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CPU Monitoring
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

Hello All, I'm looking for best practices with regard to CPU monitoring. I have systems where the CPU is overloaded, and we really can't do much about it. What do most folks do with the CPU monitor with regard to showing RED all the time? Thanks.James

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Process by User
by James.Wade＠txaccess.com 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Is there a way to monitor if a process is started by a particular user, to send an alert? We have a system here that's getting overloaded by a particular user, and we want to monitor when/if he kicks off any process. Thanks...James

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[hobbit] CPU Monitoring
by PNIXON＠ci.somerville.ma.us 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

While others may disagree, I think that Hobbit should be configured for what you expect to be normal situations and notify you when it goes above those situations. If you think ServerA's Load can be 2.00 without an issue, go ahead and configure it that way. Yellow - 2.00, Red 2.25 (or whatever you consider appropriate). --Pat _____ From: James Wade [mailto:jkwade at futurefrontiers.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:47 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] CPU Monitoring Hello All, I'm looking for best practices with regard to CPU monitoring. I have systems where the CPU is overloaded, and we really can't do much about it. What do most folks do with the CPU monitor with regard to showing RED all the time? Thanks...James

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how to test depends tag
by vadud3＠gmail.com 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Is there a way to quick test the depends tag besides changing the host's ip to a fake one that the service depends on? In other words if depends=(testA:host1/test1) I can change the host1's ip in bb-hosts to test if depends working. Is there any other less crude way to test it? Thanks -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu

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[hobbit] Hobbit and bb-central
by ian.marsh＠hants.gov.uk 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

David, Can you tell me what platform(s) you used to create the Hobbit clients? We have some R54, R55 and R60 based servers that we want to monitor but it's a bit hard to tell what OS to use as the base for the compilation! Thank you, Ian Marsh Network and Desktop Services Hampshire County Council -----Original Message----- From: David Garaway [mailto:dave at auctionhelper.com] Sent: 12 September 2006 03:33 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Hobbit and bb-central What version of SPLAT are you running? I am running the hobbit client on R56 - R60 and R61. -----Original Message----- From: Andy France [mailto:Andy at zespri.com] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 3:32 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit and bb-central I'd be interested in hearing about this too :-) I've only taken a short look at devmon - can it be configured to use a non standard SNMP port? The SecurePlatform SNMP runs on port 260 rather than the standard 161/162. Andy. "Bob Gordon" <rgordonjr at gmail.com> wrote on 12/09/2006 10:21:48 a.m.: > > On 9/11/06, Michael A. Price <mprice at hst.nasa.gov> wrote: > Thanx so much for getting back to me so quickly. The problem is that I > am running a very, very secure version of Linux called Secure Platform > from Checkpoint. > > Ouch... I remember them... :( > > Do the appliances support SNMP monitoring? If they do you could try > using Devmon instead of the client..... (http://devmon.sourceforge.net/ ) > > -- > --==[ Bob Gordon ]==-- ######################################################################## ############# 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. ######################################################################## ############# 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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/var/run/hobbitclient-runtime.cfg question
by gn1＠sanger.ac.uk 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Hi, Some of my colleagues would like the hobbit-client to be cleaner so I'm trying to figure out which files may be deleted safely by the init.d script (patchs will be provided) What is the file /var/run/hobbitclient-runtime.cfg used for? It seem to be recreated by the init script when starting the client (for debian clients at least), so is it safe to remove it when stopping the client? Cheers, Gildas

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Email alert based on specific process
by iqbala-hobbit＠qwestip.net 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Hi All I am using bb-proctab to monitor a list of processes and if any process a whole group get alert. Is there a way I can setup the alert with process specific. So if proc 1 out the list dies only user 1 get alert and so on. I know I could use the SCRIPT feature but like to keep that as the last resort. I am using hobbit 4.1.2 on Solaris 8. The process list I am concern about is running bb1.9c client on Solaris 8 as well. Sorry if it were already discussed in the mailing list. Thanks -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu "..there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit...try to be in the first group;...less competition there." - Indira Gandhi

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more than 1 Graph per Test
by stefan.freisler＠aspect-online.de 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Hi, i have written my own test but this test need more than 1 Graph. The creaton of multiple rrd Files works finde but i have no Idea how i can show all Graphs (only with HTML in Test but this is not the right solution) Can someone help me? thx wdsl

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[hobbit] bbdisplay errors
by Johann.Eggers＠teleatlas.com 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

I had the same issue in the past. A make clean; make; make install resolves the problem Johann > -----Original Message----- > From: Jones, Jason (Altrincham) [mailto:JasonAS_Jones at mentor.com] > Sent: Dienstag, 14. November 2006 17:44 > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: RE: [hobbit] bbdisplay errors > > "I've noticed that bbdisplay" do you mean bbgen? If so when you applied > the patch to this server did you do "make clean" when installing it? If > not then try it, this happened to me a while ago, I doubt it is anything > to do with the fact that it is the secondary server since ours has no > problems. > > Thanks, > Jason. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dunne [mailto:dunne at accuweather.com] > Sent: 14 November 2006 16:35 > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: [hobbit] bbdisplay errors > > Greetings, > > I am running a secondary Hobbit server that relays statuses to our > primary server. On the secondary server I've noticed that bbdisplay > keeps crashing with the following error: > > Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 > > Here is the bt output: > > #0 0x9004802c in kill () > (gdb) bt > #0 0x9004802c in kill () > #1 0x9012dfb4 in abort () > #2 0x00018938 in ucp_table () > #3 <signal handler called> > #4 internal_dfa_exec (md=0x0, this_start_code=0x0, > current_subject=0x1 "", start_offset=-1876859368, offsets=0x8, > offsetcount=1413816420, workspace=0x2, wscount=4198465, > ims=0, rlevel=3, recursing=0) at ./pcre_dfa_exec.c:1579 > #5 0x00003cfc in compile_regex (options=0, oldims=0, > brackets=0x0, codeptr=0x0, ptrptr=0x0, errorcodeptr=0x0, > lookbehind=3154208, skipbytes=4198465, firstbyteptr=0x0, > reqbyteptr=0x0, bcptr=0x0, cd=0x0) at ./pcre_compile.c:3157 > (gdb) > > Using Hobbit 4.2.0, fully patched. > > Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > Mike > > 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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bbdisplay errors
by dunne＠accuweather.com 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Greetings, I am running a secondary Hobbit server that relays statuses to our primary server. On the secondary server I've noticed that bbdisplay keeps crashing with the following error: Task bbdisplay terminated by signal 6 Here is the bt output: #0 0x9004802c in kill () (gdb) bt #0 0x9004802c in kill () #1 0x9012dfb4 in abort () #2 0x00018938 in ucp_table () #3 <signal handler called> #4 internal_dfa_exec (md=0x0, this_start_code=0x0, current_subject=0x1 "", start_offset=-1876859368, offsets=0x8, offsetcount=1413816420, workspace=0x2, wscount=4198465, ims=0, rlevel=3, recursing=0) at ./pcre_dfa_exec.c:1579 #5 0x00003cfc in compile_regex (options=0, oldims=0, brackets=0x0, codeptr=0x0, ptrptr=0x0, errorcodeptr=0x0, lookbehind=3154208, skipbytes=4198465, firstbyteptr=0x0, reqbyteptr=0x0, bcptr=0x0, cd=0x0) at ./pcre_compile.c:3157 (gdb) Using Hobbit 4.2.0, fully patched. Thanks in advance for any assistance. Mike

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