December 2005 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

[hobbit] Anyone working on an NT client?
by pwilliamson＠mandtbank.com 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

>>> KauffmanT at nibco.com 12/28/05 10:30 AM >>> > I'm interested. > > I currently run the BB/Quest bbnt client, but my NT admins would > feel a whole lot better about installing it if we had the source. Why? Do you have the source to Windows NT? How about to Exchange or SAP? I know, maybe Larry will give you the source to Oracle... I don't get why having the source is of any consequence... Paul

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[hobbit] bb-hosts question
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

I looked through all the files you indicated. They are as you suggested. I noticed in my log file I have the following: 2005-12-28 09:56:20 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2005-12-28 09:56:20 Setting up signal handlers 2005-12-28 09:56:20 Setting up hobbitd channels 2005-12-28 09:56:20 Setting up logfiles 2005-12-28 09:56:26 Task bbnet terminated by signal 4 Do you know what would cause this. I could not find this in the archives. Thanks Robert _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street FAX: (419) 821-0540 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067 > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Vande More [mailto:bigdan at gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 1:55 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] bb-hosts question > > On 12/27/05, McGraw, Robert P. <rmcgraw at purdue.edu> wrote: > > On the hobbit server (128.210.3.176) my bb-hosts file looks as follows: > > > > 128.210.3.176 zada.math.purdue.edu # ntp > http://www.math.purdue.edu/ > > 128.210.3.177 zorn.math.purdue.edu # > > > > The web page looks like > > > > bbgen cpu disk hobbitd info memory msgs procs trends > > G G R G G G W G G > > - G R - G G W G G > > > > > > I assume zada the hobbit client runs independent of zada the hobbit > server. > > That's correct, though they have a tie in that the hobbit client is > stopped/started when you stop/start the hobbit server. > > > > > Both hosts are sparc solaris machines. > > > > > > > > Why do I not have the ntp and http column for the zada client? > > Did you restart the server after you made this change? Is the file you > changed the one in ~/hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts on the server? > > > > > Why do I not have the conn for any host? > > > Check this settings in your ~/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg: > > CMD bbtest-net --report --ping --checkresponse --dns-timeout=10 > > And these in your hobbitserver.cfg: > > PINGCOLUMN="conn" > CONNTEST="TRUE" > FPING="/usr/bin/fping" > > > What file am I missing to make this all come together? > > > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Robert P. McGraw, Jr. > > Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu > > Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 > > Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 > > 150 N. University Street FAX: (419) 821-0540 > > West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067 > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk >

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Msgs - No log data available
by Todd.Costa＠state.ma.us 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hello Hob-sters, I have been testing my Hobbit server [4.1.2p1] for a number of weeks now. Its working great and everything is going well so far with my test criteria. I am wondering how do I fix the service type "msgs" that continues to be clear on my hobbit server. The status is reporting the following: "No log data available; The client did not report any logfile data." Not certain why but I am running Debian 3.1 (stable) and I am using the server 4.1.2pl1 .deb from sourceforge. Do I need the hobbitclient .deb to fix this? Its not a huge issue but something I am trying to figure out. Its probably really simple too. Sooo... Looking at the hobbitlaunch.cfg, the hobbitserver.cfg and hobbitclient.sh I can see and follow the scripts with the resulting tests to a msg.txt file created in $BBHOME/TMP but its not getting back to the hobbit display that is showing clear and what I have typed above. ie: no log data... I have noticed a runclient.sh but don't see where its launched or referenced in the cfg files at this point. Would this be the piece I am missing in my configuration? It appears to be getting the data but its not going to the display for what ever reason. So any input is appreciated. Thanks in advance for responding to my questions. PS. I did send this earlier but I did not get a email from the list server indicating a post. So here it is again. ----------------------------- Todd Costa Commonwealth of Massachusetts -----------------------------

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bb-hosts question
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

