sent: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 5:48 PM
Subject: [Xymon] Xymon server on vmWare?

For the past 20 years, we've run our Xymon/Hobbit/Big Brother server on a host independent of the majority of our infrastructure. I'm now considering installing at least one of our servers (probably with CentOS) on vmWare ESX.

Has anyone experienced difficulty with this?

I'm currently wondering about the interaction of xymonnet with the virtual NIC.


-- 
??? Do things because you should, not just because you can.

John Thurston??? XXX-XXX-XXXX
user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid
Department of Administration
State of Alaska
list Josh Luthman · Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:32:39 -0400 ·
CentOS 7 on ESXi for many years, I would guess 4+.  I believe the CentOS 6
was also virtual but that's too far back to recall.

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX
quoted from Mark O. Stitson


On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 2:35 AM Mark O. Stitson <user-dc119b2dabdf@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I have seen packet drops towards the Xymon server when the Vmware host has
been overloaded. The solution was to ensure that the Xymon server gets
enough priority.

Mark

Sent by [image: ProfiMail Go]
<http://www.lonelycatgames.com/?app=profimail>; from my Android device.
quoted from Mark O. Stitson


On 28 September 2019, 01:00, user-c2caa0a7a8d5@xymon.invalid wrote:

We run our Xymon server as a VM, and have for many years with no problems.
It has the added bonus of doing Snapshots and full Vm backups when updates
or changes need done.

Thanks,
Kris Springer


-----Original Message-----
From: John Thurston <user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid>
To: xymon at xymon.com
Sent: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 5:48 PM
Subject: [Xymon] Xymon server on vmWare?

For the past 20 years, we've run our Xymon/Hobbit/Big Brother server on
a host independent of the majority of our infrastructure. I'm now
considering installing at least one of our servers (probably with
CentOS) on vmWare ESX.

Has anyone experienced difficulty with this?

I'm currently wondering about the interaction of xymonnet with the
virtual NIC.


--
    Do things because you should, not just because you can.

John Thurston    XXX-XXX-XXXX <9074658591>
user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid
Department of Administration
State of Alaska