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Latency check?
by hobbit＠visions.se 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Is there anyway to generate a latency check without an extra module for Hobbit 4.2.0? I'd like to be able to ping hosts outside and raise a red alert if latency is high, telling us there might be a problem at our end. Using the hobbitping right now. David

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rrdtool from private scripts
by joel＠carnat.net 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Hi, I wrote a script to get alert about CPU loads on a windows server using SNMP (no I don't want to / can't install the hobbit client on the server ;). The status is returned OK (green before 50%, orange from 50 to 75 and red over 75). The thing is, there is no graph done (yet). I would like a graph that would show the load average variation. (how) can the script be used to fill a RRD database ? Should the load average value be returned in a special variable ? Thanks for help, Jo

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Config Report issue/bug
by jonescr＠cisco.com 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

When I generate a confreport, under the "Local tests" section it lists various tests and their thresholds. For example: memoryNo-/-/-Yellow: swap/pagefile use > 80%, Red: swap/pagefile use > 90% The problem I am experiencing, is that for "procs", instead of showing what proc patterns are being checked along with their thresholds, it is showing the actual PS output! Example: procsNo-/-/-sshd (found 2, req. 1 or more)\n\n PID PPID USER STARTED S PRI %CPU TIME %MEM RSZ VSZ CMD\n 1 0 root Aug 16 S 24 0.0 00:09:36 0.0 468 1540 init\n 2 0 root Aug 16 S 139 0.0 00:00:00 0.0 0 0 [migration/0]\n 3 0 root Aug 16 S 139 0.0 00:00:00 0.0 0 0 [migration/1]\n 4 1 root Aug 16 S 24 0.0 00:00:00 0.0 0 0 [keventd]\n 5 1 root Aug 16 S 5 0.0 00:00:21 0.0 0 0 [ksoftirqd/0]\n This creates a HUGE confreport that is basically unreadable since it contains pages and pages of ps output. Surely this is a bug? -Charles

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[hobbit] hobbitd_client crashed.
by tmelcher＠saionline.com 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Output from both cores is attached. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This GDB was configured as "x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `hobbitd_client'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitd_client Reading symbols from /lib64/libpcre.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libpcre.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib64/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 #0 0x0000002a955b3779 in kill () from /lib64/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x0000002a955b3779 in kill () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x0000002a955b323d in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #2 0x0000002a955b4842 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #3 0x0000000000417193 in sigsegv_handler (signum=3064) at sig.c:52 #4 <signal handler called> #5 0x000000000040e909 in scan_log (hinfo=0x5335e0, classname=0x0, logname=0x2a957ed0a3 "/var/log/messages", logdata=0x2a957ed0b6 "<...SKIPPED...>\n116.195.in-addr.arpa'?): 194.204.159.1#53\nOct 16 16:01:41 smtp1 named[26640]: client 12.45.200.130#2869: updating zone 'saionline.com/IN': update failed: 'RRset exists (value dependent"..., section=0x0, summarybuf=0x535e30) at client_config.c:1371 #6 0x000000000040441e in msgs_report (hostname=0x2a957e40cb "smtp1.saionline.com", clientclass=0x2a957e40e5 "linux", os=OS_SOLARIS, hinfo=0x52bac0, fromline=0x7fbfffdee0 "\nStatus message received from 172.16.1.2\n", timestr=0x2a957e4119 "Mon Oct 16 16:14:58 CDT 2006", msgsstr=0x0) at hobbitd_client.c:876 #7 0x0000000000405c27 in handle_linux_client (hostname=0x2a957e40cb "smtp1.saionline.com", clienttype=0x2a957e40e5 "linux", os=OS_LINUX, hinfo=0x52bac0, sender=0x1 <Address 0x1 out of bounds>, timestamp=118, clientdata=0x2a957e40eb "client smtp1,saionline,com.linux linux\n[date") at client/linux.c:61 #8 0x000000000040a74f in main (argc=-1786887957, argv=0x7fbfffe548) at hobbitd_client.c:1773 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ This GDB was configured as "x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `hobbitd_client'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitd_client Reading symbols from /lib64/libpcre.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libpcre.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib64/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 #0 0x0000002a955b3779 in kill () from /lib64/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x0000002a955b3779 in kill () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x0000002a955b323d in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #2 0x0000002a955b4842 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #3 0x0000000000417193 in sigsegv_handler (signum=1759) at sig.c:52 #4 <signal handler called> #5 0x000000000040e909 in scan_log (hinfo=0x5335e0, classname=0x0, logname=0x2a9582e2a2 "/var/log/messages", logdata=0x2a9582e2b5 "<...SKIPPED...>\n3749: updating zone 'saionline.com/IN': update failed: 'RRset exists (value dependent)' prerequisite not satisfied (NXRRSET)\nOct 16 16:00:07 smtp1 named[26640]: client 71.123.51.29#637"..., section=0x0, summarybuf=0x539690) at client_config.c:1371 #6 0x000000000040441e in msgs_report (hostname=0x2a9582540d "smtp1.saionline.com", clientclass=0x2a95825427 "linux", os=OS_SOLARIS, hinfo=0x52bac0, fromline=0x7fbfffdee0 "\nStatus message received from 172.16.1.2\n", timestr=0x2a9582545b "Mon Oct 16 16:09:56 CDT 2006", msgsstr=0x0) at hobbitd_client.c:876 #7 0x0000000000405c27 in handle_linux_client (hostname=0x2a9582540d "smtp1.saionline.com", clienttype=0x2a95825427 "linux", os=OS_LINUX, hinfo=0x52bac0, sender=0x1 <Address 0x1 out of bounds>, timestamp=118, clientdata=0x2a9582542d "client smtp1,saionline,com.linux linux\n[date") at client/linux.c:61 #8 0x000000000040a74f in main (argc=-1786620883, argv=0x7fbfffe548) at hobbitd_client.c:1773 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trent Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (402) 399-9111 x2774 tmelcher at saionline.com Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisory -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:48 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbitd_client crashed. On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 10:34:53AM -0500, Trent Melcher wrote: > I have a problem with the hobbitd_client crashing on my hobbit server. > I get - Program crashed Fatal signal caught! This is a new install of > hobbit, I just compiled the 4.2.0 on the server. Could you run the core dump through gdb as described in http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/known-issues.html#bugreport Thanks, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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hobbitd_client crashed.
by tmelcher＠saionline.com 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