On the hobbit server (128.210.3.176) my bb-hosts file looks as follows: 128.210.3.176 zada.math.purdue.edu # ntp http://www.math.purdue.edu/ 128.210.3.177 zorn.math.purdue.edu # The web page looks like bbgen cpu disk hobbitd info memory msgs procs trends G G R G G G W G G - G R - G G W G G I assume zada the hobbit client runs independent of zada the hobbit server. Both hosts are sparc solaris machines. Why do I not have the ntp and http column for the zada client? Why do I not have the conn for any host? What file am I missing to make this all come together? _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street FAX: (419) 821-0540 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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Hobbit System Logs - client did not report
by Todd.Costa＠state.ma.us 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hello Hob-sters, I have been testing my Hobbit server [4.1.2p1] for a number of weeks now. Its working great and everything is going well so far with my test criteria. I am wondering how do I fix the service type "msgs" of clear on my hobbit server. The status is reporting the following: "No log data available; The client did not report any logfile data." I am running Debian 3.1 (stable) and I have used the server .deb from sourceforge. Do I need the client .deb to fix this? Its not a huge issue but something I am trying to figure out. Looking at the hobbitlaunch.cfg, the hobbitserver.cfg and hobbitclient.sh I can see and follow the resulting tests to a msg.txt file created in $BBHOME/TMP but its not getting back to the hobbit display. I have noticed a runclient.sh but don't see where its launched or referenced in the cfg files. Would this be the piece I am missing in my configuration? It appears to be getting the data but its not going to the display. So any input is appreciated. Thanks in advance for responding to my questions. ----------------------------- Todd Costa Commonwealth of Massachusetts -----------------------------

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RESEND: some simple questions
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

I believe I have found my answer. Sorry Robert ------------------------------------------------ I am in the process of converting over from bb to hobbit. I have configure my server and web pages and this look ok as per the documents In one of the hobbit document is says BBDISPLAY, BBPAGER, BBNET are compatibility settings for extensions written for Big Brother. Hobbit doesn't use these, but puts them in the bb-hosts file to avoid problems if you mix Hobbit and Big Brother modules. I am going to try and not mix hobbit and bb modules. I want to phase out bb. If Hobbit does not us BBDISPLAY then how do hobbit clients know where to send to the hobbit display server? _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street FAX: (419) 821-0540 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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some simple questions
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

I am in the process of converting over from bb to hobbit. I have configure my server and web pages and this look ok as per the documents In one of the hobbit document is says BBDISPLAY, BBPAGER, BBNET are compatibility settings for extensions written for Big Brother. Hobbit doesn't use these, but puts them in the bb-hosts file to avoid problems if you mix Hobbit and Big Brother modules. I am going to try and not mix hobbit and bb modules. I want to phase out bb. If Hobbit does not us BBDISPLAY then how do hobbit clients know where to send to the hobbit display server? _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street FAX: (419) 821-0540 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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2 questions
by stoners＠verizon.net 24 Dec '05

24 Dec '05

1. Can a hobbitd worker subscribe to more than one channel without launching multiple workers? Can you add a: [frazzle] ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=stachg,status,notes --log= $BBSERVERLOGS/frazzle.log hobbitd_frazzle so the hobbitd_frazzle worker gets stachg, status and notes messages? 2. What is the hobbitd_filter program? The comment is: /* Filter for incoming messages. /* This module is invoked when a new status message is received, but /* before it is handled by the daemon. The message is passed from /* hobbitd in shared memory, so this filter can modify the message e.g. /* change the color of the message based on some criteria. but I don't see where it gets called from hobbitd or launched as a separate process. I'm very intrigued by this code and what I can accomplish with it. -Jeff "Fun with Users #1: ln -s /dev/random /etc/motd"

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Client interval question
by jeffnewman75＠gmail.com 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hi, I wanted to move from a 5 minute interval on all my clients to a 1 minute interval. I went to my first AIX host to test, and changed /usr/local/hobbit/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg and changed the interval to 1m (I assume this is correct) Well, sure enough, hobbit launches stuff every minute, but the problem is that I see "vmstat 300 2" running a ton. So looking at /usr/local/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-aix.sh, I see that hardcoded into the script is "vmstat 300 2" So do I need to update that to reflect 1 minute as well ( i.e. vmstat 60 2)? Or is this by design? Are there others that might need to change that I don't know about? Is the way I am going about this wrong? Thanks, Jeff

