December 2005 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

alert questions.
by tlp-hobbit＠holme-pedersen.dk 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Hi All, What are the different color codes and letters i.e. (R,S) for alerts on the info page ? Why will my normal macro config not work ie $NEWHOSTS=host1,host2 but $NEWHOSTS=%(host1|host2) works ? I have a alert with a group as above and I have a general alert rule for the rest of the page. I have the group definition first and then the page definition second. After the mail receipient on the hostgroup I have a STOP keyword, but on the page definition still is shown on the info page (although in another color) Here is my config: $ALERT=REPEAT=30 DURATION>17 COLOR=RED $ALERT_MAIL=REPEAT=30 DURATION>17 COLOR=RED,YELLOW $SMS-HELPDESK=sms at sms-gateway.mycompany.com $HELPDESK=helpdesk at mycompany.com $NEWHOSTS=%(host1|host2) HOST=$NEWHOSTS EXSERVICE=trends MAIL $SMS-HELPDESK $ALERT RECOVERED TIME=w:0800:1559 FORMAT=sms MAIL $HELPDESK $ALERT_MAIL RECOVERED TIME=w:0800:1559 STOP PAGE=customers/dk-customers MAIL $SMS-HELPDESK $ALERT FORMAT=sms MAIL $HELPDESK $ALERT_MAIL Should I upgrade to a newer version ? i have tested the rules with 4.1.2p1 from Nov 24. Best regards, Thomas

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SLA\Availability Reports
by billieperez＠gmail.com 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

Hi, I am looking for some more information on the SLA reporting options within Hobbit (running 4.1.2 on Fedora Core 4). In the past I used the SLA Report script from deadcat.net for Big Brother where anyone could go to the report page, select their date range and the SLA Report button. Within the SLAreport script I had specified the servers we wanted to report on, options, timeframe. I have read the man pages for bbgen, bb-hosts and bb-replog but am not sure how to get this same functionality out of Hobbit. I would like our metrics person to be able to access the URL to select the date range and have it return on only our production servers from 7am-7pm. I tried using hobbitreports.sh and modified the time, but it still showed up as 24x7 when I generated the report and also wasn't sure where to specify only specific hosts within that file. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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sar & cpu-utilization graph
by jeffnewman75＠gmail.com 07 Dec '05

07 Dec '05

Hi, My boss wants the cpu-utilization graph to reflect the statistics on a per cpu basis. Investigating, I see that sar can do this, while reporting similar data to vmstat (i.e. User, System Idle, average etc...) with the addition of a cpu number. Output: stlqrma:root:/> sar -P ALL 1 2 AIX stlqrma 3 5 00CB5A2F4C00 12/05/05 System configuration: lcpu=16 15:31:05 cpu %usr %sys %wio %idle physc 15:31:06 0 35 5 0 60 0.75 1 0 0 0 100 0.25 2 36 5 0 59 0.75 3 0 0 0 100 0.25 <snip> 15:31:07 0 36 7 0 57 0.77 1 0 0 0 100 0.24 2 41 5 0 55 0.77 3 0 0 0 100 0.23 <snip> Average 0 36 6 0 59 0.76 1 0 0 0 100 0.24 2 39 5 0 57 0.76 3 0 0 0 100 0.24 <snip> What is the easiest way to change the cpu utilization graph in hobbit to take advantage of this? One small obstacle I see is that the sar output is *slightly* different on say, linux and aix: # sar -P ALL 1 1 Linux 2.6.9-5.ELsmp (rp-ladmin) 12/05/2005 02:34:00 PM CPU %user %nice %system %iowait %idle 02:34:01 PM all 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 02:34:01 PM 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 02:34:01 PM 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Same data, with the exception of adding "ALL" and spelling out user/system etc.. It's one of those things that's either more complicated than it looks, or easier than I think :-) Thanks, Jeff

