June 2005 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

bb-hosts-file page and subpage question
by peter.welter＠gmail.com 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Hi all, As I understand, the page and subpage options help you to organize your bunch of hosts. I have split them up in SLA's so I can alert on each SLA we have. This is a very nice feature. Now I thought it would be nice to have another view on my bunch of hosts from a system perspective. So I have set up my bb-hosts file as follows and get the : ---------- page SLA SLA subpage Application1 Application1 include bb-hosts-solaris-application1.txt include bb-hosts-linux-application1.txt subpage Application2 Application2 include bb-hosts-solaris-application2.txt include bb-hosts-linux-application2.txt page System System subpage Solaris Solaris include bb-hosts-solaris-application1.txt include bb-hosts-solaris-application2.txt subpage Linux Linux include bb-hosts-linux-application1.txt include bb-hosts-linux-application2.txt ----------- In the top-display I see: SLA and System and I can walk through either branch to see my hosts, but in the bbnet column it says (in yellow): Host XXXX appears twice in bb-hosts! This may cause strange results Host YYYY appears twice in bb-hosts! This may cause strange results So I guess the bbnet process double pings the associated hosts, so it generates a double load. That's unwanted, but I like the approach very much (an application/SLA-view and a system manager's-view). Is there another (better & cleaner) way of setting this up? Peter

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Unexpected service response
by mlowery＠alliedtechgroup.com 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

I've never had a problem with the SMTP test before. Now, testing a postfix mail server, I get a Yellow alert, and the page says: Service smtp on mail.domain.com is not OK : Unexpected service response 501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments I can telnet to port 25 on this server with no problems from the hobbit server, I get a 220 message upon connect. Here is exactly what I get (names and IPs changed to protect the innocent). So what can be the problem here? [root at hobbit etc]# telnet mail.domain.com 25 Trying 20.30.40.51... Connected to adsl-20-30-40-51.dsl.hometown.isp.net (20.30.40.51). Escape character is '^]'. 220 SMTP service ready Thanks, Michael

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hobbit windows client
by liu-zm＠neusoft.com 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

where to find hobbit windows client? -- 使用 Opera 革命性的电子邮件客户程序: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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[hobbit] SMS format and DSN: Data format error
by mlowery＠alliedtechgroup.com 04 Jun '05

04 Jun '05

Thanks for the tip, Henrik. The problem was that my hobbit server does not have any valid DNS entries. Once I masqueraded the envelope and relayed through a server with a good PTR record, it worked great! Thanks again. Michael -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 4:49 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] SMS format and DSN: Data format error On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 12:46:22PM -0500, Lowery, Michael wrote: > I'm having problems getting mail messages to my phone. I can send them > manually, but was under the impression that I should use the > "FORMAT=SMS" option to send to my phone since it has <160 characters > allowed. > > When sending, I get the "DSN: Data format error" from the mail server at > my cell company. Do I have to have a script written for this to work, > or should it work as I have it configured? Can you send e-mail directly to your cell-phone mail address and have it work ? E.g. echo "test message" | mail 5555551234 at message.cellular.com Because this looks more like a mail configuration problem than a problem with the Hobbit notification message. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] SMS format and DSN: Data format error
by mlowery＠alliedtechgroup.com 04 Jun '05

04 Jun '05

No, it doesn't. Seems like I'll have to do some masquerading to get their server to accept the mail. Thanks for the tip, I'll see if I can get it worked out! Michael -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 4:49 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] SMS format and DSN: Data format error On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 12:46:22PM -0500, Lowery, Michael wrote: > I'm having problems getting mail messages to my phone. I can send them > manually, but was under the impression that I should use the > "FORMAT=SMS" option to send to my phone since it has <160 characters > allowed. > > When sending, I get the "DSN: Data format error" from the mail server at > my cell company. Do I have to have a script written for this to work, > or should it work as I have it configured? Can you send e-mail directly to your cell-phone mail address and have it work ? E.g. echo "test message" | mail 5555551234 at message.cellular.com Because this looks more like a mail configuration problem than a problem with the Hobbit notification message. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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SMS format and DSN: Data format error
by mlowery＠alliedtechgroup.com 04 Jun '05

