Display realtime status of monitored hosts

[cfigueroa]

Hello,
Actually in Nagios, is it possible to monitoring and visualate the realtime status of the network hosts?
I have understood in the web that this feature will be available with Nagios XI 2011R1, so for the current version that I have (latest available in the web, 2009R1.3D), it is not possible right?

Thanks!

[admin]

Are you referring to the new network hypermap that we're developing? (http://www.nagios.com/products/nagiosxi/roadmap). The hypermap allows for dynamic, AJAX-based updates of current host information. The current network status map works in a similar fashion, but is far less flexible. For instance, the hypermap supports scrolling and zooming, whereas the network status map does not.

[cfigueroa]

Yes I know that the network hypermap is currently on develop, but currently Does Nagios include any tool that allow me monitoring the network device in real-time?

For example I have a device in the network map and these device goes down, in these case I would like to see the down-satus in the map in real-time (inmediatly)! Is it possible with the current Nagios or Do I need any further addon??

What about SNMP tool?

Thanks

[mguthrie]

Are you wanting real-time updates of the host states, or real time manipulation of the maps?

The state for the host or service is determined every time the check is run, so in order to have a real-time status your check would have to be running continually, which would create substantial performance problems as your monitoring scale grew larger.

As far as our current mapping tools for looking at status, the data is refreshed every 30 seconds or so and would show up that often in the maps. There aren't any current tools for real-time map manipulation for Nagios, but the Hypermap for XI will have that feature.