I have a problem with the hobbitd_client crashing on my hobbit server. I get - Program crashed Fatal signal caught! This is a new install of hobbit, I just compiled the 4.2.0 on the server. It's a 64bit box which might have something to do with it. The box is a 3.4 GHz Intel Xeon 64-bit 2CPU box, Running RedHat ES4 Update 1 I cant find anything in the logs showing the crash, I do have a core file in hobbit/server/tmp Here are the errors/warnings I received from the make loadhosts.c: In function `bbh_item_id': loadhosts.c:528: warning: return discards qualifiers from pointer target type rbtr.c: In function `int_compare': rbtr.c:396: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size rbtr.c:396: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size rbtr.c:397: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size rbtr.c:397: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size sendmsg.c: In function `sendtobbd': sendmsg.c:238: warning: int format, different type arg (arg 3) loadhosts.c: In function `bbh_item_id': loadhosts.c:528: warning: return discards qualifiers from pointer target type httptest.c: In function `add_http_test': httptest.c:589: warning: int format, different type arg (arg 3) hobbitd.c: In function `find_cookie': hobbitd.c:923: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size hobbitd.c: In function `clear_cookie': hobbitd.c:940: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size hobbitd.c: In function `handle_status': hobbitd.c:1136: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size hobbitd.c: In function `load_checkpoint': hobbitd.c:3691: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size hobbitd.c: In function `do_message': hobbitd.c:3190: warning: 'savech' might be used uninitialized in this function /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpng.so when searching for -lpng /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpng.a when searching for -lpng /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.so when searching for -lc /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc.a when searching for -lc hobbitd_client.c: In function `file_report': hobbitd_client.c:1017: warning: long long int format, off_t arg (arg 4) hobbitd_client.c:1034: warning: long long int format, off_t arg (arg 4) client_config.c: In function `dump_client_config': client_config.c:1070: warning: long long int format, off_t arg (arg 2) client_config.c:1072: warning: long long int format, off_t arg (arg 2) client_config.c:1074: warning: long long int format, off_t arg (arg 2) client_config.c: In function `check_file': client_config.c:1533: warning: long long int format, off_t arg (arg 3) client_config.c:1533: warning: long long int format, off_t arg (arg 4) client_config.c:1546: warning: long long int format, off_t arg (arg 3) client_config.c:1546: warning: long long int format, off_t arg (arg 4) client_config.c:1559: warning: long long int format, off_t arg (arg 3) client_config.c:1559: warning: long long int format, off_t arg (arg 4) hobbitfetch.c: In function `main': hobbitfetch.c:574: warning: 'ctypestr' might be used uninitialized in this function hobbitfetch.c:574: warning: 'actionstr' might be used uninitialized in this function Other than that it compiles fine and installs OK. Everything else seems to be working correctly except the client on the server. Trent Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (402) 399-9111 x2774 tmelcher at saionline.com Securities America, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member NASD/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Securities America Advisors, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisory

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multiple graph definitions work differently in bb-hosts and hobbitserver.cfg?
by gn1＠sanger.ac.uk 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Hello, I have hosts where I have several graph definition per rrd in bb-hosts, in the forms of TRENDS:*,test:test|test1|test2, with related test,test1,test2 definitions in hobbitgraph.cf I would like to move those into the GRAPHS variable of hobbitserver.cfg but only the test entry is graphed if I put any of the following combination: test:test|test1|test2 test:test1|test2 test:test1 test1 (I do a /etc/init.d/hobbit reload after each modification of the hobbitserver.cfg file) Any hint? Cheers, Gildas

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OpenIPMI and ipmitool
by rmunsch＠solutionsforprogress.com 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The good news: i got OpenIPMI working on dell systems running Debian. The less good: now what ??? Are there any existing scripts in use for calling ipmitool, or some other poller, and integrating the results into hobbit? I'd like to start with something simple like temp graphs and RAID health would be nice. I searched the archives and deadcat for IPMI but got no hits... If not, i guess i'm going to have to figure out how to call and parse this myself - a messy proposition. :D - -- Rob Munsch Solutions For Progress IT www.solutionsforprogress.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFNTUoBvBcJFK6xYURAuqnAJ94uNRtNKp8s7w+JM5ABf1kuwc/JwCfUYUk YjPC9IWN/S3L4kbGxbBqnYo= =TZ+X -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Where do I specify SNMP version to use?
by b_obendorfer＠hotmail.com 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

I am configuring hobbit for mulitple networks that run different SNMP versions. One network is SNMP version 1 the other network is SNMP version 2c. Currently the network running SNMPver1 is working perfectly however I am getting SNMP authentication failures on my Cisco devices that run SNMP ver2c. Is there a config file that I can manipulate to monitor both networks and not recevie the authentication failures on my cisco switches running SNMP ver2c?

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[hobbit] - MySQL monitoring
by fduranti＠q8.it 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

I'll check the script to understand what can be get and monitored from a mysql server for a next version of dbcheck. Thanks for the links :D Francesco > -----Original Message----- > From: Great Dilla [mailto:great.dilla at gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:39 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] - MySQL monitoring > > How about using mysqlreport? (http://hackmysql.com/mysqlreport) > > It could run as cgi-bin script probably in the hobbit server > itself or the client. It requires perl and the appropriate > DBI modules. > > I'm looking into incorporating replication slave monitoring > into the script. > > On 10/11/06, thomas.seglard.enata at cnp.fr > <thomas.seglard.enata at cnp.fr> wrote: > > Hi Francesco, > > > > I'm sorry, I missed the new version and the query engine. I > will try > > to look at it soon. > > Best regards, > > > > Thomas > > > > "Francesco Duranti" <fduranti at q8.it> a écrit sur 10/10/2006 > 21:16:24 : > > > > > You can use also dbcheck.pl to track the mysql database > (connection > > > and same stats as the normal sqlstatus script). > > > The new version also has a custom query engine so it's > possible to > > > write to query to analyze and if someone know how to get > more data > > > out of sqlserver with query or sql command I can arrange > some more > > > checks for it (and graphs also...). > > > > > > Francesco > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: thomas.seglard.enata at cnp.fr > > > > [mailto:thomas.seglard.enata at cnp.fr] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 5:09 PM > > > > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > > > > Subject: [hobbit] - MySQL monitoring > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'm just asking you how do you monitor your MySQL databases ? > > > > I've setted up the bb-mysqlstatus.sh and modify it to > support NCV > > > > format. Now I got graphs for queries/sec and slowqueries. > > > > That's cool but it's not very accurate... I'm using MySQL > > > > Administrator from > > > > http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html and > results are > > > > not the same. Did you write something to track insert, select, > > > > etc. from 'mysqladmin extended-status' ? Thanks for your help ! > > > > Sincerly, > > > > > > > > Thomas > > > > > > > > > > > > Ce message (et toutes ses pieces jointes eventuelles) est > > > > confidentiel et etabli a l'intention exclusive de ses > destinataires. > > > > Toute utilisation de ce message non conforme a sa destination, > > > > toute diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est > > > > interdite, sauf autorisation expresse. > > > > L'internet ne permettant pas d'assurer l'integrite de > ce message, > > > > CNP Assurances et ses filiales declinent toute > responsabilite au > > > > titre de ce message, s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. > > > > > > > > ***** > > > > > > > > This message and any attachments (the "message") are > confidential > > > > and intended solely for the addressees. > > > > Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. > > > > E-mails are susceptible to alteration. > > > > Neither CNP Assurances nor any of its subsidiaries or > affiliates > > > > shall be liable for the message if altered, changed or > falsified. > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ce message (et toutes ses pieces jointes eventuelles) est > confidentiel et etabli a l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. > > Toute utilisation de ce message non conforme a sa > destination, toute > > diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est > interdite, sauf autorisation expresse. > > L'internet ne permettant pas d'assurer l'integrite de ce > message, CNP > > Assurances et ses filiales declinent toute responsabilite > au titre de ce message, s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. > > > > ***** > > > > This message and any attachments (the "message") are > confidential and intended solely for the addressees. > > Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. > > E-mails are susceptible to alteration. > > Neither CNP Assurances nor any of its subsidiaries or > affiliates shall be liable for the message if altered, > changed or falsified. > > > > > > 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 > > >

