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[hobbit] bb-hostedit v1.1 beta
by brent.mccrackin＠bell.ca 30 May '05

30 May '05

Hey Eric... Either I've missed it completely, or its just not available yet - how does one add a new group (of any available type) to a page? Lots of links all over for adding new hosts and subpages, and editing existing groups works fine, but nothing is apparent for adding new groups. :-) --- Brent B McCrackin UNIX Systems Specialist - Bell Sympatico Brent.McCrackin at Bell.ca PH: 416-353-0692 "Serenity through viciousness."

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BB-Central
by arnoud＠koekiemonster.com 30 May '05

30 May '05

I've read a few threads in the archive about bb-central, but not everybody is having luck getting it to work. We currently use bb-central for over 100 hosts, this poses some difficulties. When a connection failes during one of the ssh sessions, the whole bb-central script hangs and everything turns purple. Another is the bb-central script can take longer that 5 minutes because it probes 1 host at a time, this causes timeouts and purple displays. This pushes to make a good working replacement for bb-central with the following ideas: - small scripts so you can test serveral (say 5 or 10) hosts at a time - possible timeouts so the following scripts won't wait on it. - a bbcentral-hosts file from wich the scripts are generated (hostnames and commands per host) - should stay working after a Hobbit upgrade, so prefferably no editting the startup files or other files. Before I start on this I would like some ideas, comments and if possible some people who would like to help because I'm not such a good shell-script-kiddy. Grtz, Arnoud Post The Netherlands

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Startup problem on FreeBSD
by arnoud＠koekiemonster.com 29 May '05

29 May '05

I have just installed version 4.0.4 for the first time. I'm running FreeBSD 5.3 on Intel. When I startup Hobbit I don't get the html pages, just a few directories. I'm really without any clue right now, so I hope someone out here can help me on this one. Looking at de logfile gives: 2005-05-29 20:25:14 Task hobbitd started with PID 43892 2005-05-29 20:25:14 Loading hostnames 2005-05-29 20:25:14 Loading saved state 2005-05-29 20:25:14 Cannot access checkpoint file /usr/local/bb/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk for restore 2005-05-29 20:25:14 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2005-05-29 20:25:14 Setting up signal handlers 2005-05-29 20:25:14 Setting up hobbitd channels 2005-05-29 20:25:14 Could not get sem: No space left on device 2005-05-29 20:25:14 Cannot setup status channel 2005-05-29 20:25:14 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1 ps -aux |grep hobbit gives: hobbit 43877 0.0 0.2 1284 812 ?? Ss 8:24PM 0:00.03 /usr/local/bb/server/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/usr/loc So I'm missing a whole bunch of processes. And last but not least because of the logfile I checked my filesystem: df -h: Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a 248M 49M 179M 21% / devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev /dev/ad0s1e 1.9G 32M 1.7G 2% /tmp /dev/ad0s1f 107G 6.3G 92G 6% /usr /dev/ad0s1d 1.9G 120M 1.7G 7% /var linprocfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /usr/compat/linux/proc devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /usr/local/psa/named/run-root/dev I checked the tmp dir, it is empty. I tried linking it to a directory on another slice, which gave the same effect. Grtz, Arnoud Post

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disabling services
by sblee＠tazmania.org 29 May '05

29 May '05

Does anyone know how to identify windows services (obviously client side) to run off such as scheduler nessages, browser messages, cpu mods, etc.? Also I need to double check but I'm pretty sure I modified the MSGWARN variable in hobbitserver.cfg to disable warnings/alerts on Unix messages file but it doesn't seem to be working. If I disable it (set to FALSE) on the server side, would I still have to define some kind of bb-msgtab on the client side? If the client side bb-msgtab file is required, does anyone know the format of it? Will it work to just modify the MSGWARN variable in the client setup files (we're currently using the BB client)?

