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hobbit log monitor
by EES2Y＠hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu 05 Apr '06

05 Apr '06

Hi all, Just finished my Hobbit log monitor; thought I'd share it all with you. Since the hobbit-client currently doesn't support the msgs test, I wrote this to eliminate the need for the old bb client. You can download it, along with my other Hobbit/BB tools from: http://www.nerdvana.org/eric/bbtools Let me know if it blows up on you, or anything. Cheers, -Eric Schwimmer Network Engineer UVA HSCS Network Engineering

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Monitoring a laptop
by david＠stenhouseconsulting.com 03 Apr '06

03 Apr '06

I was thinking of monitoring employee laptops, and maybe even desktops, with hobbit. I added a group to my hosts file with the DIAL tag, created a line in the hosts file 0.0.0.0 mylaptop.mydomain.local # noping. I then installed a client on the laptop and just set it to monitor the basics (CPU, Disk, Memory). I then shut down the laptop and took it home. Thirty minutes later I checked my hobbit pages from my home desktop and saw that the status of the client was set to purple. I obviously misunderstood the functionality of the DIALUP tag. Is it possible to monitor a device that would only check in a couple of times a day? I know I could set specific alerts thresholds for the laptop, but was hoping there might be a "universal" solution. Thanks David Gilmore Consultant Stenhouse Consulting, LLC. 4 Traverse St Providence, RI 02906 401.453.6900 401.454.7581 (fax)

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Weird graph data scale problem
by jeffnewman75＠gmail.com 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

I have a script that will send the following: (output from sh -x) + /usr/local/hobbit/client/bin/bb <server> status <machine>.drops green Fri Mar 31 16:24:43 GMT 2006 drops:0 + sleep 1 or it could send + /usr/local/hobbit/client/bin/bb <server> status <machine>.drops green Fri Mar 31 16:24:43 GMT 2006 drops:2 + sleep 1 the line from the script: $BB $BBDISP "status $MACHINE.drops green `date` `echo "drops:$DROP_NUM"` " Note the return between the drop num and the " (double quote) If I put the double-quotes on the same line as the echo, the RRD doesn't get updated the status message shows correctly "drops 2" but the number in the graph is like in the millions (the y shows up to 10.0m), but the line at the bottom of the graph shows: 0.2 cur and 0.2 max The rrd is in the GAUGE format, and the NCV in the hobbitserver.cfg is also set to gauge. Im not sure why it's making "2" a "0.2" nor why the graph is making the number in the millions. Here is the graph definition: [drops] TITLE Drops per second YAXIS Number of drops DEF:drops=drops.rrd:drops:AVERAGE LINE1:drops#00CC00:Number of drops GPRINT:drops:LAST: \: %5.1lf (cur) GPRINT:drops:MAX: \: %5.1lf (max) GPRINT:drops:MIN: \: %5.1lf (min) GPRINT:drops:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf (avg)\n I tried adding "-u 1.0" and it put the y scale going up to 1.0, and if I zoomed in on the graph, it plotted the 0.2, but I still don't know where it's getting that. Maybe I should change my BB command to send "$DROP_NUM".0 ? Any ideas? Thanks, Jeff

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bbtest-net crashes in todays (30/3) snapshot
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

