Mysql monitor is the nagios of Database. It is especially useful when you have a bunch of mysql DB servers to manage. http://www.mysql.com/products/enterprise/monitor.html Here are 8 steps to enable the monitoring agent on the DB server. It is assumed that the monitor server is already configured and active on a server (for e.g. 10.10.10.63) 1) sudo root 2) download agent 3) Change file permissions chmod +x mysqlmonitoragent-2.3.1.2044-linux-glibc2.3-x86-64bit-installer.bin 4) Run file [root@localhost]# ./mysqlmonitoragent-2.3.1.2044-linux-glibc2.3-x86-64bit-installer.bin 5) Start agent /etc/init.d/mysql-monitor-agent start 6) check status ps -ef | grep monitor 7) check log cat /opt/mysql/enterprise/agent/mysql-monitor-agent.log 8) create mysql user for e.g. mysql> grant all on *.* to 'agent'@'%' identified by 'agent'; _____ The following options must be selected very carefully or else monitor will not work as expected. Instal...
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