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need help
by longina＠imada.sdu.dk 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

hi, I am new to Hobbit and very glad for it, however after several days trial still have some annoying problems. I would like to get some tips on debugging div. processes as problems obviously are related to the differences between computers (hobbit installation was identical within family). 1. some Linux clients not reporting data. Clients are identical Linux MAndrakes (ok: suppose to be identical) - and some of them are not reporting to the server as there were not client processes running. Display page shows only green diamonds for conn, info, trends - and "-" for other. I can't find any help in log files neither at server nor at client. At client in hobbitclient.log a lot of lines: "error parsing /proc/net/snmp: Success "TERM environment variable not set." The same lines however are on succesful clients! 2. "Client data" link is missing for some hobbit clients (sparc/Solaris8,9) 3. "History" link for sparc clients says "Cannot open history file". hobbitd_history is running. Again, no help from log files. 4. I would be able to send sms in case of serious problems - what basic software should I have to manage that? Thanks in advance for help Longina -- Longina Przybyszewska, system programmer Dept. of Math. & Comp. Sci. - IMADA University of Southern Denmark, Odense Campusvej 55,DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark tel: +45 6550 2359 - http://www.imada.sdu.dk email: longina at imada.sdu.dk --

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Newbie - Source data?
by Mike.Barfield＠syniverse.com 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

All, I installed Hobbit a few weeks ago and it running fine. Someone in upper management happened to see Hobbit in action and now wants more. He uses nothing but Excel and therefore wants the raw Hobbit data so he can play with spreadsheets all day long. My question is where can I find the raw data that Hobbit uses to create it's graphs? Namely the "trends" graph for "cpu Utilization". I've looked at the data/hist/hostname/ files, but it doesn't look like they're used for graph generation. TIA Mike Barfield Syniverse Technologies

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[hobbit] Newbie - Source data?
by nfigaro＠effigie.fr 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

> -----Message d'origine----- > De : Mike Barfield [mailto:Mike.Barfield at syniverse.com] > Envoyé : lundi 5 décembre 2005 15:43 > À : hobbit at hswn.dk > Objet : [hobbit] Newbie - Source data? > > > All, Hi, Hobbit has some report tools included. But I can't blame someone who wishes to play with excel, christmas is coming and its a good toy :) :) > > I installed Hobbit a few weeks ago and it running fine. > Someone in upper management happened to see Hobbit in action > and now wants more. He uses nothing but Excel and therefore > wants the raw Hobbit data so he can play with spreadsheets > all day long. My question is where can I find the raw data > that Hobbit uses to create it's graphs? Namely the "trends" > graph for "cpu Utilization". I've looked at the > data/hist/hostname/ files, but it doesn't look like they're > used for graph generation. The graphs are generated with rrdtool. You can try "rrdtool dump" with any of the rrd files in the rrd subdirectory. > > TIA > > Mike Barfield > Syniverse Technologies Nicolas Figaro

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[hobbit] Coredump when generating pre-built reports
by CHRIS.MORRIS＠RWEnpower.com 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

On Friday, December 02, 2005 4:06 PM, Henrik wrote : >I suspect this is somewhat the same problem both of you are seeing. >Could you try the attached patch and let me know if it helps ? Patch applied but still getting the same problem on AIX :- /usr/local/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitreports.sh: line 78: 19204 IOT/Abort trap (core dumped) BBWEB=$REPORTTOPURL/$REPDIR $BBHOME/bin/bbgen --reportopts=$STIME:$ETIME:0:nongr $BBGENREPOPTS $REPORTTOPDIR/$REPDIR Core was generated by `bbgen'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. #0 0xd01ecf40 in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.a(shr.o) (gdb) bt #0 0xd01ecf40 in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.a(shr.o) #1 0xd020d2c8 in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.a(shr.o) #2 0x1001fce8 in sigsegv_handler () #3 <signal handler called> #4 0x1000b75c in strncpy () #5 0x10012fb8 in parse_histlogfile () #6 0x10013960 in parse_historyfile () #7 0x1000bf28 in init_state () #8 0x1000ccb8 in load_state () #9 0x2000cf38 in ?? () Regards, Chris **************************************************************************** We would like to take this opportunity to send Seasons Greetings to all our customers, suppliers and colleagues and wish you a prosperous New Year. RWE npower will not be sending corporate Christmas cards this year. Instead, we will be making a donation to our chosen corporate charity Macmillan Cancer Relief. **************************************************************************** The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the intended recipient at the email address to which it has been addressed. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination or copying of the message or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender by return email or call 01793 877777 and ask for the sender and then delete it immediately from your system.Please note that neither RWE npower nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). *****************************************************************************

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Graph/Track page in/out faults AIX
by jeffnewman75＠gmail.com 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi, I have an AIX box where the customer wants to know if I can use hobbit to track/graph page in/out faults. vmstat appears to have this information in it's output. So is there a way to get hobbit to show this since it is collecting the vmstat information anyway? Thanks, Jeff

