Introduction

The NagVis automap included with OP5 Monitor is a great tool for visualizing the parent-child relationship of hosts in the monitoring system.
This map is however configured to a static size and can get unreadable once you have added more hosts with multiple parents and children.

In this how-to we will look at configuring the Automap for large environments and replicate some of the functionality from the deprecated Hypermap feature.

The Automap in an environment with a lot of host relationships

Configuration

Open the NagVis map called "Automap", hover over the "Edit Map" menu and select "Map Options" button

Scroll down the options list to "render_mode" and set it to "unidirect2".

This should render a cleaner and more spread out map with your hosts and their relationships