can anyone tell me the merits and environments of HP openview console. Also let me know what are the uses and advantages compared to other monitoring tools.
this depends on your constraints. OV is expensive. OpenNMS is free. I'm a fan of opensource so I move in that direction.
however, here is a link that you might find useful
Comparison of network monitoring systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
thanks a lot. can you please tel me whether OV is platform,network,hardware independent?