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[hobbit] citirx user graph (sendmail graph)
by rdeal＠tigr.org 29 May '05

29 May '05

Thanks I made that change and it looks good. Any chance of getting the ntpstat script or having hobbit generate the ntpstat data with the built in ntp test? I have added this entry for the sendmail monitoring: [sendmail1] FNPATTERN sendmail.(.*).rrd TITLE Sendmail Reject/Discards YAXIS Messages DEF:p at RRDIDX@IN=@RRDFN@:msgsrej:AVERAGE DEF:p at RRDIDX@OUT=@RRDFN@:msgsdis:AVERAGE CDEF:p at RRDIDX@IN1=p at RRDIDX@IN,300,* CDEF:p at RRDIDX@OUT1=p at RRDIDX@OUT,300,* LINE1:p at RRDIDX@IN1#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ REJ LINE2:p at RRDIDX@OUT1#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ DIS COMMENT:\n GPRINT:p at RRDIDX@IN1:LAST:@RRDPARAM@ rej %5.1lf (cur) GPRINT:p at RRDIDX@IN1:MAX: \: %5.1lf (max) GPRINT:p at RRDIDX@IN1:MIN: \: %5.1lf (min) GPRINT:p at RRDIDX@IN1:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf (avg) COMMENT:\n GPRINT:p at RRDIDX@OUT1:LAST:@RRDPARAM@ dis %5.1lf (cur) GPRINT:p at RRDIDX@OUT1:MAX: \: %5.1lf (max) GPRINT:p at RRDIDX@OUT1:MIN: \: %5.1lf (min) GPRINT:p at RRDIDX@OUT1:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf (avg)\n COMMENT:\n -----Original Message----- From: Andy France [mailto:Andy at zespri.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:04 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] citirx user graph henrik at hswn.dk (Henrik Stoerner) wrote on 24/05/2005 23:17:32: > http://www.hswn.dk/~henrik/citrix.zip > The citrix.bat file must run as a BBNT client extension - you probably > need to change the path to the BBNT\logs directory for your setup. > The Hobbit graphs should appear automagically. > > Henrik > On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 06:46:00AM -0400, Deal, Richard wrote: > > yes very interested, this is something we have been looking for to > help monitor our citrix cluster and keep track of license usage. > > Thanks > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Henrik Storner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] > > Sent: Tue 5/24/2005 5:11 AM > > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > > Subject: Re: [hobbit] citirx user graph > > > > In <CAAF27359A31D44FA9A90AF7E299C36FF59D04 at EXCHANGE.TIGR.ORG> > "Deal, Richard" <rdeal at tigr.org> writes: > > > > >What script is used to generate the data for the citrix user graph that > > >is defined in hobbit? > > > > >It doesn't seem to be using the bb-citrix.pl script on deadcat. > > > > No, this is a custom BBNT client extension I wrote for work. It's > > basically the output from "query session" passed through a filter > > that counts the number of "Active" sessions and prints out "42 users > > active" at the end of the report and sends it off to a "citrix" status > > column in Hobbit. > > > > If you're interested, I can put it up for download somewhere. > > > > Regards, > > Henrik > -- > Henrik Storner Cheers Henrik. I was kind of wondering where that graph was going to come from too! Just in case any one else is interested, I have updated my hobbitgraph.cfg entry for the citrix graph from: [citrix] TITLE Citrix Users YAXIS # Users DEF:u=citrix.rrd:users:AVERAGE LINE2:u#FF0000:Users COMMENT:\n GPRINT:u:LAST:Current \: %5.1lf\n GPRINT:u:MIN:Min \: %5.1lf\n GPRINT:u:AVERAGE:Average \: %5.1lf\n GPRINT:u:MAX:Max \: %5.1lf\n to: [citrix] TITLE Citrix Users YAXIS # Users DEF:u=citrix.rrd:users:AVERAGE LINE2:u#FF0000:Users -l 0 GPRINT:u:LAST: \: %5.1lf (cur) GPRINT:u:MAX: \: %5.1lf (max) GPRINT:u:MIN: \: %5.1lf (min) GPRINT:u:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf (avg)\n This makes the layout of the legend more consistent with the other graphs. HTH, Andy. ##################################################################################### This email is intended for the person to whom it is addressed only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, copy or use the contents in any way. The opinions expressed may not necessarily reflect those of ZESPRI Group of Companies ('ZESPRI'). While every effort has been made to verify the information contained herein, ZESPRI does not make any representations as to the accuracy of the information or to the performance of any data, information or the products mentioned herein. ZESPRI will not accept liability for any losses, damage or consequence, however, resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this e-mail/attachments. #####################################################################################

