{"id":47628,"date":"2016-05-10T09:12:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T07:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.open-e.com\/?p=47628"},"modified":"2025-07-04T08:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:02:17","slug":"monitoring-open-e-dss-v7-and-open-e-joviandss-with-checkmk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/blog\/monitoring-open-e-dss-v7-and-open-e-joviandss-with-checkmk\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring Open-E DSS V7 and Open-E JovianDSS with Checkmk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tNOTE:<\/strong> This article and included resources may contain a name of a product formerly known as Check_MK. Currently, the product name has been changed to Checkmk.<\/p>\n

Checkmk is now included Open-E DSS V7!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Find some datailed information in our CDPS manual<\/a>, in which we describe step-by-step how to set up monitoring with the Checkmk tool. This useful tool is already implemented in Open-E DSS V7. In JovianDSS in turn, the Checkmk is offered as a small update. Contact Open-E’s Support Team in order to get the small update for Open-E JovianDSS. But before you dig into the document, we would like to present you a “mini-dictionary” containing the most essential terms:<\/p>\n

Nagios<\/strong> – Free, open source application for system, network and infrastructure monitoring. Nagios software application alerts also services for servers, services, switches and applications in case a problem appears and then alerts one more time, after the problem has been resolved.<\/p>\n

OMD <\/strong>(Open Monitoring Distribution) – Bundles Nagios together with many important add-ons thanks to which users can avoid compiling and integrating Nagios add-ons manually . It can\u00a0 be installed on every major Linux distribution.<\/p>\n

Checkmk<\/strong> – An extension to the Nagios which enables creating a rule-based configuration with Python, as well as offloading users’ work from the Nagios core. This makes\u00a0 it even more scalable as various systems can be monitored from a single Nagios server. This\u00a0means,\u00a0 that it supports user definable views and is able to display the status of several sites in one combined view. A very intuitive design is one of the strongest benefits of this tool.<\/p>\n

CDPS (Cloud Data Protection Service)<\/strong> – An Open-E solution that is available with the MSP of your choice. After your MSP installs a powerful Open-E NAS server at your location, CDPS enables your data to be encrypted and transmitted online to your MSP on a regular basis (e.g. hourly). The data are saved continuously by your MSP which means that in case the data\u00a0 have been deleted accidentally,\u00a0 they can be easily restored.<\/p>\n

MSP (Managed Service Provider)<\/strong> – A company that enables you to outsource\u00a0management responsibilities, functions and methods to improve the operations management and to cut the overall expenses.<\/p>\n

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Click on some of our screenshots of Checkmk or\u00a0visit the Checkmk website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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