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[hobbit] Passing non-linux data to hobbit for monitoring and graphing.
by Thomas.Kern＠hq.doe.gov 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

I prefer A, C, then B as the order. A) for the lack of any need to modify a hobbit server that is not under my control. Our Hobbit server is run by a different group. It is not on my mainframe. C) does let me add NEW content like my BACKUP status, but I don't want to call my stuff NEW unless it really is new. If there is an existing Hobbit channel (?) for some data, I want to feed the channel so the non-mainframe admins can see and understand (CPU utilization > 95% can be bad on any platform so mark it red). B) If I come across some data that really is important and might be important across platforms, I would look into modifying Hobbit to support it. I haven't gotten a regular Hobbit client to run in my linux-under-z/VM systems but I would hope that it runs as well as the BigBrother clients I have running in some of my linux guests now. My concern here is really with supplying z/VM data to Hobbit. Later, I will be looking at the Hobbit client in linux. /Thomas Kern /301-903-2211 > -----Original Message----- > From: Hubbard, Greg L [mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:26 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: RE: [hobbit] Passing non-linux data to hobbit for > monitoring and graphing. > > > It looks to me like you have at least three choices: > > A) modify your mainframe agent so it sends data that closely mimics a > currently supported system. The easiest way to do this is to pick a > "supported system" and then get the agent output from it and roll up > your sleeves. > > B) Let your mainframe agent send what it sends, but then modify the > Hobbit source code so that the mainframe OS is added to the support > list. Perhaps you can convince the ever-busy Henrik to do > this for you > if you can supply him with likely output, like what you just sent. > > C) Bite the bullet and add some new columns that are unique to your > mainframe system, and write an extermal script to review and parse the > output and add to appropriate RRD's. Then create the necessary graph > definitions, and update Hobbit to use them. There is useful > documentation for how to do this in the standard Hobbit pages. > > To me, "B" is the best long term approach, because I bet you > may not be > the only person who ever runs Linux on the mainframe and > wants to manage > it with Hobbit (though open source mainframe management does sound > oxymoronish). "C" gives you the chance inject meaningful new content > (channel info) that won't be found on any x86 Linux system you want to > emulate. But "A" would help your mainframe system conform to > the other > systems. > > Other options are left to the reader as an exercise... :) > > GLH > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kern, Thomas [mailto:Thomas.Kern at hq.doe.gov] > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:51 AM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: [hobbit] Passing non-linux data to hobbit for monitoring and > graphing. > > Hello. > > I have a non-linux system that I want to supply data to a > hobbit server > for monitoring. This is a z/VM system on an IBM mainframe. I have a > client from Rich Smrcina. Using this client as a template, I want to > pass other data to hobbit for monitoring and graphing. I have seen the > hobbit webpages and graphs showing data like CPU utilization (System, > User, IDLE) and User/Proc counts. Is there a manual that details what > fields in what hobbit status messages are recorded and graphed by the > default hobbit installation? I would like to know more about what each > of the default tests is supposed to show so that I can transform my > system's data into the format hobbit is expecting. I would rather not > report data to new test columns until I cannot wedge my data into a > hobbit format, like a status for my system backups. > > /Thomas Kern > /301-903-2211

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