04 Jun '05

I'm having problems getting mail messages to my phone. I can send them manually, but was under the impression that I should use the "FORMAT=SMS" option to send to my phone since it has <160 characters allowed. When sending, I get the "DSN: Data format error" from the mail server at my cell company. Do I have to have a script written for this to work, or should it work as I have it configured? Here is the only entry in hobbit that I have configured that has anything to do with this message being sent. Any help would be appreciated! Hobbit v4.0.2 hobbit-alerts.cfg ----snip---- PAGE=%mon/* SERVICE=* EXSERVICE=mrtg TIME=W:0800:1700 MAIL 5555551234 at message.cellular.com FORMAT=SMS DURATION>120 COLOR=red ----end snip---- /var/log/maillog ----snip----- Jun 2 16:37:29 hobbit sendmail[2124]: j52LbTok002124: from=<hobbit at hobbit.domain.com>, size=385, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200506022137.j52LbThb002119 at hobbit.domain.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] Jun 2 16:37:29 hobbit sendmail[2119]: j52LbThb002119: to=5555551234 at message.cellular.com, ctladdr=hobbit (500/500), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30070, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (j52LbTok002124 Message accepted for delivery) Jun 2 16:37:29 hobbit sendmail[2130]: j52LbTok002124: to=<5555551234 at message.cellular.com>, ctladdr=<hobbit at hobbit.domain.com> (500/500), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30385, relay=mms-mta.cellular.com. [20.30.40.50], dsn=5.6.0, stat=Data format error Jun 2 16:37:29 hobbit sendmail[2130]: j52LbTok002124: j52LbTok002130: DSN: Data format error ----end snip---- Thanks, Michael

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configuration problem
by roland.graeub＠rtc.ch 04 Jun '05

04 Jun '05

Hello Actually we use bb with bbgen 3.5 on Production and plan to upgrade to hobbit. I have already installed hobbit on a testserver (4.0.4, RHEL 3.0). Now i try to configure hobbit like our production bb and have 2 problems with the pagesets and alert-configuration. I copy my bb-hosts from production machine to my hobbit testmachine an i have the follow problem with generating pagesets: bb-hosts-part1 ... 159.0.0.3 bbtst.rtc.ch # noconn PROD:mqsprd,2 ... bb-hosts-part3 ... 159.0.0.3 bbtst.rtc.ch # PROD:sysmgmprd,2 ... 2005-05-31 13:52:34 Warning: Cannot find any target page named 'sysmgmprd,2' in set 'prod' - dropping host 'bbtst.rtc.ch' As result on the website i see the host twice in the first definied section (mqstst) and one entry in second (sysmgmprd) in PROD pageset. It seems the problem occures when the same host is not in the same bb-host file part. When the 2 Hosts are in the same file the error msg is not showing in the log but i see the host twice (both sections) in web. If i delete one ot the two entry it works without problem. ... Another courious problem i have is with this entry in hobbit-alerts.cfg: $gaa-hosts=server1.ch server2.ch server3.ch HOST=$gaa-hosts SERVICE=lnk TIME=2345:0600:2000 MAIL roland.graeub at rtc.ch REPEAT=60 COLOR=yellow,red RECOVERED output hobbitd_alert -test 2005-06-01 10:53:23 Using default environment file /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg 2005-06-01 10:53:23 Ignored unknown/unexpected token 'server2.ch' at line 169 2005-06-01 10:53:23 Ignored unknown/unexpected token 'server3.ch' at line 169 00017519 2005-06-01 10:53:23 send_alert server3.ch:lnk state Paging 00017519 2005-06-01 10:53:23 Matching host:service:page 'server3.ch:lnk:css3/sysmgm' against rule line 169 00017519 2005-06-01 10:53:23 Failed 'HOST=$gaa-hosts SERVICE=lnk TIME=2345:0600:2000' (hostname not in include list) Maybe its a configuration error, but i dont find the error. Any Ideas ? Regards Roland

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bb-proctab asistance
by sblee＠tazmania.org 04 Jun '05

