NetXMS is an
open-source
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network management system. It can be used for monitoring entire IT infrastructures, starting with
SNMP-capable hardware (such as
switches and
routers) and ending with
applications on
servers.
Victor Kirhenshtein and Alex Kirhenshtein are the original authors and current maintainers of NetXMS. NetXMS runs
natively on
Windows,
Linux, and other
Unix variants. It is
license
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d under the
GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the
Free Software Foundation.
Overview
NetXMS features include:
*Monitoring of network devices, servers and applications from one management server
*Data collection either from
SNMP-capable platforms or from native NetXMS agent
*Configuration, administration and monitoring functions are accessible through multiplatform (
Eclipse
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-based) and Web
GUIs
*The ability to send
e-mails and
SMS
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notifications or execute external programs as a reaction to any event, enables users to receive warning notifications based on collected values
*The ability to organize monitored objects into hierarchical structure to represent service dependencies
*Centralized remote agent upgrades
*
OSI Layer 2 and Layer 3 IP topology automatic discovery
*Portable client library (
C and
Java APIs)
*Flexible policy-based event processing (including correlation rules)
*Remote actions
*Flexible access control configuration
*Built-in scripting engine for advanced automation and management
Project milestones
Notable project milestones include:
*October 2004: 0.1.4 is a first public release
*August 2005: 0.2.3 added event correlation support based on IP topology
*January 2006: 0.2.9 introduced built-in scripting language NXSL
*December 2008: 0.2.23 added Java API
*July 2009: 0.2.27 added support for SNMPv3
*February 2010: 1.0.0 released
*May 2011: 1.1.1 introduced dashboards and zoning
*September 2011: 1.1.4 introduced mobile client for
Android
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*April 2012: 1.2.0 introduced Web GUI with desktop GUI look and feel
*January 2013: 1.2.5 added support for mobile device monitoring and introduced an agent for Android
See also
*
Network monitoring
*
Comparison of network monitoring systems
References
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External links
Official website
Internet Protocol based network software
Free network management software
Multi-agent systems