Hinemos

Hinemos is a popular open source software in Japan, which can manage several servers, computers, and other devices, as if you were only managing one single computer. Servers and computers are to be grouped, to meet the operational and management needs, and in those groups, you can monitor resources, service status, and even operate and manage jobs executed on monitored servers.

Functions

Basic functions

Functions which can be used for free are listed below.

  • Integrated Operation Function
    A function which can show several operational management interface in one screen.
  • Access User Management Function
    A function to manage (to create, edit, delete) users of Hinemos Application.
  • Repository Management Function
    A function to create and manage groups of servers and computers.
  • General Functions
    Functions (and Settings) which are used by Hinemos in general.
    • Notification Settings
    • Mail Template
    • Information Level Judgement (ex. info-error-warning-unknown)
    • Calendar Settings
    • Log Transfer Settings
  • Batch Control Function
    A function to operate a batch in several computers and servers at once.
  • Monitor Management Function
    A function to monitor servers, computers and other devices. Servers and Computers can be monitored in many different ways listed below.
    • syslog-ng Monitoring
    • HTTP Monitoring
    • ping Monitoring
    • Process Monitoring
    • SNMP Monitoring
    • SQL Monitoring
    • Resource Monitoring
    • SNMPTRAP Monitoring
    • Application Log Monitoring
    • Service Port Monitoring
  • Resource Management Function
    Collects CPU、Memory、Disk、Network resource informations and visualises in graph format.
  • Job Management Function
    A function to operate and manage jobs executed on managed computers and servers.
  • Maintenance Function
    A function to maintenance databases used by Hinemos.
  • Web Service API
    A function which makes Hinemos accessible (and usable) from outside programs through SOAP.

Optional functions

Functions which can be added (with charges) as options are listed below

  • HA Option
    An option to create HA Clouster, to increase Hinemos's reliance.
  • VM Management Option
    An option specialized in VM Management. Available for VMWare ESX/ESXi, Xen and Oracle VM
  • Utility Option
    An option which makes monitor settings more efficient.
  • Node Map Option
    An option which shows managed servers and its relation in visualized format (map).
  • UNIX Agent Pack
    Hinemos Agent packages for UNIX

Many other options and services are available from Hinemos Partner Companies.

  • SAP Monitoring coordination solution
    A Solution (Option) which makes Hinemos monitor SAP systems（ Qunie corp）
  • ITIL Service Management Solution
    An coordination of Hinemos and "Redmine for ITIL" an operational process management and incident management tool following ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) framework.
  • Hinemos Chinese Edition
    Hinemos available in Chinese Language （Atomitech Corp.）

Features

  • Open Source Software Made in Japan.
  • Easy to grupe and organize monitored servers, computers and other devices.
  • Job Management Function is available, which is a rare case in Open Source Monitor Management Products.
  • Many basic monitoring and resource management functions could be used without installing any agent applications.

Framework

Hinemos consists from 3 components listed below.

  • Hinemos Manager
  • Hinemos Agent
  • Hinemos Client

Hinemos Manager installed in management server will manage monitored servers, and keeps information in database. Hinemos Agent is installed in the monitored servers, when job management function and log transfer function is to be used. Operator will use Hinemos Client, and will see the information stored in the Hinemos Manager's Database.

Hinemos uses open source products listed below internally

  • JBoss
  • PostgreSQL
  • syslog-ng
  • NTSyslog

till ver3.1 OpenLDAP was also used, but was removed in ver3.2

Supported OS

  • Hinemos Manager
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32bit
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 64bit（Charged）
    • Oracle Linux 5 32bit
    • Oracle Linux 5 64bit（Charged）
  • Hinemos Agent
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 32bit
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64bit（Charged）
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32bit
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 64bit（Charged）
    • Oracle Linux 5 32bit
    • Oracle Linux 5 64bit（Charged）
    • Windows 2000 Server
    • Windows Server 2003 32bit
    • Windows Server 2003 64bit（Charged）
    • Windows Server 2008 32bit（Charged）
    • Windows Server 2008 64bit
    • Solaris 10 (SPARC, x86)（Charged）
    • HP-UX 11iv3（Charged）
    • AIX 5L 5.3、AIX 6.1（Charged）
  • Hinemos Client
    • Windows XP
    • Windows Vista
    • Windows 7
    • Windows Server 2008

History

Hinemos was developed under the commission of Information-technology Promotion Agency（IPA） Open Source Software utilizing foundation preparation project 2004(second half) .In 2007 Hinemos was selected was Software Product of the Year 2007 (SPOTY2007)In September 2010, the latest version of Hinemos (Hinemos ver3.2) was released.

Major Changes made on Hinemos

Version

Date

Changes

2.2

2007-03-27

Became Red Hat Enterprise Linux x86_64 compatible.

2.3

2008-10-31

Functions in Hinemos Agent for Windows has been reinforced, and improvements had been made on it's performance as an application.

2.4

2008-03-31

Became compatible with more OS. Service Port Monitoring, Mail Template has been added as new functions.

3.0

2008-10-31

Improvements had been made for Notification Function. Became IPv6 compatible. Hinemos Manager's operating system has been changed.

3.1

2009-04-13

VM Management Option has been added as new feature. Became WBEM compatible. Became SMTP-AUTH compatible

3.2

2010-09-30

Node Map Option, Access Control on Job Function, Web Service Function, Self Check Function has been added as new functions. Hinemos Client became compatible with more OS. Improvements had been made on it's performance.

Internationalization

Hinemos is localized in Chinese Language (Software Package, and Manuals) and distributed within China.

See also

  • Related Products
    Hinemos Light（Special Application for OpenBlockS）
    Redmine for ITIL
  • Competing Products
    ZABBIX
    Nagios
    Xymon
    GroundWork Monitor
    JP1：Hitachi
    Systemwalker：Fujitu
    Tivoli：IBM
    Senju：NRI