# gdb ../bin/bbtest-net ./core GNU gdb 5.3 Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "hppa2.0n-hp-hpux11.00"... Core was generated by ébbtest-net'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. warning: The shared libraries were not privately mapped; setting a breakpoint in a shared library will not work until you rerun the program. warning: Can't find file bbtest-net referenced in dld_list. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libssl.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libcrypto.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnsl.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libxti.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdld.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnss_nis.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnss_files.1...done. #0 0xc020bad0 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.2 (gdb) bt #0 0xc020bad0 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #1 0xc01a655c in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #2 0xc01e69a8 in abort_C () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #3 0xc01e6a04 in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #4 0x00018df0 in sigsegv_handler (signum=2063765022) at sig.c:57 #5 <signal handler called> #6 0x0001533c in clearstrbuffer (buf=0x74696e75) at misc.c:174 #7 0x0000fa08 in dns_detail_callback (arg=0x74696e75, status=0, abuf=0x7f7e3118 "Ö233µÖ201Ö200", alen=92) at dns2.c:149 #8 0x0001e6dc in end_squery (squery=0x4001f010, status=0, abuf=0x7f7e3118 "Ö233µÖ201Ö200", alen=92) at ares_search.c:184 #9 0x0001e5c0 in search_callback (arg=0x74696e75, status=0, abuf=0x7f7e3118 "Ö233µÖ201Ö200", alen=92) at ares_search.c:147 #10 0x00020c24 in qcallback (arg=0x74696e75, status=63896, abuf=0x0, alen=92) at ares_query.c:108 #11 0x0001e274 in end_query (channel=0x4001ef68, query=0x4001f0c8, status=2138976536, abuf=0x5c <Address 0x5c out of bounds>, alen=92) at ares_process.c:627 #12 0x0001dad8 in process_answer (channel=0x4001ef68, abuf=0x7f7e3118 "Ö233µÖ201Ö200", alen=92, whichserver=0, tcp=0, now=1143697313) at ares_process.c:359 #13 0x0001d8bc in read_udp_packets (channel=0x4001ef68, read_fds=0x7f7e2dd8, now=1143697313) at ares_process.c:273 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #14 0x0001d438 in ares_process (channel=0x4001ef68, read_fds=0x7f7e2dd8, write_fds=0x7f7e2ed8) at ares_process.c:78 #15 0x0000f4f0 in dns_queue_run (channel=0x4001ef68) at dns.c:202 #16 0x0000f800 in dns_test_server (serverip=0x0, hostname=0x4000f664 "A:www.duni.se", banner=0x4000f680) at dns.c:306 #17 0x0000627c in run_nslookup_service (service=0x74696e75) at bbtest-net.c:1010 #18 0x00009a98 in main (argc=5, argv=0x7f7e152c) at bbtest-net.c:2297 (gdb) Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain

