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[hobbit] hosts still disappear
by blysik＠shutterfly.com 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

I just realized I left out the actual backtrace. Here's one I just ran again: 0xb7584416 in semop () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0xb7584416 in semop () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #1 0x08049f27 in posttochannel (channel=0xbfffc740, channelmarker=0x80538b2 "status", msg=0x8101868 "status uberbox.sys green Tue Jan 18 16:51:44 2005 \nSystem Description NetApp Release 6.5.2: Sun Jul 25 10:56:02 PDT 2004\n\nObject ID", ' ' <repeats 11 times>, ".1.3.6.1.4.1.789.2.1\n\nUptime", ' ' <repeats 14 times>, "143 days, 10:42"..., sender=0x8053bbc "hobbitd", hostname=0x81017f0 "uberbox", log=0x8101800, readymsg=0x0) at hobbitd.c:390 #2 0x0804ab22 in handle_status ( msg=0x8101868 "status uberbox.sys green Tue Jan 18 16:51:44 2005 \nSystem Description NetApp Release 6.5.2: Sun Jul 25 10:56:02 PDT 2004\n\nObject ID", ' ' <repeats 11 times>, ".1.3.6.1.4.1.789.2.1\n\nUptime", ' ' <repeats 14 times>, "143 days, 10:42"..., sender=0x8053bbc "hobbitd", hostname=0x81017f0 "uberbox", testname=0x7e6bf <Address 0x7e6bf out of bounds>, log=0x8101800, newcolor=3) at hobbitd.c:830 #3 0x0804df9a in check_purple_status () at hobbitd.c:2001 #4 0x0804ebff in main (argc=7, argv=0xbfffcb14) at hobbitd.c:2359 -- Bruce Z. Lysik <blysik at shutterfly.com> Operations Engineer > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Lysik > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:35 AM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: RE: [hobbit] hosts still disappear > > > > Correct, beta-5, plus the patch. > > Okay, hobbitd isn't responding at all. hobbitd.chk hasn't > been updated > since yesterday, and the hobbitlog command doesn't return anything. > > Strangely, no pid file was located in /var/log/hobbit. However, a ps > grepping for hobbit showed this: > > bbuser 32296 32295 0 Jan18 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd > --restart=/opt/bb/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk > --checkpoint-file=/opt/bb/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk > --checkpoint-interval=600 > --purple-conn=conn --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.log > --admin-senders=127.0.0.1 172.16.190.2 > > I used gdb and attached to that pid, resulting in: > > (gdb) attach 32296 > Attaching to process 32296 > Reading symbols from /opt/bb/server/bin/hobbitd...done. > Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1". > Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libc.so.6...done. > Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libc.so.6 > Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. > Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 > 0xb7584416 in semop () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 > (gdb) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] > Sent: Tue 1/18/2005 10:58 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] hosts still disappear > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 03:17:51PM -0800, Bruce Lysik wrote: > > > > Well, I spoke too soon about hosts disappearing. I'm still > seeing the > same > > problem. Is there anything I can do to help in debugging this? > > This is with the beta-5 version PLUS the patch I posted yesterday ? > > First, check if the hobbit daemon is still responding at all. You > can see if the ~server/tmp/hobbitd.chk file is being updated - it > should refresh every 10 minutes. You can also try this: If > > ~/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdlog some,server,name.conn" > > responds with a status log, then it is responding. If not, proceed: > > > Next, I want to figure out what the hobbitd proces is doing. You'll > need the gdb (GNU debugger) for that. Login as the hobbit user, Find > the process ID of hobbitd - it's recorded in > /var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.pid, or use "ps" - then: > > gdb ~/server/bin/hobbitd > [gdb messages] > gdb> attach <hobbitd-processid> > gdb> bt > > Let me know what this shows. > > > Henrik > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > > >

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[hobbit] bb-bbexttab?
by wdehouwer＠be.tiscali.com 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

Hey Bruce, If you have server-side checks that need to be done (e.g. Snmp query to alot of clients or in this case check if mysql server is running) you can add some lines to hobbitlaunch.cfg [mysql] ENVFILE /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD $BBHOME/ext/bb-mysql.pl LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-mysql.log INTERVAL 5m This is the same as the hobbit processes themselves Setting the environment, say that it needs hobbitd, which command to execute, to which file to log messages, and how often to fire the script. I use it like this, the only thing you need to take into account is that for shell scripts the variables as they were defined in the old BB (grep, awk, ...) are not in the environment so you have to add them to your script. Cheers, Wim -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Lysik [mailto:blysik at shutterfly.com] Sent: woensdag 19 januari 2005 1:12 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] bb-bbexttab? Hi, Does hobbit use the bb-bbexttab file? I'm trying to find how to define external checks to run. Thanks. -- Bruce Z. Lysik <blysik at shutterfly.com> Operations Engineer To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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hosts still disappear
by blysik＠shutterfly.com 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

