Enterprise Network Management Systems?

Luke A. Kanies asks: "Does anyone have any experience with any enterprise-level NMSs? I need to implement one at a relatively large DSL provider in the next couple of months, and I can only find marketing materials so far. Has anyone used netcool, COMMAND/POST, or OpenMaster? Netcool looks like the best, but I would like some real-world stories before I try to roll one of these out. "

Command post

[malice95]

I have delt with command post in the past.. IMHO
it works good for monitoring unix systems if you
write enough custom scripts but beyond that it sucks.

Malice95

Netcool

[Geotrash]

My company (not really mine, I work there) does Netcool consulting and integrations with other products. Netcool is indeed very robust with a well established clientele. Also check out Peregrine Systems' latest offerings at www.peregrine.com. Their Infratools discovery and InfraCenter asset management solutions offer incredible value and functionality out of the box. I have seen their discovery tools in operation, and they are perhaps the best on the market. A very big plus is that Peregrine has just announced support for Linux across their entire product lineup.

BMC PATROL for Linux...

[Root Moose]

...is emminent...at least that's what we've been told.

Not sure if it will be the next "point" release or 4.0

http://www.bmc.com