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bb-hosts LARRD tag
by cits.bogajewski＠daimlerchrysler.com 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Hello all, is the below described LARRD option still available? i was trying to display two different graphs for an extra test but it seems to be not working. hm.. i.g. - if i try to display [disk] and [disk1] graphs on one page nothing happens... 1.2.3.4 myhost # LARRD:*,disk:disk|disk1 thanks. Marry X-mas everyone ;) Best wishes, Anatoli henrik at hswn.dk schrieb am 24.05.2005 07:59:40: > On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 11:35:22AM +0800, Vernon Everett wrote: > > > In hobbitgraph.cfg, I have the following definition, and it produces > > wonderful, but somewhat cluttered graphs. > > ---snip--- > > [ora9-sga] > > FNPATTERN tablespace.rrd > > TITLE TableSpace Utilization > > YAXIS % Full > > DEF:xdb at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_XDB:AVERAGE > > DEF:whsidx at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_WHS_INDEX:AVERAGE > > DEF:whsdata at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_WHS_DATA:AVERAGE > > DEF:users at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_USERS:AVERAGE > > DEF:undotbs1 at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_UNDOTBS1:AVERAGE > > DEF:tools at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_TOOLS:AVERAGE > > DEF:system at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_SYSTEM:AVERAGE > > DEF:siebind at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_SIEB_INDEX:AVERAGE > > DEF:siebdata at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_SIEB_DATA:AVERAGE > > DEF:loader at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:siebprd_LOADER_DATA:AVERAGE > > LINE2:xdb at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:XDB > > LINE2:whsidx at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:WHS_INDEX > > LINE2:whsdata at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:WHS_DATA > > LINE2:users at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:USERS > > LINE2:undotbs1 at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:UNDO > > LINE2:tools at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:TOOLS > > LINE2:system at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:SYSTEM > > LINE2:siebind at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:SIEB_INDEX > > LINE2:siebdata at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:SIEB_DATA > > LINE2:loader at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:LOADER > > -u 100 > > -l 0 > > ---snip--- > > Minor nit: Since you only have one input file, the "@RRDIDX@" in all of > the DEF and LINE definitions is ignored. > > > How do I get it to split this across 2 or even 3 graphs, like the disk > > utilisation graphs. > > You'll need to split them into multiple graph definitions. E.g. define > two graphs: > > [ora9-sga] > FNPATTERN tablespace.rrd > TITLE TableSpace Utilization > YAXIS % Full > DEF:xdb=@RRDFN@:siebprd_XDB:AVERAGE > DEF:whsidx=@RRDFN@:siebprd_WHS_INDEX:AVERAGE > DEF:whsdata=@RRDFN@:siebprd_WHS_DATA:AVERAGE > DEF:users=@RRDFN@:siebprd_USERS:AVERAGE > DEF:undotbs1=@RRDFN@:siebprd_UNDOTBS1:AVERAGE > LINE2:xdb#@COLOR@:XDB > LINE2:whsidx#@COLOR@:WHS_INDEX > LINE2:whsdata#@COLOR@:WHS_DATA > LINE2:users#@COLOR@:USERS > LINE2:undotbs1#@COLOR@:UNDO > -u 100 > -l 0 > > [ora9-sga1] > FNPATTERN tablespace.rrd > TITLE TableSpace Utilization > YAXIS % Full > DEF:tools=@RRDFN@:siebprd_TOOLS:AVERAGE > DEF:system=@RRDFN@:siebprd_SYSTEM:AVERAGE > DEF:siebind=@RRDFN@:siebprd_SIEB_INDEX:AVERAGE > DEF:siebdata=@RRDFN@:siebprd_SIEB_DATA:AVERAGE > DEF:loader=@RRDFN@:siebprd_LOADER_DATA:AVERAGE > LINE2:tools#@COLOR@:TOOLS > LINE2:system#@COLOR@:SYSTEM > LINE2:siebind#@COLOR@:SIEB_INDEX > LINE2:siebdata#@COLOR@:SIEB_DATA > LINE2:loader#@COLOR@:LOADER > -u 100 > -l 0 > > Then to have them both displayed on the "ora9-sga" column, add a LARRD > tag to the host, like this: > > 1.2.3.4 db1.foo.com # LARRD:*,ora9-sga:ora9-sga|ora9-sga1 > > > Henrik > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > >

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