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NMIS v8 Documentation

Current NMIS v8 documentation is listed below.

• Getting Started - Virtual Appliance Bundle & NMIS 8
  
• NMIS8 Release Notes
• NMIS8 Installation guide - All you should need to know to get NMIS8 running on LInux
• NMIS8 VM Installation Guide - What you need to know to get NMIS8 VMware OVF ready for use on your VMware installation.
• NMIS8 Quick Start Guide
• NMIS8 Configuration Guide
• NMIS8 Virtual Machine - More information about the NMIS8 Virtual Machine.
• Managing Servers and Services with NMIS8
• NMIS Configuration Part 1 on the "show brain" blog
• NMIS Configuration Part 2 on the "show brain" blog
• Using SNMPv3 with NMIS for Secure Network Management
• Cisco router basic SNMP v1 or v2 configuration guide 

NMIS in Depth

Why does NMIS do that, how does it work?

• NMIS Metrics, Reachability, Availability and Health
• Amount of Performance Data Storage NMIS8 Stores
• Description of the NMIS Event Log
• NMIS Event List
• Import Nodes into NMIS8 - bulk import and integration

NMIS Support

• NMIS File Permissions
  
• Default Credentials (Passwords) for NMIS8 VM
• User Management in NMIS8
• Moving the NMIS database to a new partition
• Logs, debugs and files which are useful when troubleshooting and resolving issues in NMIS
• Patching NMIS with 8.3.4G Update
• Patching NMIS with 8.3.6G Update
• Patching NMIS with 8.3.9G Update
• Additional support can be found on the nmis_users mailing list although we recommend commenting on this community site.
• Testing SNMP Connectivity from the NMIS Server with snmpwalk

NMIS4 Documentation

• NMIS 4.3.6e Installation Documentation- contributed by Terrell Prude.

Opmantek Modules to Extend NMIS8

• opFlow - Application level visibility using NetFlow information, providing incredible visibility into bandwidth usage, by user and application.
• opReports - Expert reporting, with traffic lights and actions.
• opMaps - Geographical mapping of your Organisation, from NMIS information.
• opSLA - Enhanced IPSLA engine for 10000's of IPSLA probes on a single server.
• opHA - High availability for NMIS through Master/Slave and Multi-Master configurations.