If you are an Ubuntu shop, we are happy to deliver a pre-configured GroundWork Monitor Enterprise appliance built upon Canonical's Ubuntu 9.10.
Last month, we announced support for Enterprise Server (excluding NMS add-ons) running on Ubuntu, and this month we package it up so that you have a stable, ready-to-go package ...
Mark Gibbs, also of Network World, has posted a mini-review of the GroundWork Monitor community edition virtual appliance on TechWorld.
Article excerpt:
Bottom line: Groundwork Monitor Community Edition (particularly in its virtual appliance form) is a powerful, flexible and comprehensive network monitoring and management solution. Definitely worth a serious look if you're ...
In addition to:
1) the updated Red Hat / CentOS rpm,
2) the new SuSE 9 and SuSE 10 rpms, and
3) the updated bootable ISO,
a new VMWare edition, also based on GWMOS 5.0.5, is now downloadable from SourceForge at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=160654
It's a LARGE download (>700MB) but if you're looking to monitor through a VMWare ...