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[hobbit] External Script installation
by greg.hubbard＠eds.com 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Sometimes you get that message when the perl script can't find perl. Maybe you should check the first line of the script? Another reason (just guessing) is that the Hobbit user cannot read the script... GLH -----Original Message----- From: robert.s.bethke at wmich.edu [mailto:robert.s.bethke at wmich.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Bethke Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:31 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] External Script installation I am trying to setup bb-imap.pl from http://www.deadcat.net/viewfile.php?fileid=513. So far I've installed each of the required perl modules and placed the BigBrother.pm (Already adjusted bb-imap.pl to point to it) and bb-imap.pl files within the EXT folder. I also added the following to hobbitlaunch.cfg: [bbimap] ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/bb-imaptab NEEDS hobbitd CMD $BBHOME/ext/bb-imap.pl LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-imap.log INTERVAL 5m When I try to run this test nothing happens within hobbit. If I check the bb-imap.log the only statement it contains is: 2006-03-29 11:33:21 Could not start task bbimap using command '/home/hobbit/server/ext/bb-imap.pl': No such file or directory I'm confused about this because the file does exist at that location. I also changed $test to bbimap from imap2. I'm going to guess I'm missing some installation step on this thing. If someone could point out what I'm not doing right and give me a the correct steps to get this working it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Again, Robert Bethke To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] External Script installation
by robert.s.bethke＠wmich.edu 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Ok, I got it working after I moved the Date folder intot the 5.8.7 folder. Anyone have any ideas on how to get this working with an SSL encrypted connection? -- ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Bethke <r4bethke+HobbitMail at wmich.edu> Date: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:13 am Subject: Re: [hobbit] External Script installation > The odd thing is that I do get a proper return for Date::Manip. It > would seem > this script doesn't see it for some reason, though I believe it's > in the > default location. All the other required modules are also installed > and the > imaptab file is formatted properly. Anyway let me know if you need > any > further information. > > Thanks, > Robert Bethke > > On Wednesday 29 March 2006 8:33 pm, Geoff Steer wrote: > > Check that you have the Date::Manip perl module installed. > > This message indicated that perl can't find it in the paths shown. > > (@INC). > > If the module is installed correctly, then the command: > > > > perldoc Date::Manip > > > > will return its manual page. > > > > Regards > > Geoff > > > > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 13:22 -0500, Robert Bethke wrote: > > > Whoops, I corrected that to point to perl properly though now I > recieve a > > > new message in the log: > > > > > > Can't locate Date/Manip.pm in @INC (@INC > > > contains: /home/hobbit/server/ext > > > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7 > > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i586-linux-thread-multi > > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl > > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/i586-linux-thread-multi > > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at > > > /home/hobbit/server/ext/BigBrother.pm line 130. > > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at > > > /home/hobbit/server/ext/BigBrother.pm line 130. > > > Compilation failed in require at /home/hobbit/server/ext/bb- > imap.pl line > > > 46. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at > > > /home/hobbit/server/ext/bb-imap.pl line 46. > > > > > > Any suggestions on how to correct this? > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > On Wednesday 29 March 2006 12:39 pm, Hubbard, Greg L wrote: > > > > Sometimes you get that message when the perl script can't > find perl. > > > > Maybe you should check the first line of the script? > > > > > > > > Another reason (just guessing) is that the Hobbit user cannot > read the > > > > script... > > > > > > > > GLH > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: robert.s.bethke at wmich.edu [robert.s.bethke at wmich.edu] On > > > > Behalf Of Robert Bethke > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:31 AM > > > > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > > > > Subject: [hobbit] External Script installation > > > > > > > > I am trying to setup bb-imap.pl from > > > > http://www.deadcat.net/viewfile.php?fileid=513. So far I've > installed> > > each of the required perl modules and placed the > BigBrother.pm (Already > > > > adjusted bb-imap.pl to point to it) and bb-imap.pl files > within the EXT > > > > folder. I also added the following to hobbitlaunch.cfg: > > > > > > > > [bbimap] > > > > ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/bb-imaptab > > > > NEEDS hobbitd > > > > CMD $BBHOME/ext/bb-imap.pl > > > > LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-imap.log > > > > INTERVAL 5m > > > > > > > > When I try to run this test nothing happens within hobbit. If > I check > > > > the bb-imap.log the only statement it contains is: > > > > > > > > 2006-03-29 11:33:21 Could not start task bbimap using command > > > > '/home/hobbit/server/ext/bb-imap.pl': No such file or directory > > > > > > > > I'm confused about this because the file does exist at that > location. I > > > > also changed $test to bbimap from imap2. I'm going to guess > I'm missing > > > > some installation step on this thing. If someone could point > out what > > > > I'm not doing right and give me a the correct steps to get > this working > > > > it would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Again, > > > > Robert Bethke > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > > > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------Safe > > > Stamp----------------------------------- Your Anti-virus > Service scanned > > > this email. It is safe from known viruses. For more information > regarding> > this service, please contact your service provider. > > > > -------------------------------Safe > > Stamp----------------------------------- The sender's Anti-virus > Service> scanned this email. It is safe from known viruses. > > > > 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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Viewing Custom Graphs
by EyalRi＠Clal-Ins.co.il 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Hi, I finally managed to create the NCV_iostat - iostat.rrd file. I can see that the new file iostat.rrd is being updated every few minutes. But the graphs doesn't appear on the iostat column or in the trends column. I have tried to add iostat and ncv=iostat to TRENDS and GRAPHS under the specific host in bb-hosts 192.168.1.115 server01 # GRAPHS:iostat,ncv=iostat TRENDS:*,vmstat:vmstat|vmstat4|vmstat5,ram,mrtg,ncv=iostat,iostat What am I missing ? Should there be an "iostat" record in hobbitgraph.cfg under etc ? Any help/suggestion would be appreciated. Regards, Eyal Rif ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent by Clal Insurance Ltd Mail Systems Visit us at http://www.clalbit.co.il ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee or addressees. If you are not an intended recipient, please delete the message and any attachments and notify the sender of misdelivery: any use or disclosure of the contents of either is unauthorized and may be unlawful.

