Good morning, I've asked about this a long time ago but I didn't really follow it up. Our environment has doubled in size in terms of servers over the past year. We now have two DR sites, I'm in the process of virtualizing our DMZ and we're expanding our SQL cluster. The amount of work that has been done is actually quite impressive if I do say so myself. The problem is that there's just too much information to digest every morning. I've syslog showing errors, What's up gold showing utilization and availability, SCOM showing system errors, System insight manager monitoring the SAN, Storage escential checking for storage bottle necks, OfficeScan monitoring for viruses and other infections and Nessus running security reports. It all mounts up to a huge amount of reports and statistics to monitor every day. The problem is, if I get distracted by OfficeScan for example, the other reports are neglected and I potentially miss things that have happened during the night. Of course, the other person that works with me can glance up at the monitoring screens and see at a glance what's up and what's not. He can see systems that are running low on disk space or using up far too much memory. I start an hour before this person so it looks terrible if I miss something that can be spotted by simply looking up at the screens. How do you monitor hundreds of servers? Are there any tips or tricks you'd like to share? We're working with a mixed environment here but if I need to use two approaches for monitoring both widnows and Linux then I don't mind. Once I can get information in a more condensed format without overwelming me with things I don't need to know about. Thanks. any suggestions will be appreciated. Regards Darragh Ó Héiligh Fujitsu Offices of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Fredrick Building, South Fredrick Street, Dublin2 Telephone: +353 (1) 618 3559 Email: darragh.oheiligh@oireachtas.ie Internet: http://www.oireachtas.ie