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Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
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5853.0. "Net_Response anyone ?" by ADO75A::PRICE () Mon Jan 31 1994 23:25

    I am trying to use Net Response to generate response time data from a
    central site (the MCC system) to multiple LAN sites..upto 30...with
    Ultrix Servers.
    
    Net Response seems to do the job OK when checking individual systems 
    but has some limitations when trying to set it up to check multiple
    systems. For example, it will not allow output to anything other than 
    files with "date".RDATA format.
    
    I'd be interested in hearing from anyone else using this, or any other
    tool to generate response time figures...and how they are doing it.
    Also, does anyone know if the source code is available ?
    
    Cheers, Ron.
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5853.1we put it in batchCTHQ::WOODCOCKSkiing's 1st Human GroomerTue Feb 01 1994 08:3838
Hi Ron,


>    I am trying to use Net Response to generate response time data from a
>    central site (the MCC system) to multiple LAN sites..upto 30...with
>    Ultrix Servers.
 
Not sure what you mean by Ultrix Servers? Are you trying to poll Ultrix 
servers or run Net_Response from Ultrix. The Net_Response I have is run on
vms and can poll any DECnet node.

>    Net Response seems to do the job OK when checking individual systems 
>    but has some limitations when trying to set it up to check multiple
>    systems. For example, it will not allow output to anything other than 
>    files with "date".RDATA format.
 
>    I'd be interested in hearing from anyone else using this, or any other
>    tool to generate response time figures...and how they are doing it.
>    Also, does anyone know if the source code is available ?
    
We put it into a batch job and have it poll multiple sites once an hour for
our trend analysis. The batch job schedules the polling, reformats the output
to more useful file names, and provides averaging for the day also. It is one
of my earliest hacks (and looks it) but it has been running for years with
fairly good results. We have it running at about a dozen sites monitoring 40
or so circuits total.

We also use nrm which is another internally derived tool but requires software
to be resident at the remote sites as well. For this reason we use the
Net_Response solution for backbone to regional connections which cuts back on
the amount of hassles because we don't own any remote systems in the regions.
I don't believe nrm is an asset tool.

There are also ip hacks floating around which essentially put ping into scripts
and format the output.

best regards,
brad...