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Adding the host to Zabbix

1. By Discovery:  Configuration/Discovery entry that look for incoming connections to the Zabbix port 10050.
2. By Manual configuration:  Configuration/Hosts/Create Host option which brings up a new windows for manually configuring a host to Zabbix.  This is how SNMP based agent only hosts are entered into Zabbix.  Items such as unsupported Operating Systems (Apple, SGI etc), printers, storage equipment, network gear and the like.

Understanding Templates:

Templates are used to reduce the work of configuring each host independently.  A template can be created from scratch or cloned from an existing template and modified.  By associating a host with a template, the host inherits all of the ITEMS, GRAPHS, TRIGGERS, APPLICATIONS

Configuring and Monitoring HOST ITEMS: 

A HOST ITEM is anything that can be monitored on a host.

*Monitoring OS System Resources:*Monitoring server network accessiblity:

1. ICMP and TCP ping

Monitoring disk space:

1. Windows Disk Drives
2. Linux Partitions

Monitoring cpu utilization:

1. Processor loads with Windows
2. Processor loads with Linux

Monitoring memory utilization:

1. Free Memory
2. Memory used 

Creating Graphs for Trending and Fast Reference
Graphical views of system resources can be helpful in the creation of baseline data, trend analysis and creating threshold data to be used to define triggers for actions.  Any ITEM can be graphed in a number of formats and multiple ITEM graph stacking can provide comparative views or consolidations for quick looks or aggregating values.  Graph types include line, fill, stacked, pie, text with many variations.  To create a graph for a HOST ITEM choose Configuration/Hosts from the tabs then navigate to the specific host and click  on the Graphs link on the row for that host.  Select Create Graph from the upper left hand corner.  Choose a descriptive name, a width, height, Graph Type (Normal = line, stacked = stacked line, pie or exploded).  Begin creating the graph by adding ITEMS to be graphed.  Once the graph is created, it can be viewed directly or by adding it to a custom screen.

Creating Triggers for Monitoring

Triggers can be configured to make use of ITEM data or custom program data by testing conditions against threshold, state or equivalence.   It is a logical expression and can include arithmetic and Boolean operations, function and dependencies.  SAI will assist in the building and testing of custom triggers which can then be incorporated into templates for others to leverage.  Triggers are configured from HOST ITEM Configuration/Hosts/Triggers and create new trigger in the upper right hand corner.

Creating Actions for Notification 

Actions are linked to Triggers and provide the common functions such as notification of a potential problem, activation of a program or other functions. Actions require a condition to match and an operation to implement when the conditions are matched.  Action event sources are confined to triggers, Discovery and Auto Registration.  An Action can Send an email, initiate a remote command, add a HOST to Zabbix, Disable a HOST in Zabbix, Add a HOST to a group or link a HOST to a template.