Chapter 6. Monitoring Services

You will learn about the following in this chapter:

  • The difference between proactive and reactive monitoring

  • Effective techniques for host monitoring

  • Important elements of network monitoring

  • How to monitor an Internet service

  • Maintaining log files

  • How to monitor your logs

  • Combining internal and external system monitoring techniques

  • Using enterprise monitoring software

Doctors today say that every adult should go for a physical exam once a year, to monitor overall health and catch any problems that may be developing. Unix systems need to be monitored, too, and system administrators should conduct regular system “checkups” to ensure their systems' overall functionality and ongoing reliability. Service monitoring tools can ...

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