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starthobbit.sh
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hi All, If my (and probably all others) server goes down and is rebooted, the hobbit doesn't start since the pidfile exists. Why not remove the the pidfile in the restart case in starthobbit.sh? Then in the init.d file I could have "starthobbit.sh -restart" Regards Lars Hobbithobbyist Http://leopg9.no-ip.org

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hobbitclient-0.3 issues on linux
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 26 May '05

26 May '05

1. Looks like hobbitclient is really for netbsd only. bash-2.05b# gmake cc -g -O2 -DSYSCONFDIR="\"/usr/local/etc\"" -c -o hobbitc.o hobbitc.c cc -g -O2 -DSYSCONFDIR="\"/usr/local/etc\"" -c -o conf_load.o conf_load.c bison -y -p`echo conf_parse.c|sed 's/^$[^_]\{1,\}_$.*$/\1/'` conf_parse.y mv y.tab.c conf_parse.c flex -oconf_token.c conf_token.l cc -g -O2 -DSYSCONFDIR="\"/usr/local/etc\"" -c -o conf_parse.o conf_parse.c cc -g -O2 -DSYSCONFDIR="\"/usr/local/etc\"" -c -o report.o report.c report.c: In function `open_report': report.c:90: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast cc -g -O2 -DSYSCONFDIR="\"/usr/local/etc\"" -c -o osdep.o osdep.c cc hobbitc.o conf_load.o conf_parse.o report.o osdep.o -o hobbitc report.o(.text+0x1b8): In function `cpu_report': /opt/build/hobbitclient-0.3/report.c:159: undefined reference to `osdep_cpu' report.o(.text+0x2fa): In function `mem_report': /opt/build/hobbitclient-0.3/report.c:197: undefined reference to `osdep_memory' report.o(.text+0x50a): In function `disk_report': /opt/build/hobbitclient-0.3/report.c:253: undefined reference to `osdep_disk' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status gm ake: *** [hobbitc] Error 1 2. I need to do following modification to correct the Makefile to get above error message. bash-2.05b# grep CC Makefile $(CC) $(LIBS) $^ -o $@ # $(CC) -o $@ $(LIBS) $> bash-2.05b# T.J. Yang

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[hobbit] Potential problem with enable-disable and subpages
by KauffmanT＠nibco.com 26 May '05

26 May '05

Please ignore previous on this -- brain f*rt. (Confusing 'hostname pattern' and 'pagename pattern' in the filters). It was a long day . . .

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Question about Page= in hobbit-alerts
by mlowery＠alliedtechgroup.com 26 May '05

26 May '05

Running 4.02 I have a page defined as mon1 in bb-hosts, there are no hosts defined on the page, but there are 2 subpages defined, mon1-a and mon1-b. I setup an alert which does not work, that looks like: PAGE=mon1 SERVICE=* DURATION>10 MAIL myaddress at mydomain.com Do I have to define this for each subpage to get it to work? If so, how do I format the PAGE= ? Thanks, Michael

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Alert test feature
by allan＠zandahar.net 26 May '05

26 May '05

Hi all Not sure if I asked this a while back and didn't get a response or I just didnt ask it at all. Just been making some major changes to a customers alert.cfg file and it reminded me about it. Just wondering if its possible to implement a time= param on the on the hobbitd_alert --test command. Its really wicked to be able to check your rules and see what they're going to do but it would be even better if you could simulate a time as well. An extension to that would be possibly to have a duration tag to ensure your duration settings in the alerts.cfg file are all good. Please someone bonk me on the head if this is already in there and I cant find it. Also please provide feedback on if you think would be a nice addition......or not I'm always up for a flaming :) Cheers Allan

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