04 Jun '05

Can someone please tell me why this first entry in bb-proctab is correctly monitored: (6 instances are correctly reported) tucfep106::mingetty;>=1 where the processes are: root 1627 0.0 0.0 1524 356 tty1 S 2004 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1 root 1628 0.0 0.0 1496 356 tty2 S 2004 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 root 1629 0.0 0.0 1516 356 tty3 S 2004 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 root 1630 0.0 0.0 1516 360 tty4 S 2004 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 root 1631 0.0 0.0 1508 356 tty5 S 2004 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 root 1632 0.0 0.0 1504 356 tty6 S 2004 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6 And this one isn't: (1 instance is reported but it reports failure/red - I even tried specifiying the full path of /opt/switchapps/env_2-83/scripts/NerdSysMon_Nerd.py) tucfep106::NerdSysMon_Nerd.py;>=1 where the processes are: root 19572 0.0 0.0 4220 964 ? S Jun01 0:00 su - envision -c /opt/switchapps/env_2-83/scripts/NerdSysMon_Nerd.py envision 19574 0.0 0.8 40548 8624 ? S Jun01 0:17 /usr/bin/python2.3 /opt/switchapps/env_2-83/scripts/NerdSysMon_Nerd.py

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zoom-in feature for graphs doesn't work for safari browser
by tgeorgoulias＠mcclatchy.com 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

I was told by one of my co-workers that the graph zoom-in feature doesn't work in Apple's safari browser. I don't have safari so I can verify it, but can anyone else? If it doesn't work, I guess you can consider this a bug report. Tom

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[hobbit] bb-hostedit v1.1 beta released
by Kevin.Hanrahan＠novainfo.com 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Eric, applying the patch get these results: patching file bb-hostedit.pl Hunk #1 FAILED at 199. Hunk #2 FAILED at 214. Hunk #3 succeeded at 922 (offset -3 lines). Hunk #5 succeeded at 1023 (offset -3 lines). 2 out of 6 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file bb-hostedit.pl.rej What did I do wrong? Any ideas? Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Schwimmer, Eric E *HS [mailto:EES2Y at hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:03 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] bb-hostedit v1.1 beta released Heh. Well, while fixing this problem, I found another bug that crops up when you try to add a subpage to a page which already has hosts but no other subpages, which causes all of the hosts to be migrated to the new page you added. Anyways, I fixed this bug and the bug you described in this patch: http://www.nerdvana.org/eric/files/bb-hostedit-hostadd-patch Getting close to a deadcat release. Thanks! -Eric -----Original Message----- From: David Garaway [mailto:dave at auctionhelper.com] Sent: Sat 5/14/2005 11:09 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Cc: Subject: RE: [hobbit] bb-hostedit v1.1 beta released I just installed the newest version of hostedit and having strange problems. Everything works great except for when I add a host to a page it always gets created under the front. So if I create a page and descend into it, and select "add a host to this page" it always creates it on the front page and not the one I just created it in. any suggestions? Btw, I installed both these patches and same result. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Daniel J McDonald [mailto:dan.mcdonald at austinenergy.com] Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 8:44 AM To: Hobbit List Subject: RE: [hobbit] bb-hostedit v1.1 beta released On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 11:13 -0400, Schwimmer, Eric E *HS wrote: > It could just be the version of outlook I am using too > (wish I could use mutt with an exchange server ;) I am stuck with an exchange server - Exchange 5.5! But I access it with mutt. Usually Evolution, but I'll use mutt when I'm vpn'ed in from a winDOwS box and only have putty... Just ask your exchange admins to turn on imap. > > The patches are at: > http://www.nerdvana.org/eric/files/bb-hostedit-fieldwidth.patch > and http://www.nerdvana.org/eric/files/bb-hostedit-zeropos.patch > I'll get this installed soon. Lots of people here want it. -- Daniel J McDonald, CCIE # 2495, CNX Austin Energy dan.mcdonald at austinenergy.com 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 Note: The information contained in this email and in any attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Sender accepts no liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted by this email. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and delete the email from your computer. This e-mail is and any response to it will be unencrypted and, therefore, potentially unsecure. Thank you. NOVA Information Systems, Inc.

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