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Old but Stable Monitoring Solution
Updated August 19, 2022

Old but Stable Monitoring Solution

Rekha Yadav | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Micro Focus Network Node Manager i (formerly HP Network Node Manager)

We are using [Micro Focus Network Node Manager i (formerly HP Network Node Manager)] [over the] last 6 years when it was HP's product and the primary purpose of Network Node Manager was to monitor our customer's network infrastructure fault and performance monitoring and reporting. It was being used by network practice and support department and monitoring team as well.
  • Fault and Performance Monitoring
  • Performance Reporting
  • Alerting and Flexible threhsolds
  • Product stability
  • Micro Focus still using older technology
  • Unavailability of APIs for 3rd party interaction
  • no out of the box integrations with 3rd party systems
  • Fault and Performance Monitoring
  • Performance Reporting via iSPI
  • Network Topology with Tenant View
  • Our network SLA are under prescribed values
  • Capacity planning was possible with the help of reports availability
  • API option is still missing and hence unable to leverage PowerBI and advanced reporting tools.
Even though there are many products in the market such as from Solarwinds, CA Spectrum (no DX Spectrum), PRTG that offers similar or even with more flexibility the fault and performance monitoring still Micro Focus is a very nice tool when it comes to Scalability and Stability with all necessary monitoring coverage. There is no external database required and hence less issues with integration.

Do you think Micro Focus Network Node Manager i delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Micro Focus Network Node Manager i's feature set?

Yes

Did Micro Focus Network Node Manager i live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Micro Focus Network Node Manager i go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Micro Focus Network Node Manager i again?

Yes

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (npm), PRTG Network Monitor, DX Spectrum (formerly CA Spectrum)
[Micro Focus Network Node Manager i (formerly HP Network Node Manager)] is like you implement it, setup monitoring and alerting and forget it forever until any major activity is there and that is possible because of the product's stability. Another reason for product stability is less features as compared to other vendor tools and its own inbuilt database.