The document outlines key features of Zabbix, including data collection, problem detection, distributed monitoring, and management automation through templates. It emphasizes the ability to monitor various IT environments, integrate with different data sources, and automate monitoring settings for large-scale deployments. Additional features include network auto-discovery, custom graphing, and advanced problem escalation.

1. Zabbix features
in 5 pictures
Nicola Mauri
Zabbix Certified Specialist
www.bitmind.it

2. Appliances Servers
Virtual
Infrastructures
Web/Java
applications
Hardware
& Environment
SNMP
Telnet
Zabbix Agent
SSH
WMI
vSphere API
Any
source
HTTP
JMX
ODBC
IPMI
Trap
Custom scripts
Performance
Graphs
Alerts
Maps
IT Admins
View
Configure
Manage
2 • COLLECT AND VIEW DATA

3. 3 • DETECT PROBLEMS
Trigger
expression
Collected
data
Actions
AND
avg(x)
OR
kill process
restart_apache
...
open ticket
SMS Email XMPP
Custom
Script

4. 4 • DISTRIBUTED MONITORING
Zabbix
Server
Zabbix Proxy
BRANCH OFFICE
LAN
Zabbix Proxy
CUSTOMER
LAN
HEADQUARTERS
Collect data
Collect
data

5. 5 • MANAGEMENT & AUTOMATION
TEMPLATES
Control thousands of similar
devices with one template
and keep their monitoring
settings in sync.
Customize settings on
individual hosts if needed.
Link templates and inherit
settings for maximum
flexibility.
Export / Import templates.
Items
Triggers
Graphs
DISCOVERY
Zabbix finds new hosts on
your network and
automatically applies relevant
templates to start
monitoring them.
Network
Auto
Discovery
LOW LEVEL DISCOVERY
Disk volumes,
NIC interfaces,
DB Schemas,
...
Zabbix discovers internal
components of your devices
(NIC cards, disk volumes,
switch ports, virtual
machines, database
schemas), automatically
applies checks and starts to
monitoring them.

6. Build active maps
6 • AND MORE FEATURES....
Custom graphs
Custom Screens
& Slideshow
Advanced Problem
Escalation
IT Inventory
Service SLA
& Reports
Export / Import data
Security Access Control
API

7. Nicola Mauri
www.bitmind.it
Jan 2015
www.zabbix.com
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