We check out some of the best Pandora FMS news in 2020 Today we are here to make a small compilation of the new Pandora FMS features launched throughout this last year 2020, a general review of all the small advances that we incorporated …
Let’s check out together the new features and improvements for Pandora FMS new release: Pandora FMS 752. NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS Server remote configuration form This new feature allows modifying the server’s configuration through a simple form from Pandora FMS console, enabling you to …
USB types: the final list to know them all “Pen drive”, “memory stick”, for those less attentive: “VHS”… We have given many names to what we actually meant by USB. But you have to know that the term goes a little beyond that gadget …
Internet safe browsing; how our experts do it Since the “Get it on!” (an instructive old spot on prophylactics) we have never been so aware of safety. It seems like an exaggeration, like a freakout attack I just suffered this morning, for abusing machine …
Pandora FMS launches Cloud installation and new download website. Here at Pandora FMS we love news. If it were up to us we would wear new dresses and stilettos every week, we would open headquarters in an unknown tropical country and we would change …
How to use Pandora FMS from Microsoft Azure In this article we will focus on our on-premise platform, or cloud monitoring after having installed Pandora FMS console in Microsoft Azure. The installation will be made with an automated script that installs the Community version …
What is a NAS server and what is it for? Storage devices for networking, or NAS servers are in good health. And no wonder, since we have increasingly more data to save and more need to use them from different locations. Traditionally, NAS servers …
Discover the top network monitoring benefits Welcome to “The Top”, a program for grandfathers and children, for those who are idly hanging around and those who are natural achievers, for both nerds and popular quarterbacks. In short, this versatile and massive show is devoted …
How to contribute to free software projects «Beethoven was a good composer because he used new ideas combining them together with old ones. No one, not even Beethoven, could invent music from scratch. It’s the same with computing.» Richard Matthew Stallman. The previous sentence …
Discover Pandora FMS SaaS version Times change and so we do. If you are one of those who pay attention to their surroundings, who does not miss anything, you surely realized that our website has since a few days ago a mysterious new tab …
What virtualization technology it is and some examples of its uses Although it is not well known to the general public, virtualization technology is widely used in technical environments for being useful when carrying out multiple tasks and for the possibilities it offers for …
Interview with Sancho Lerena about the current business changes This year, no sector has been spared from the business changes caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, which have almost always been painful ones: millions of dollars in losses for theaters, which still do not know …
QWERTY layout; where does it come from and what does it mean? SOS. Those three letters?, they represent almost at worldwide level a naval distress call… What does the QWERTY layout have to do with the keyboards we use every day? Spoiler Alert: Morse …
What are MAC addresses, what are they for and how to find them? At the shadow of the widespread IP addresses, MAC addresses say even more about our devices than its more popular sister. As a kind of “identity document for network devices”, a …
Pandora FMS new year greetings to our followers HAPPY NEW YEAR! And this is not a normal “Happy New Year”, the same as always, the flamboyant and festive one that we all shout on 1st January at family meals or, hopefully, already “merry” at …
Systemd logs: how to monitor them with Pandora FMS Systemd logs, without exemption, can be monitored in this proof of concept that we will see next. But what is systemd and how does it work? I will tell you in advance that I do …
5 traditional profession and their equivalent tech professions Switching careers is not an easy task. Sometimes people struggle to switch professions mid-career because they don’t have the right support or they just don’t want to start over. Imagine dedicating years to a particular career …
Christmas greetings from Pandora FMS and its members Whenever I have to write this article, the official one, our corporate Christmas greeting, the cold and the smell of a fireplace invades me. It’s true, and I have to rush over to put on my …
Proxmox VE monitoring with Pandora FMS In this article, we will focus on Proxmox VE monitoring, a virtualization system, for which you will use Pandora FMS agent plugin. What is Proxmox VE? Before delving into Proxmox VE monitoring, we should define it. Proxmox VE …
Do you know what to answer when asked how to fix computer problems? If there is something totally inherent to a computer scientist and technology expert, it is the relative, friend, or someone, who comes after him begging him to help him fix computer …
Benefits and Drawbacks of SaaS and what it is like compared to on-premise software SaaS has rapidly become the go-to software and computing solution for businesses and industries across the world. While it’s costly to develop and deploy servers and infrastructure for your business …
Monitoring and security; more than a technology, a philosophy Confidentiality, integrity and availability are the three basic laws of security. Availability is a kind of wayward son who becomes prodigal when he likes to, even if it is just to write eulogies with it …
PANDORA FMS 751 RELEASE These release notes describe new features, improvements and bug fixes in Pandora FMS NG 751. They also provide information about upgrades and describe some workarounds for known issues. NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS Inventory alerts This new feature allows you to …
We live in an uncertain world and monitoring should try to make sure that whatever happens we will always be informed. Therefore, security is the basis of everything in monitoring and for us it has always been one of the pillars of our strategy …
High Availability in monitoring with Pandora FMS Pandora FMS is a proactive, advanced, flexible and easy-to-configure monitoring tool according to each business. It gets integrated into all the needs of servers, network computers, terminals and whatever needs to be monitored. This article applies exclusively …
How to boost your team’s productivity? Find it out IT teams are essential for many companies to work. And, although due to the nature of their work they have certain features, you should not forget that, after all, they are human teams, so they …
What is RAM memory and why is it so important? There is basic knowledge, like freshman year computing, which we often take for granted but that is always a pleasure to remember. From how to take a screenshot to where to find stickers thick …
What are logs for and some of the main log types What are logs? In computing, when generally speaking of “log”, we refer to information belonging to a more or less low level reported by the operating system or a specific application that helps …
What is bandwidth and how it affects connection speed? What is bandwidth? Over the last few years, and at the dawn of the very celebrated arrival of the Internet into our homes and our beloved cell phones, concepts such as bandwidth, previously restricted to …
What is VPN and how does it help connection security? What is VPN? You know that in IT we absolutely love acronyms, right? Specifying and summing things up is our thing. Digital Video Disc? DVD. Central Processing Unit? CPU. Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line? Yes, …
5 big network monitoring mistakes and how to solve them If you run a sizable enterprise, your network is probably sprawling. You also probably have a network management or IT security team on the payroll to handle monitoring. Their job is to check the …
Managing Network Configuration Changes: Five Best Practices Do you know what the most common cause of network outages and performance problems is? Misconfiguration. For as much time and energy as people spend talking about issues such as infrastructure and cybercrime, the truth is that …
Amplify WiFi : find out how to do it If you don’t know, I already tell you that it is always convenient to have a good WiFi signal, and that is why, today, on Pandora FMS blog, we are going to talk about how …
Workstation monitoring with Pandora FMS Pandora FMS is a proactive, advanced, flexible and easy-to-configure monitoring tool tailored to each business. It gets integrated into all the needs of servers, network computers, terminals and whatever needs to be monitored. In this article we will focus …
Remote work monitoring: key issues One benefit of the lockdown triggered by the coronavirus epidemic has been a renewed enthusiasm for working at home. Forced to let millions of employees work from home to avoid contagion, companies that had been hesitant about taking this …
What is Open Pandora and what does it have to do with Pandora FMS? Our world is full of funny stuff. Things like the most common name in the world being Mohammed or that the ancient Romans, when they had to swear they were …