Well, I spoke too soon about hosts disappearing. I'm still seeing the same problem. Is there anything I can do to help in debugging this? -- Bruce Z. Lysik <blysik at shutterfly.com> Operations Engineer

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enable/disable user/reason
by blysik＠shutterfly.com 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

Hi, I did a clean install with the patch and everything looks good so far. I've even been able to use BBConfigure with to generate the hosts file. Nice. A question about enabling and disabling. The form requires the input of the username and reason for disabling a monitor. This is a good idea for tracking. However, I don't see where this information is displayed anywhere. Am I missing something? -- Bruce Z. Lysik <blysik at shutterfly.com> Operations Engineer

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[hobbit] bb-bbexttab?
by blysik＠shutterfly.com 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

Ah! Okay, this makes sense. I forgot that the big brother instance I'm upgrading from was when server/client was the same. This makes more sense now. Thanks. -- Bruce Z. Lysik <blysik at shutterfly.com> Operations Engineer > -----Original Message----- > From: Kimberly McKinnis [mailto:kmckinnis at macrovision.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:33 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: RE: [hobbit] bb-bbexttab? > > > The bb client still does this. Hobbit doesn't have a client side app > yet. It confused me at first, but basically, Hobbit just > replaces the BB > server and the BB client talks to it like normal. It's quite easy, and > Hobbit is way more efficient than BB server. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Lysik [mailto:blysik at shutterfly.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:12 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: [hobbit] bb-bbexttab? > > > Hi, > > Does hobbit use the bb-bbexttab file? I'm trying to find how > to define > external checks to run. > > Thanks. > > -- > Bruce Z. Lysik <blysik at shutterfly.com> > Operations Engineer > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk >

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[hobbit] bb-bbexttab?
by kmckinnis＠macrovision.com 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

The bb client still does this. Hobbit doesn't have a client side app yet. It confused me at first, but basically, Hobbit just replaces the BB server and the BB client talks to it like normal. It's quite easy, and Hobbit is way more efficient than BB server. -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Lysik [mailto:blysik at shutterfly.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:12 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] bb-bbexttab? Hi, Does hobbit use the bb-bbexttab file? I'm trying to find how to define external checks to run. Thanks. -- Bruce Z. Lysik <blysik at shutterfly.com> Operations Engineer To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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bb-bbexttab?
by blysik＠shutterfly.com 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

Hi, Does hobbit use the bb-bbexttab file? I'm trying to find how to define external checks to run. Thanks. -- Bruce Z. Lysik <blysik at shutterfly.com> Operations Engineer

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beta-5 bugfix for hobbitd going dead
by henrik＠hswn.dk 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

Thanks to the very helpful Gordon Thiesfeld, I now believe I've found the bug that was causing Hobbit to lock up and die. It was - of course - a stupid programming error. It's in all of the Hobbit beta-versions, so it really is quite amazing it hasn't triggered on any of the systems I run Hobbit on internally. I'd recommend applying the attached patch to your Hobbit 4.0-beta5 sources, then rebuild and restart Hobbit. I.e. : Save attached patch to /tmp/post-beta5-loop.patch cd hobbit-4.0-beta5 patch lib/encoding.c < /tmp/post-beta5-loop.patch make make install Regards, Henrik

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[hobbit] paging setup
by GThiesfeld＠webmd.net 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

Check in ~/hobbit/data/acks/notifications.log to see if hobbit tried to send a message. It may be a problem w/ your mail server. -----Original Message----- From: rwaegner [mailto:rwaegner at questia.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:53 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] paging setup Greetings, Here's the setup, trying to test Hobbit as a replacement for the main BB server. As a simple test, I have created a bb-hosts entry for a non-existing server with the following rule in the hobbit-alerts.cfg: HOST=testserver03.domain.com SERVICE=conn MAIL rwaegner at questia.com REPEAT=10 RECOVERED Thats it...The conn icon on the Hobbit status page is red, but I never receive a page to my email address. Any idea? Also, posted a question earlier about mail groupings, if I have more than one recipient, are the comma separated or does that require a new MAIL line per recipient? I.E. will MAIL abc at domain.com def at domain.com ghi at domain.com REPEAT=10 RECOVERED work? Regards, Rick To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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paging setup
by rwaegner＠questia.com 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

Greetings, Here's the setup, trying to test Hobbit as a replacement for the main BB server. As a simple test, I have created a bb-hosts entry for a non-existing server with the following rule in the hobbit-alerts.cfg: HOST=testserver03.domain.com SERVICE=conn MAIL rwaegner at questia.com REPEAT=10 RECOVERED Thats it...The conn icon on the Hobbit status page is red, but I never receive a page to my email address. Any idea? Also, posted a question earlier about mail groupings, if I have more than one recipient, are the comma separated or does that require a new MAIL line per recipient? I.E. will MAIL abc at domain.com def at domain.com ghi at domain.com REPEAT=10 RECOVERED work? Regards, Rick

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