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[hobbit] Coredump when generating pre-built reports
by CHRIS.MORRIS＠RWEnpower.com 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

On Thursday, December 01, 2005 4:35 PM, Frédéric Mangeant wrote: >I tried to generate the november monthly report, and bbgen coredumped : > >$ ~/server/bin/bbcmd --env=/BB/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg >hobbitreports.sh monthly >~/server/bin/hobbitreports.sh: line 78: 24827 Abandon >(core dumped) BBWEB=$REPORTTOPURL/$REPDIR $BBHOME/bin/bbgen >--reportopts=$STIME:$ETIME:0:nongr $BBGENREPOPTS $REPORTTOPDIR/$REPDIR I have a similar problem on an AIX server (5.1 or 5.2) using 4.1.2p1 in that bbgen coredumps generating any automated reports but works ok doing a "custom" report /usr/local/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitreports.sh: line 78: 30622 IOT/Abort trap (core dumped) BBWEB=$REPORTTOPURL/$REPDIR $BBHOME/bin/bbgen --reportopts=$STIME:$ETIME:0:nongr $BBGENREPOPTS $REPORTTOPDIR/$REPDIR Core was generated by `bbgen'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. #0 0xd01ecf40 in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.a(shr.o) (gdb) bt #0 0xd01ecf40 in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.a(shr.o) #1 0xd020d2c8 in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.a(shr.o) #2 0x1001fc18 in sigsegv_handler () #3 <signal handler called> #4 0x1000b75c in strncpy () #5 0x10012fb8 in parse_histlogfile () #6 0x100138ac in parse_historyfile () #7 0x1000bf28 in init_state () #8 0x1000ccb8 in load_state () #9 0x2000ce28 in ?? () Regards Chris **************************************************************************** We would like to take this opportunity to send Seasons Greetings to all our customers, suppliers and colleagues and wish you a prosperous New Year. RWE npower will not be sending corporate Christmas cards this year. Instead, we will be making a donation to our chosen corporate charity Macmillan Cancer Relief. **************************************************************************** The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the intended recipient at the email address to which it has been addressed. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination or copying of the message or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender by return email or call 01793 877777 and ask for the sender and then delete it immediately from your system.Please note that neither RWE npower nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). *****************************************************************************

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Coredump when generating pre-built reports
by frederic.mangeant＠steria.com 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi Henrik I tried to generate the november monthly report, and bbgen coredumped : $ ~/server/bin/bbcmd --env=/BB/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg hobbitreports.sh monthly ~/server/bin/hobbitreports.sh: line 78: 24827 Abandon (core dumped) BBWEB=$REPORTTOPURL/$REPDIR $BBHOME/bin/bbgen --reportopts=$STIME:$ETIME:0:nongr $BBGENREPOPTS $REPORTTOPDIR/$REPDIR $ file core core: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4-style, SVR4-style, from 'bbgen' $ gdb ~/server/bin/bbgen core GNU gdb 6.3 Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `/BB/hobbit/server/bin/bbgen --reportopts=1130799600:1133391599:0:nongr --subpag'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libpcre.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libpcre.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 #0 0x40075941 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x40075941 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x400756e5 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x40076a86 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6 #3 0x080639d1 in sigsegv_handler (signum=0) at sig.c:57 #4 <signal handler called> #5 0x400b1939 in strcat () from /lib/libc.so.6 #6 0x0804fa3a in timename (timestring=0x0) at reportdata.c:322 #7 0x0804fc9f in parse_historyfile (fd=0x8f5cc80, repinfo=0x0, hostname=0x8ed3ae8 "ftvbufet", servicename=0x896a6c8 "swap", fromtime=0, totime=1133391599, for_history=0, warnlevel=97, greenlevel=99.995000000000005, reporttime=0x0) at reportdata.c:405 #8 0x0804e328 in init_state (filename=0xbfff6d20 "ftvbufet.swap", log=0xbfff6cf0) at loaddata.c:224 #9 0x0804ebf1 in load_state (sumhead=0x0) at loaddata.c:521 #10 0x08049d95 in main (argc=4, argv=0xbfffce04) at bbgen.c:569 Daily reports generation works fine. Thanks in advance for your help. Regards, -- Frédéric Mangeant Steria EDC Sophia-Antipolis

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