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citrix
by dave＠auctionhelper.com 28 Aug '05

28 Aug '05

Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to monitor a Citrix Presentation server 3 farm. Thanks, Dave

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disk groups
by solitaryrpr＠trantor.org 28 Aug '05

28 Aug '05

Hey Henrik, I have a question. Is it possible to set up disk groups that hobbit can then treat as a single disk? I did something similar to this using an inhouse script we use for a home grown alerting system. We have an application that spreads itself across several partitions and I only care if the average across the partitions is at some threshhold not the individual partitions. Is this currently possible with hobbit (I know it's not in BB)? If not, would it be possible to add this functionality to it? (it was pretty straightforward for the stuff I did but that was perl based and I just used the XML module in perl.) =G=

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Different Intervals for Different TCP Tests
by PBMURRAY＠syr.edu 27 Aug '05

27 Aug '05

We would like to configure hobbit such that we perform ping tests at 1 minute intervals, and we test the other TCP-based services (ssh, ftp, imap, ...) at 5 minute intervals. Is this possible and how would I do it (and, if it is possible, is it advisable or should it be avoided)? Thanks. Peter Murray Syracuse University pbmurray at syr.edu

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[hobbit] RE: hobbitd_client crash
by Al.Jeffcoat＠orhs.org 27 Aug '05

27 Aug '05

Well, after updating to todays snapshot, the hobbitd_client column is no longer there... If it occurs again, I will run it through gdb... The snapshot I was using was 08.11 and 08.19. Al -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 5:23 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] RE: hobbitd_client crash On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 11:55:41AM -0400, Jeffcoat, Al wrote: > Sorry, in such a hurry, I forgot to post the details on the red/purplefor hobbitd_client... > > Program crashed > Fatal signal caught! There ought to be a core file in the ~hobbit/server/tmp/ directory from this. Could you run it through the procedure in http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/known-issues.html#bugreport and let me know what the trace says ? Also, what version are you running: The original 4.1.1, or one of the (many) snapshots ? Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk This e-mail message and any attached files are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, use, or distribution of this e-mail message and any attached files is strictly prohibited. This communication may contain material protected by Federal privacy regulations, attorney-client work product, or other privileges. If you have received this confidential communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail message and permanently delete the original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to: postmaster at orlandoregional.org . If this e-mail message concerns a contract matter, be advised that no employee or agent is authorized to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of Orlando Regional Healthcare by e-mail without express written confirmation by an officer of the corporation. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Orlando Regional Healthcare.

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demotool
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 27 Aug '05

27 Aug '05

Hi, what is demotool? I can't build it since I don't have sys/select.h. There is a test for sys/select.h After removing demo-build from Makefile.rules the build of hobbit completes without error. Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "Never run after your own hat. Others will be delighted to do it; why spoil their fun?" -- Mark Twain

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Hobbit 4.0.4 released
by henrik＠hswn.dk 27 Aug '05

27 Aug '05

Version 4.0.4 is now available on SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&release_id=33… This fixes the bugs reported since Hobbit 4.0.3 was released. The only new stuff in this release is a new "beastat" utility to collect performance statistics from an BEA Weblogic server via SNMP. This replaces the old "bea-snmpstats" script, and should work for sites with a large number of BEA instances per server. This is still somewhat experimental, but I am interested to hear reports of it working or not. (It's been tested with Weblogic ver. 8). The Changelog is appended. Regards, Henrik Changes from 4.0.3 -> 4.0.4 --------------------------- Bugfixes: * "nodisp" tag re-implemented for hosts that should not appear on the Hobbit webpages. * Enabling the "apache" data collection could crash bbtest-net if the /server-status page returned was larger than 32 KB. * The "bbcmd" tool would not pass a --debug option to the command it was running. * Nested macros in hobbit-alerts.cfg were not working. * Using TAB's in hobbit-alerts.cfg could confuse the alert module. * hobbitd_alert's --test option now determines the page-name for a host automatically. It will also now accept a time-parameter to simulate how alerts are processed at specific time-of-day. * Status messages from "dialup" hosts should not go purple. * The "mailq" RRD handler would pick up the first number from the "requests" line, which might not be the right number. * Scheduling a "disable" did not work. * The startup-script was modified to correctly handle stale PID files left over from an unclean shutdown of Hobbit. These are now removed, and startup will proceed normally. Improvements: * CGI tools now log error-output to dedicated logs in /var/log/hobbit/ * The "bea-snmpstats.sh" script has been removed, and replaced with an enhanced tool "beastat". This collects statistics via SNMP from BEA Weblogic servers, and reports these via "data" messages to Hobbit. The data collected are run-time data for the JRockIT JVM and thread/memory utilization data from each Weblogic server instance. * The "ntpstat" RRD handler now accepts the raw output from "ntpq -c rv" * The heartbeat-timeout for hobbitd has been increased to 60 seconds.

