Comments on: 20 Linux System Monitoring Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know

By: bhaskar

bhaskar — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:57:02 +0000

Hi, I’m using windows 7 version. how to access the UNIX commands in windows plat form without installing any set up file or UNIX Operating System.

Could you please suggest any to me.

Thanks,

By: Kash

Kash — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:41:19 +0000

This is monitoring article not backup article??? Search your question somewhere else.

By: greg

greg — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:13:04 +0000

you can try strace as mentioned in the tools and you can also look at the files in /proc/PID/ (so /proc/32327 for you)

By: greg

greg — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:30:07 +0000

most monitoring tools like nagios, cacti, and zabbix give you the ability to trend your disk usage, and even alert at certain capacity points.

By: greg

greg — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:27:54 +0000

Zabbix is a great tool that it doesn’t require a entirely separate project to make it easy to install and use (like Nagios and FAN).

I’ve been following it since its early days and its come a long way. Its sad that lists like this never give it its due, not even a foot note mention.

while on that note.. really? your 17-20 makes the list, but nmap, mtr, and lsof get relegated to foot notes?

By: Sibbala Govardhan Raju

Sibbala Govardhan Raju — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:08:02 +0000

Dear Sir,

My Name is Govardhan Raju from TIRUPATI, ANDHRA PRADESH. working as a linux (RHEL4) operator. I want to take data backup daily. Is there any posibility to take todays date files only ? Please suggest me the commands which are useful to take backup daily with syntax.

Thanking U Sir,

S Govardhan Raju

By: manna

manna — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:09:32 +0000

Am working in small company having around 45 employees,we r using linux server in our office, i need to checkout or monitor the user’s website, which they are accessing in office hours,Please any one suggest me with correct command. Thanks

By: Denis

Denis — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:30:29 +0000

Great stuff, nice to have it all in one place. :-)

By: flame on!

flame on! — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:05:30 +0000

Vivek does a great job, as usual. But, thanks for the laughs, guys!

By: Gmaster

Gmaster — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:30:40 +0000

Great job in compiling all the utils in one nice post. Thank you very much!

By: Unni

Unni — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:39:23 +0000

Well written , keep up the good work ..
….
Thanks,
Unni

By: bishow

bishow — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:22:05 +0000

yeah really nice post !!!
It’s really help me but how about the centos linux command can anyone tell me about that, all the linux command will be same for the all versions of linux (Is it wright guys) .
or
please email me if you know some code of contos linux cause i using this lunux.

regards,

By: Ferenc Varga

Ferenc Varga — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:06:39 +0000

for http traffic, i suggest to use justniffer.

By: David Bothwell

David Bothwell — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:27:51 +0000

I have just recently released my first open source project the Remote Linux Monitor, which you can find at here . I modeled it on Gnome's System Monitor and I would love get your feedback on it. Thanks.

By: cirrus

cirrus — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:44:41 +0000

great post cuz , very informative for recent nix converts “PCLinuxOS#1″

By: Fireman

Fireman — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:39:02 +0000

Let me go ahead and re-write your comment, grammer nazi. It seems you have quite a few errors.

“It is ‘you’re–you are’ a tool. Please, when randomly slamming someone’s post to feel better about yourself, at least use proper grammar. Then, at least, you sound like an intelligent a55h0le.”

In the future, I would recommend proof-reading your own posts before you arrogantly correct others. I counted at least six mistakes in your “correction.” Have a nice day! :)

By: Peter Green

Peter Green — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:29:18 +0000

Great article, there are many great suggestions! I want to contribute with these two:

GoAccess – real-time Apache/nginx log analyzer and viewer, runs in a terminal in *nix systems.
CCZE – modular log colorizer

By: x@y.com

x@y.com — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:14:20 +0000

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By: Boggles

Boggles — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:52:36 +0000

Have to agree with zim. Atop is a great tool along with it’s report generating sister application atopsar. This is a must-have on any server I manage.