<p dir="ltr">Zabbix all the way. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm running several zabbix deployments with primary alerts via email, backed up by raspberry Pi's (couldn't plug dongles into zabbix server for a host of reasons.) with 3g dongles if the email fails or bounces. </p>

<p dir="ltr">In the past I've done zabbix to: online sms services, jabber (gchat), IRC, MSN, Hip Chat, SalesForce and several smart phone push services. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Possibilities are endless if you know how to write simple scripts and can handle a API. </p>
<p dir="ltr">/Tim </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 12/05/2014 9:10 AM, "James Braunegg" <<a href="mailto:james.braunegg@micron21.com">james.braunegg@micron21.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Dear All<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">We use GSM modems for SMS’s attached to physical servers which are doing the monitoring internally and externally by having different physical servers monitor different physical parts of our infrastructure.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Kindest Regards <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">James Braunegg<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">P:</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">  1300 769 972  |  <b>M:</b>  0488 997 207 |  <b>D:</b>  (03) 9751 7616</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">E:</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">   </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:james.braunegg@micron21.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">james.braunegg@micron21.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">  |  <b>ABN:</b>  <a href="tel:12%20109%20977%20666" value="+12109977666" target="_blank">12 109 977 666</a>   <br>
<b>W:</b>  <a href="http://www.micron21.com/ddos-protection" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">www.micron21.com/ddos-protection</span></a>   <b>T:</b> @micron21<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> AusNOG [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rob Byrnes<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 12, 2014 8:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Network Monitoring via Email/SMS<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p>@work does the same thing, sends an email to messagenet from NMIS<u></u><u></u></p><p>Cheers,<br>Rob<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 11/05/2014 9:15 pm, "Damian Guppy" <<a href="mailto:the.damo@gmail.com" target="_blank">the.damo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">I believe there are plugins, but we normally just use messagenet's email-to-sms service to generate the SMS's<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
--Damian<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Daniel Watson <<a href="mailto:Daniel@glovine.com.au" target="_blank">Daniel@glovine.com.au</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Gday Damian</span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Nagios would be good for sending the emails</span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">What about with SMS capabilitys?</span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Regards,</span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Daniel Watson</span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Network Administrator / Network Operations Manager</span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">E <a href="mailto:Daniel@GloVine.com.au" target="_blank">Daniel@GloVine.com.au</a></span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">W <a href="http://www.GloVine.com.au" target="_blank">www.GloVine.com.au</a></span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Damian Guppy [mailto:<a href="mailto:the.damo@gmail.com" target="_blank">the.damo@gmail.com</a>] </span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Sent:</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> Sunday, 11 May 2014 9:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> Daniel Watson<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Network Monitoring via Email/SMS<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Nagios is pretty much the defacto suite these days isnt it?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">--Damian<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Daniel Watson <<a href="mailto:Daniel@glovine.com.au" target="_blank">Daniel@glovine.com.au</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Hi Guys<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">I was wondering if anybody could point me in the way of some monitoring for our IP Space<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">We would like a service that checks our IP ranges to ensure they are online  more importantly our routers, and at the first sign of any issues it will send an email and / or SMS messages<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">I know a few different other software such as PRTG and what not,  But wondering if somebody could point me in a better direction?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-AU">Daniel Watson<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Network Administrator / Network Operations Manager<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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