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[hobbit] External Script installation
by robert.s.bethke＠wmich.edu 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

The odd thing is that I do get a proper return for Date::Manip. It would seem this script doesn't see it for some reason, though I believe it's in the default location. All the other required modules are also installed and the imaptab file is formatted properly. Anyway let me know if you need any further information. Thanks, Robert Bethke -- ----- Original Message ----- From: Geoff Steer <gsteer at firstwave.com.au> Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:33 pm Subject: Re: [hobbit] External Script installation > > Check that you have the Date::Manip perl module installed. > This message indicated that perl can't find it in the paths shown. > (@INC). > If the module is installed correctly, then the command: > > perldoc Date::Manip > > will return its manual page. > > Regards > Geoff > > > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 13:22 -0500, Robert Bethke wrote: > > Whoops, I corrected that to point to perl properly though now I > recieve a new > > message in the log: > > > > Can't locate Date/Manip.pm in @INC (@INC > > contains: /home/hobbit/server/ext /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i586-linux- > thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7 > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i586-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/i586-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) > > at /home/hobbit/server/ext/BigBrother.pm line 130. > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at > /home/hobbit/server/ext/BigBrother.pm > > line 130. > > Compilation failed in require at /home/hobbit/server/ext/bb- > imap.pl line 46. > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/hobbit/server/ext/bb- > imap.pl line > > 46. > > > > Any suggestions on how to correct this? > > > > Robert > > > > On Wednesday 29 March 2006 12:39 pm, Hubbard, Greg L wrote: > > > Sometimes you get that message when the perl script can't find > perl.> > Maybe you should check the first line of the script? > > > > > > Another reason (just guessing) is that the Hobbit user cannot > read the > > > script... > > > > > > GLH > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: robert.s.bethke at wmich.edu [robert.s.bethke at wmich.edu] On > > > Behalf Of Robert Bethke > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:31 AM > > > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > > > Subject: [hobbit] External Script installation > > > > > > I am trying to setup bb-imap.pl from > > > http://www.deadcat.net/viewfile.php?fileid=513. So far I've > installed> > each of the required perl modules and placed the > BigBrother.pm (Already > > > adjusted bb-imap.pl to point to it) and bb-imap.pl files within > the EXT > > > folder. I also added the following to hobbitlaunch.cfg: > > > > > > [bbimap] > > > ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/bb-imaptab > > > NEEDS hobbitd > > > CMD $BBHOME/ext/bb-imap.pl > > > LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-imap.log > > > INTERVAL 5m > > > > > > When I try to run this test nothing happens within hobbit. If I > check> > the bb-imap.log the only statement it contains is: > > > > > > 2006-03-29 11:33:21 Could not start task bbimap using command > > > '/home/hobbit/server/ext/bb-imap.pl': No such file or directory > > > > > > I'm confused about this because the file does exist at that > location. I > > > also changed $test to bbimap from imap2. I'm going to guess I'm > missing> > some installation step on this thing. If someone could > point out what > > > I'm not doing right and give me a the correct steps to get this > working> > it would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > Thanks Again, > > > Robert Bethke > > > > > > 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 > > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > > > > > > > -------------------------------Safe Stamp------------------------- > ---------- > > Your Anti-virus Service scanned this email. It is safe from known > viruses.> For more information regarding this service, please > contact your service provider. > > > > -------------------------------Safe Stamp--------------------------- > -------- > The sender's Anti-virus Service scanned this email. It is safe from > known viruses. > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > >

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Critical systems
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Are there any documentaion about "Critical systems". I don't get it to work, probably because I don't understand anything. Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain

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Make of todays snapshot unsuccesful
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Hi, running hobbit on HP_UX 11.11 make of todays snapshot gave: makeÄ1Å: Entering directory é/home/hobbit/snapshot/bbnet' cc -g -O -D_REENTRANT -DHPUX -I. -I/home/hobbit/snapshot/include -I/usr/local/in clude -DBBGEN_SSL -I/usr/local/include -c -o bbtest-net.o bbtest-net.c cc -g -O -D_REENTRANT -DHPUX -I. -I/home/hobbit/snapshot/include -I/usr/local/in clude -DBBGEN_SSL -I/usr/local/include -c -o contest.o contest.c contest.c:285:2: invalid preprocessing directive #warn contest.c: In function édo_tcp_tests': contest.c:948: warning: passing arg 5 of égetsockopt' from incompatible pointer type contest.c:987: error: structure has no member named ételnetbuflen' contest.c:991: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type contest.c:992: error: structure has no member named ételnetbuflen' makeÄ1Å: *** Äcontest.oÅ Error 1 makeÄ1Å: Leaving directory é/home/hobbit/snapshot/bbnet' make: *** Äbbnet-buildÅ Error 2 $ Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain

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