Remote monitoring Linux/unix servers from linux/unix server

Steps for Executing the command on remote host

1. Create/update .netrc file in user home directory and add credentials of all the machines that we need to be accessed remotely. Format should be as follows

machine login password

 

2. Execute “chmod 600 .netrc” so that only owner will have read/write access.
3. To execute the command on remote host use the following command

rexec

To remote monitor

rexec remotehost vmstat 1 10