Zabbix screencast #1: Basics

In my very first Zabbix screencast I am explaining the basic concepts of the Zabbix monitoring software. Learn about the dashboard, hosts, items, triggers, actions and graphs. This is a brief walkthrough. In further screencasts I will give a more in-depth view into Zabbix's cool features.

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i am trying to draw my

i am trying to draw my network map and wanted to see which link is okay and which link is down by changing its color. i need some ones step by step procedure help, and besides this ...i m facing another problem ,its like ..if i add any elemnts in the basic map page..i cannt see anything untill i go to the monitoring map page ...anyone can have any suggestions for this problem to solve

wow...then i am waiting for

wow...then i am waiting for your "maps editor -screencast"....
one more suggestion if i can share ,i will be grateful,Is there anything we have to deal with SNMP mibbs or something like that while we are going to check live map (i mean to check the live host /link /some other netwrok equipments up/down ) . And of course, I would like to give you thanks for your kind,quick and informative reply.Eagerly waiting for your coming screencast.

thanks a lot... i hope i will

thanks a lot... i hope i will get more information about SNMP in your coming mapping editor-screencast...
Is there any expected date like when ur mapping editor-screencast will be available in here.

hi,i solved the problem about

hi,i solved the problem about not seeing any element icon in the map while we are adding them. It actually requires updated web browser,like before i was using IE, but now i am using mozilla ...so everything works fine :)
one confusion still i have, like if i add two device by a link in map in zabbix 2, do i need to add trigger for both devices ...because my intention is to check only the link is up/down

thank u very much. waiting

thank u very much. waiting for your screen cast then...and,as you said..to click the link and add a trigger there...but unfortunately in link ,nothing comes to add or remove...but ,now those hosts are connected by this link,in their config popup menu ...a new items added called "edit element links" .Do i need to add trigger in both hosts for ping to check link is up/down

Hi, thanks for the nice intro

Hi, thanks for the nice intro, very nice!

So YOU are the debian package maintainer for zabbix? Great! Could you please give some hint where to find zabbix 2 packages for squeeze? I found dotdeb and some other sites, but I would like to use the most "official" one, thanks!