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hobbitd_client crash
by Al.Jeffcoat＠orhs.org 27 Aug '05

27 Aug '05

Sorry, in such a hurry, I forgot to post the details on the red/purplefor hobbitd_client... On the web page, getting: Program crashed Fatal signal caught! I do not see anything in the logs directory for this. It turns red on start, then after ½ hour, goes purple until the next restart. Al _____ From: Jeffcoat, Al Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 11:53 AM To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk' Subject: hobbitd_client crash Hello, After using updating to the snapshot from 8/12, I started getting red/purple for hobbitd_client. I updated to the 8/19 snapshot, and it is doing the same thing. Running Fedora Core 4. Also, I noticed that I'm getting the following in rrd-data.log: 2005-08-19 11:50:06 RRD error updating /hobbit/data/rrd/sovera1/netstat.rrd from ###.###.###.###: expected 16 data source readings (got 15) from 1124466606:365339:67276:0:89917:318118:U:U:382851363:3633351626:3778183:133445:3432584:12859462:10 2481:123:... This error is occurring for 2 AIX and 1 Tru64 server, all three running the 4.1.2 snapshot from varying dates. Al This e-mail message and any attached files are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, use, or distribution of this e-mail message and any attached files is strictly prohibited. This communication may contain material protected by Federal privacy regulations, attorney-client work product, or other privileges. If you have received this confidential communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail message and permanently delete the original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to: postmaster at orlandoregional.org . If this e-mail message concerns a contract matter, be advised that no employee or agent is authorized to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of Orlando Regional Healthcare by e-mail without express written confirmation by an officer of the corporation. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Orlando Regional Healthcare.

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MEMSWAP test always red
by rsmrcina＠wi.rr.com 27 Aug '05

27 Aug '05

If I want to ignore a full swap area can I specify MEMSWAP 100 101? When I do the swap still shows red. -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Main: (262)392-2026 Cell: (414)491-6001 Ans Service: (360)715-2467 rich.smrcina at vmassist.com Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2006 - Chattanooga, TN - April 7-11, 2006

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[hobbit] OSF physical memory, good reference
by David.Gore＠mci.com 27 Aug '05

27 Aug '05

Henrik, This is a good page the Rosetta Stone for UNIX. I was looking to find out how I could determine physical memory on an OSF host, so you could include the memory test for OSF? Here is where I was looking: http://bhami.com/rosetta.html And here is the command I used to determine physical memory (could have read the man page for vmstat): # vmstat -P Total Physical Memory = 5120.00 M = 655360 pages Physical Memory Clusters: start_pfn end_pfn type size_pages / size_bytes 0 256 pal 256 / 2.00M 256 655349 os 655093 / 5117.91M 655349 655360 pal 11 / 88.00k Physical Memory Use: start_pfn end_pfn type size_pages / size_bytes 256 277 unixtable 21 / 168.00k 277 284 scavenge 7 / 56.00k 284 855 text 571 / 4.46M 855 983 data 128 / 1.00M 983 1149 bss 166 / 1.30M 1149 1312 kdebug 163 / 1.27M 1312 1320 cfgmgmt 8 / 64.00k 1320 1321 locks 1 / 8.00k 1321 2391 unixtable 1070 / 8.36M 2391 2404 pmap 13 / 104.00k 2404 12955 vmtables 10551 / 82.43M 12955 655349 managed 642394 / 5018.70M ============================ Total Physical Memory Use: 655093 / 5117.91M Managed Pages Break Down: free pages = 499488 active pages = 4218 inactive pages = 13501 wired pages = 35695 ubc pages = 89530 ================== Total = 642432 WIRED Pages Break Down: vm wired pages = 3335 ubc wired pages = 19570 meta data pages = 6550 malloc pages = 4529 contig pages = 652 user ptepages = 824 kernel ptepages = 215 free ptepages = 9 ================== Total = 35684 -- David Gore (v965-3670) Enhanced Technology Support (ETS) Network Management Systems (NMS) IMPACT Transport Team Lead - SCSA, SCNA Page: 1-800-PAG-eMCI pin 1406090 Vnet: 965-3676

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Compilation error todays (26/8) snapshot
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 26 Aug '05

26 Aug '05

Hil All, compiling todays snapshot give this: cc -g -O -D_REENTRANT -DHPUX -I. -I/home/hobbit/snapshot/include -I/usr/local/in clude -c -o demotool.o demotool.c demotool.c:31:24: sys/select.h: No such file or directory makeÄ1Å: *** Ädemotool.oÅ Error 1 makeÄ1Å: Leaving directory é/home/hobbit/snapshot/demotool' make: *** Ädemo-buildÅ Error 2 Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "Never run after your own hat. Others will be delighted to do it; why spoil their fun?" -- Mark Twain

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