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Latest Release?
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Is hobbit 4.2.0 on SourceForge the latest release? _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street FAX: (419) 821-0540 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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[hobbit] Latest Release?
by fduranti＠q8.it 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Yes, it's the latest one but you'll find post release patch here: http://www.hswn.dk/hobbitsw/patches/ There's also a allinone patch at the start of the page with most of the single small patch inside. > -----Original Message----- > From: McGraw, Robert P. [mailto:rmcgraw at purdue.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:00 AM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: [hobbit] Latest Release? > > > Is hobbit 4.2.0 on SourceForge the latest release? > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Robert P. McGraw, Jr. > Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu > Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 > Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 > 150 N. University Street FAX: (419) 821-0540 > West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067 > > >

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looking for sample code or a template in java to send status info to hobbit
by KauffmanT＠nibco.com 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

As it says -- one of our staff is up to his neck in java applications on wintel and would appreciate some examples for schlepping status to hobbit from within his process. Anything on deadcat or the shire I could point him at? TIA Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.

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[hobbit] Ignoring linux cached data in memory
by gumby3203＠gmail.com 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Is there any way in Hobbit to have the memory graphs *not* include the memory that Linux is using for cached data? We have a few machines that tend to have large portions of their memory being used for the system cache, and as such, often show 100% swap and physical memory being used, when in fact there is still free memory. I would imagine other people have run across this, and I'm curious what has been done to remedy this.

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interpretation of status/colour for combo test
by bgmilne＠staff.telkomsa.net 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

I have been asked to provide an availability number for a number of services monitored as separate hosts with Hobbit. Eg, two different IP addresses running a few different services, and we need to provide an availability number for the combination (eg, when was everything working correctly). I have set up a rule in bbcombotest.cfg, but according to the man page, green, yellow or clear result in 1 ("true"), and red, purple or blue result in 0 ("false"). However, I would like the combined service to appear "down" when one of the monitored services is yellow (eg smtp being yellow indicates a failure). It would be nice if some of this were configurable, or if each state had a distinct value. Regards, Buchan -- Buchan Milne ISP Systems Specialist - Monitoring/Authentication Team Leader B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)

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[hobbit] Status test timeout
by Manuel.Cortes＠ORHS.ORG 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Thanks Etienne, I am trying this test as I write this, but I have a further question that maybe you can help me with. What does the "message" piece in the command refer to? bbwincmd hobbit message 'status+120 <hostname> <test> green "html formatted text"' All the text in the message is the HTML formatted text. Thanks, Manny -----Original Message----- From: Etienne Grignon [mailto:etienne.grignon at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:24 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Status test timeout Hello Manny, 2006/10/26, Cortes, Manny <Manuel.Cortes at orhs.org>: > > We are currently send a test status to hobbit from the BBWin 0.8 client > using the following syntax: > > Bbwincmd hobbit status+120 <hostname> <test> green "html formatted text" > > If the test is not updated within 2 hours, the expectation is that 2 hours > after that last status was sent, the test will turn purple, however, we are > seeing the above test turn purple 40 minutes. I don't believe this was an > issue with the older BB windows client and the default was minutes for the > "status+120" statement. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? > bbwincmd with command "status+120" will not work. It will not get the "+120" part... try this : bbwincmd hobbit message 'status+120 <hostname> <test> green "html formatted text"' It should work. Etienne. -- Etienne GRIGNON 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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All network tests now purple
by rsmrcina＠wi.rr.com 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

I setup bbtest-net with the --debug option and I see in the bbnetwork.log file the following: 2006-10-27 07:49:54 Got DNS result for host gogen01 : 172.17.1.246 2006-10-27 07:49:54 DNS lookup failed for netwvrdev - status Domain name not found (4) 2006-10-27 07:49:54 DNS lookup failed for tmpl - status Domain name not found (4) 2006-10-27 07:49:54 DNS lookup failed for gots02 - status Domain name not found (4) 2006-10-27 07:50:24 Got DNS result for host people3 : 172.17.1.243 All of the DNS 'Add...' messages and 'Got...' messages are issued with in 1 second (07:49:53-07:49:54) for all hosts, except for the one called people3 which comes back 30 seconds later. The hosts with the 'DNS lookup failed...' messages are all configured as dialup. After this there are no additional messages in the file. -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Phone: 414-491-6001 Ans Service: 360-715-2467 rich.smrcina at vmassist.com Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2007 - Green Bay, WI - May 18-22, 2007

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monitoring a port?
by mikee＠mikee.ath.cx 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

I know using bb-hosts there are tags to watch for ftp and other ports. Is there a syntax to monitor a specific port by port number? 10.1.1.1 host # hpjd:9100 Giving the above line as an example/question on monitoring a HP Jet Direct device at port 9100. Mike

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Sending hobbit messages to BB
by danderson＠scotlandonline.co.uk 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

Hi guys, I've been trying to find info on this, but to no avail. Can Hobbit send messages to a BBPAGE host? I have an existing BB setup, and would like to retain the paging host if possible. I've been looking at bbproxy, but this seems to run instead of hobbitd to simply relay messages ?? Am I missing something here?? Any suggestions, or kicks in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Doug ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Scotland Online Email Security System. Powered by MessageLabs For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________

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All network tests now purple - update
by rsmrcina＠wi.rr.com 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

I rebooted the machine now after having installed the update and now I see this in bb-network.log: *** glibc detected *** corrupted double-linked list: 0x0000000080051ae0 *** No core file. -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Phone: 414-491-6001 Ans Service: 360-715-2467 rich.smrcina at vmassist.com Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2007 - Green Bay, WI - May 18-22, 2007

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