Re: [snips-users] remote probes

[Joe Warren-Meeks <joe at inspiredbroadcast net>]

On 5 Jan 2004, at 7:25 pm, Russell Van Tassell wrote:

Hello,

> So, am I to understand there's essentially two SNIPS boxes (one master
> and the remote" which "can't be seen?")

Well, the master can see the remote but not the network beyond the 
remote, which is what the remote is going to monitor.

> > I would like to put a probe or two on the second machine, reporting
> > back to the main SNIPS installation.
> >
> > Now, I have had this working for current data, but I want to keep the
> > RRD data and the historical data.
>
> Hmmm... ok, if it's "working" kinda, then I'm guessing you have network
> connectivity between the two.  So you're just asking about getting the
> RRD files to the main system??  Perhaps use something like rsync over
> ssh to pull data back on a regular basis?  Would that solve it?

Yeah, I did consider that and that would work, but that means doing 
rsync over ssh every 1 minute as that is the granularity our manglement 
expect.

Guess I'll have to try it and see.

Cheers!

 -- joe.

Joe Warren-Meeks
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