Testing Ping latency but not increasing my licensing cost
I’ve got 2 sites that are overseas. For simplicity let’s call them sites A and B. They both connect back to HQ via VPN tunnels over an SDWan connection. Site A has a local logicmonitor collector and Site B does not.
Occasionally the SDWan will have issues. LogicMonitor will alert me that there is an above average ping RTT between the collector at HQ and site B (the site with no local collector). Since site A has a local collector, the ping is always about 1ms. What I’d like is to have a ping sensor that’s going to run over the VPN to both sites. This way if I’m getting a high RTT alert and it’s both sites, I’d start my investigation with the SDWan provider. If I’m getting high RTT alert but it’s only 1 site, then I’d start my investigation with the local ISPs.
I can think of a few options but I don’t like either of them. 1. I can ditch the local collector at Site A and have him huff all the SNMP data over the tunnel to the collector at HQ, just like Site B does. I really don’t want to push that data over the wire when I can have a local collector right there. 2. Internal Web Ping, this works great but is apparently not part of my licensing structure. I already pay LogicMon like $$,$$$/year and I’ve no interest in increasing my costs.
Suggestions on how I can accomplish what I’d like to do?
Kirby Timm
OP2 years ago@Joe Williams Thanks, this looks like exactly what I needed. Much appreciated!
Joe Williams
·2 years ago@Kirby Timm you would add more instances. Each instance is a desired IP to ping.
Kirby Timm
OP2 years agoAhh! Got it! Then I would just go into the “Ping (multi)” - Instances tab and “Add” the 2nd IP to ping? Or is there a way to have both pings be in the same instance?
Joe Williams
·2 years agoWhile viewing the collector in the Resources section, click the down arrow next to Manage. Select Add Monitored Instance. Under DataSource select Ping (Multi)-. In Name, call it whatever you want, then under Wildcard Value enter the IP you want to ping.
Kirby Timm
OP2 years agoOh, I like the sound of that @Joe Williams how would I go about setting that up?
Joe Williams
·2 years agoYou could use the Ping Multi datasource to add a ping from the collector in site A to HQ. This wouldn’t use up a license.